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Academic Calendar

2018 - 2019

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Academic Calendar D.Ed SE (MD/ ASD/ DB/ CP) II year (2018– 2019)

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EVENTS ACADEMIC YEAR 2018-19

Commencement of Classes July 2018

Induction Programme July 2018

Lesson Plan writing and Mock Presentations August – September 2018

Teaching Practice classes and other Practicum September –March 2018

International Day of Disability Celebration December2018

Internal Examinations (Term I) December 2018

Christmas Celebrations December 2018

Half Yearly Holidays Last week of December 2018

Talent Show Special Education HRD’s January 2019

Zonal Sports Meet 3rd week of January

Pongala Festival Celebration 14th January 2019

Internal Examinations (Term II) February 2019

Model Examination May 2019

Last Working day 25th May 2019

Annual External Practical Examinations May2019

Annual examination June 2019





Academic Calendar D.Ed SE (MD/ ASD/ DB/ CP) II year (2018 – 2019)

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EVENTS ACADEMIC YEAR 2018-19

Commencement of Classes July 2018

Induction Programme July 2018

Lesson Plan writing and Mock Presentations July –September 2018

Teaching Practice classes and other Practicum August –March 2018

Special school visits 2nd week of September

International Day of Disability Celebration December2018

Internal Examinations (Term I) December 2018

Christmas Celebrations December 2018

Half Yearly Holidays Last week of December 2018


Zonal Sports Meet 3rd week of January

Pongala Festival Celebration 14th January 2019

Internal Examinations (Term II) February 2019

Model Examination May 2019

Last Working day 25th May 2019

Annual External Practical Examinations May2019

Annual examination June 2019





College of Physiotherapy - NIEPMD 2018/19 Academic Calendar

Sep 2018 Oct 2018 Nov 2018 Dec2018 Jan2019 Feb2019 1 Sa 1 Mo 1 Th 1 Sa 1 Tu 1 Fr University Exam 2 Su 2 Tu Mahatma Gandhi’s

Birthday

2 Fr 2 Su 2 We 2 Sa 3 Mo 3 We Vacation 3 Sa 3 Mo 3 Th 3 Su 4 Tu 4 Th Vacation 4 Su 4 Tu 4 Fr 4 Mo University Exam 5 We 5 Fr Vacation 5 Mo 5 We 5 Sa Pongal Holidays 5 Tu University Exam 6 Th 6 Sa Vacation 6 Tu Deepavali 6 Th 6 Su Pongal Holidays 6 We University Exam 7 Fr 7 Su Vacation 7 We 7 Fr 7 Mo Pongal Holidays 7 Th University Exam 8 Sa 8 Mo Vacation 8 Th 8 Sa 8 Tu Pongal Holidays 8 Fr University Exam 9 Su 9 Tu Vacation 9 Fr 9 Su 9 We Pongal Holidays 9 Sa

10 Mo 10 We Vacation 10 Sa 10 Mo 10 Th Pongal Holidays 10 Su 11 Tu 11 Th Vacation 11 Su 11 Tu 11 Fr Pongal Holidays 11 Mo University Exam 12 We 12 Fr Vacation 12 Mo 12 We 12 Sa Pongal Holidays 12 Tu University Exam 13 Th Ganesh chadhurthi 13 Sa Vacation 13 Tu 13 Th 13 Su Pongal Holidays 13 We University Exam 14 Fr 14 Su Vacation 14 We 14 Fr 14 Mo Pongal Holidays 14 Th University Exam 15 Sa 15 Mo Vacation 15 Th 15 Sa 15 Tu Pongal 15 Fr University Exam

16 Su 16 Tu Vacation 16 Fr 16 Su 16 We Pongal Holidays 16 Sa

17 Mo 17 We Vacation 17 Sa 17 Mo 17 Th Pongal Holidays 17 Su

18 Tu 18 Th Dussehra 18 Su 18 Tu 18 Fr Pongal Holidays 18 Mo

19 We 19 Fr Dussehra 19 Mo 19 We 19 Sa Pongal Holidays 19 Tu

20 Th 20 Sa Vacation 20 Tu 20 Th 20 Su Pongal Holidays 20 We

21 Fr Muharram 21 Su Vacation 21 We Prophet Mohammed’s

Birthday

21 Fr 21 Mo 21 Th

22 Sa 22 Mo 22 Th 22 Sa 22 Tu 22 Fr

23 Su 23 Tu 23 Fr Guru nanak’s Birthday 23 Su 23 We 23 Sa

24 Mo 24 We 24 Sa 24 Mo 24 Th 24 Su

25 Tu 25 Th 25 Su 25 Tu Christmas 25 Fr 25 Mo

26 We 26 Fr 26 Mo 26 We 26 Sa Republic day 26 Tu

27 Th 27 Sa 27 Tu 27 Th 27 Su 27 We

28 Fr 28 Su 28 We 28 Fr 28 Mo 28 Th

29 Sa 29 Mo 29 Th 29 Sa 29 Tu

30 Su 30 Tu 30 Fr 30 Su 30 We

31 We 31 Mo 31 Th

Mar2019 Apr2019 May 2019 Jun2019 Jul2019 Aug2019 1 Fr 1 Mo 1 We 1 Sa 1 Mo 1 Th University Exam

