Award achieved: ABC Awards and Certa Award Certificate of achievement at QLS Level 3
After studying this course, you will:
Have an understanding of personality disorders
Understand the possible causes
Have knowledge of different treatments available
Be able to list sources of help and advice in a range of situations
Have a clear understanding of how to work with these complex conditions
Contents
The Course Includes the Following Units:-
Unit 1 – Classifications of Personality Disorder
The following topics are covered: Diagnostic criteria – DSM; and ICD.
Unit 2 – The History & Explanations of Personality Disorders
The following topics are covered: What are personality Disorders?; Paranoid; Schizoid; Schizo typical; Anti Social; Borderline; Histrionic; Narcissistic; Avoidant; Dependent; and Obsessive.
Unit 3 – Presentation of Personality Disorder
The following topics are covered: Self Harm; Coping with Borderline Personality Disorder; Eating disorders; Addictions; OCD – Obsessive Compulsive Disorder; Stress; Anxiety; Depression and Bipolar; and Dissociative disorders.
Unit 4 – Common Generalisations & Misconceptions
The following topics are covered: Manipulative; Attention seeking; Demanding; and Obstructive.
Unit 5 – Causes of Personality Disorders
The following topics are covered: Developmental; The role of Peers; Biological; Genetic and Physical.
Unit 6 – Treatments
The following topics are covered: Medications, Anti Depressants, Anti Psychotics and Mood Stabilizers; Psychodynamic Psychotherapy; Mentalisation based treatment (MBT); Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT); Cognitive Analytic Therapy (CAT); Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT); Therapeutic communities; Day hospitals; Solution Focused Therapy; Treatment research; and EMDR – Eye Movement desensitisation restructuring.
Unit 7 – Therapeutic Relationship
The following topics are covered: What is Mediation?; When is Mediation called for?; Responsibilities; Preliminaries; The introductory phase; Problem definitions; Respect the parties’ abilities to reach a settlement; Caucus meetings; The second session; Teamwork; The Agreement; and Attributes of a good mediator.
Unit 8 – Prognosis
Study Method
The course is designed for study by distance learning at work or at home. Students receive course manual, assignments and study guide plus tutor support by mail and email. You can start at any time and plan your studies over a period of up to one year from the time of enrolment.
Course Duration
Students may register at any time and have a full year to complete their studies. The course will take around 100 hours of study to complete.
Assessment
Each unit is followed by a written assignment (comprising a portfolio of evidence of learning), which is submitted and then marked by your tutor.
Course Endorsement
At the end of this course successful learners will be given the option to receive a Certificate of Achievement from the Quality Licence Scheme and a Learner Unit Summary (which lists the components the learner has completed as part of the course).
The course has been endorsed under the Quality Licence Scheme. This means that Kendal Publishing Ltd has undergone an external quality check to ensure that the organisation and the courses it offers, meet defined quality criteria. The completion of this course alone does not lead to a regulated qualification* but may be used as evidence of knowledge and skills gained. The Learner Unit Summary may be used as evidence towards Recognition of Prior Learning if you wish to progress your studies in this subject. To this end the learning outcomes of the course have been benchmarked at Level 3 against level descriptors published by Ofqual, to indicate the depth of study and level of demand/complexity involved in successful completion by the learner.
The course itself has been designed by Kendal Publishing Ltd to meet specific learners’ and/or employers’ requirements which cannot be satisfied through current regulated qualifications. The Quality Licence Scheme endorsement involves robust and rigorous quality audits by external auditors to ensure quality is continually met. A review of courses is carried out as part of the endorsement process.
The Quality Licence Scheme is part of the Skills and Education Group , a charitable organisation that unites education and skills-orientated organisations that share similar values and objectives. With more than 100 years of collective experience, the Skills and Education Group’s strategic partnerships create opportunities to inform, influence and represent the wider education and skills sector.
The Skills and Education Group also includes two nationally recognised awarding organisations; Skills and Education Group Awards and Skills and Education Group Access. Through our awarding organisations we have developed a reputation for providing high-quality qualifications and assessments for the education and skills sector. We are committed to helping employers, organisations and learners cultivate the relevant skills for learning, skills for employment, and skills for life.
Our knowledge and experience of working within the awarding sector enables us to work with training providers, through the Quality Licence Scheme, to help them develop high-quality courses and/or training programmes for the non-regulated market.
*Regulated qualification refers to those qualifications that are regulated by Ofqual / CCEA / Qualification Wales