2 Sa 2 Tu 2 Th 2 Su 2 Tu 2 Fr University Exam

3 Su 3 We 3 Fr 3 Mo 3 We 3 Sa University Exam

4 Mo 4 Th 4 Sa 4 Tu 4 Th 4 Su University Exam

5 Tu 5 Fr 5 Su 5 We Id-Ul-Fitr 5 Fr 5 Mo University Exam

6 We 6 Sa 6 Mo 6 Th 6 Sa 6 Tu University Exam

7 Th 7 Su 7 Tu 7 Fr 7 Su 7 We University Exam

8 Fr 8 Mo 8 We 8 Sa 8 Mo 8 Th University Exam

9 Sa 9 Tu 9 Th 9 Su 9 Tu 9 Fr University Exam

10 Su 10 We 10 Fr 10 Mo 10 We 10 Sa

11 Mo 11 Th 11 Sa Summer Vacation 11 Tu 11 Th 11 Su

12 Tu 12 Fr 12 Su Summer Vacation 12 We 12 Fr 12 Mo Idu’IZuha(Bakrid)

13 We 13 Sa 13 Mo Summer Vacation 13 Th 13 Sa 13 Tu University Exam

14 Th 14 Su 14 Tu Summer Vacation 14 Fr 14 Su 14 We University Exam

15 Fr 15 Mo 15 We Summer Vacation 15 Sa 15 Mo 15 Th Independenceday

16 Sa 16 Tu 16 Th Summer Vacation 16 Su 16 Tu 16 Fr University Exam

17 Su 17 We MahavirJeyanthi 17 Fr Summer Vacation 17 Mo 17 We Study Holiday 17 Sa

18 Mo 18 Th 18 Sa Buddha purnima 18 Tu 18 Th Study Holiday 18 Su

19 Tu 19 Fr Good Friday 19 Su Summer Vacation 19 We 19 Fr Study Holiday 19 Mo

20 We 20 Sa 20 Mo Summer Vacation 20 Th 20 Sa Study Holiday 20 Tu

21 Th 21 Su 21 Tu Summer Vacation 21 Fr 21 Su Study Holiday 21 We

22 Fr 22 Mo 22 We Summer Vacation 22 Sa 22 Mo Study Holiday 22 Th

23 Sa 23 Tu 23 Th Summer Vacation 23 Su 23 Tu Study Holiday 23 Fr

24 Su 24 We 24 Fr Summer Vacation 24 Mo 24 We Study Holiday 24 Sa

25 Mo 25 Th 25 Sa Summer Vacation 25 Tu 25 Th Study Holiday 25 Su

26 Tu 26 Fr 26 Su Summer Vacation 26 We 26 Fr Study Holiday 26 Mo

27 We 27 Sa 27 Mo 27 Th 27 Sa Study Holiday 27 Tu

28 Th 28 Su 28 Tu 28 Fr 28 Su Study Holiday 28 We

29 Fr 29 Mo 29 We 29 Sa 29 Mo Study Holiday 29 Th

30 Sa 30 Tu 30 Th 30 Su 30 Tu Study Holiday 30 Fr

31 Su 31 Fr 31 We Study Holiday 31 Sa

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College of Occupational Therapy - NIEPMD 2018/19 Academic Calendar

Sep 2018 Oct 2018 Nov 2018 Dec2018 Jan2019 Feb2019 1 Sa 1 Mo 1 Th 1 Sa 1 Tu 1 Fr University Exam 2 Su 2 Tu Mahatma Gandhi’s

Birthday

2 Fr 2 Su 2 We 2 Sa 3 Mo 3 We Vacation 3 Sa 3 Mo 3 Th 3 Su 4 Tu 4 Th Vacation 4 Su 4 Tu 4 Fr 4 Mo University Exam 5 We 5 Fr Vacation 5 Mo 5 We 5 Sa Pongal Holidays 5 Tu University Exam 6 Th 6 Sa Vacation 6 Tu Deepavali 6 Th 6 Su Pongal Holidays 6 We University Exam 7 Fr 7 Su Vacation 7 We 7 Fr 7 Mo Pongal Holidays 7 Th University Exam 8 Sa 8 Mo Vacation 8 Th 8 Sa 8 Tu Pongal Holidays 8 Fr University Exam 9 Su 9 Tu Vacation 9 Fr 9 Su 9 We Pongal Holidays 9 Sa

10 Mo 10 We Vacation 10 Sa 10 Mo 10 Th Pongal Holidays 10 Su 11 Tu 11 Th Vacation 11 Su 11 Tu 11 Fr Pongal Holidays 11 Mo University Exam 12 We 12 Fr Vacation 12 Mo 12 We 12 Sa Pongal Holidays 12 Tu University Exam 13 Th Ganesh chadhurthi 13 Sa Vacation 13 Tu 13 Th 13 Su Pongal Holidays 13 We University Exam 14 Fr 14 Su Vacation 14 We 14 Fr 14 Mo Pongal Holidays 14 Th University Exam 15 Sa 15 Mo Vacation 15 Th 15 Sa 15 Tu Pongal 15 Fr University Exam

16 Su 16 Tu Vacation 16 Fr 16 Su 16 We Pongal Holidays 16 Sa

17 Mo 17 We Vacation 17 Sa 17 Mo 17 Th Pongal Holidays 17 Su

18 Tu 18 Th Dussehra 18 Su 18 Tu 18 Fr Pongal Holidays 18 Mo

19 We 19 Fr Dussehra 19 Mo 19 We 19 Sa Pongal Holidays 19 Tu

20 Th 20 Sa Vacation 20 Tu 20 Th 20 Su Pongal Holidays 20 We

21 Fr Muharram 21 Su Vacation 21 We Prophet Mohammed’s

Birthday

21 Fr 21 Mo 21 Th

22 Sa 22 Mo 22 Th 22 Sa 22 Tu 22 Fr

23 Su 23 Tu 23 Fr Guru nanak’s Birthday 23 Su 23 We 23 Sa

24 Mo 24 We 24 Sa 24 Mo 24 Th 24 Su

25 Tu 25 Th 25 Su 25 Tu Christmas 25 Fr 25 Mo

26 We 26 Fr 26 Mo 26 We 26 Sa Republic day 26 Tu

27 Th 27 Sa 27 Tu 27 Th 27 Su 27 We

28 Fr 28 Su 28 We 28 Fr 28 Mo 28 Th

29 Sa 29 Mo 29 Th 29 Sa 29 Tu

30 Su 30 Tu 30 Fr 30 Su 30 We

31 We 31 Mo 31 Th

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Mar2019 Apr2019 May 2019 Jun2019 Jul2019 Aug2019 1 Fr 1 Mo 1 We 1 Sa 1 Mo 1 Th University Exam

2 Sa 2 Tu 2 Th 2 Su 2 Tu 2 Fr University Exam 3 Su 3 We 3 Fr 3 Mo 3 We 3 Sa University Exam 4 Mo 4 Th 4 Sa 4 Tu 4 Th 4 Su University Exam 5 Tu 5 Fr 5 Su 5 We Id-Ul-Fitr 5 Fr 5 Mo University Exam 6 We 6 Sa 6 Mo 6 Th 6 Sa 6 Tu University Exam 7 Th 7 Su 7 Tu 7 Fr 7 Su 7 We University Exam 8 Fr 8 Mo 8 We 8 Sa 8 Mo 8 Th University Exam 9 Sa 9 Tu 9 Th 9 Su 9 Tu 9 Fr University Exam

10 Su 10 We 10 Fr 10 Mo 10 We 10 Sa

11 Mo 11 Th 11 Sa Summer Vacation 11 Tu 11 Th 11 Su

12 Tu 12 Fr 12 Su Summer Vacation 12 We 12 Fr 12 Mo Idu’IZuha(Bakrid)

13 We 13 Sa 13 Mo Summer Vacation 13 Th 13 Sa 13 Tu University Exam 14 Th 14 Su 14 Tu Summer Vacation 14 Fr 14 Su 14 We University Exam 15 Fr 15 Mo 15 We Summer Vacation 15 Sa 15 Mo 15 Th Independenceday

16 Sa 16 Tu 16 Th Summer Vacation 16 Su 16 Tu 16 Fr University Exam

17 Su 17 We MahavirJeyanthi 17 Fr Summer Vacation 17 Mo 17 We Study Holiday 17 Sa

18 Mo 18 Th 18 Sa Buddha purnima 18 Tu 18 Th Study Holiday 18 Su

19 Tu 19 Fr Good Friday 19 Su Summer Vacation 19 We 19 Fr Study Holiday 19 Mo

20 We 20 Sa 20 Mo Summer Vacation 20 Th 20 Sa Study Holiday 20 Tu

21 Th 21 Su 21 Tu Summer Vacation 21 Fr 21 Su Study Holiday 21 We

22 Fr 22 Mo 22 We Summer Vacation 22 Sa 22 Mo Study Holiday 22 Th

23 Sa 23 Tu 23 Th Summer Vacation 23 Su 23 Tu Study Holiday 23 Fr

24 Su 24 We 24 Fr Summer Vacation 24 Mo 24 We Study Holiday 24 Sa

25 Mo 25 Th 25 Sa Summer Vacation 25 Tu 25 Th Study Holiday 25 Su

26 Tu 26 Fr 26 Su Summer Vacation 26 We 26 Fr Study Holiday 26 Mo

27 We 27 Sa 27 Mo 27 Th 27 Sa Study Holiday 27 Tu

28 Th 28 Su 28 Tu 28 Fr 28 Su Study Holiday 28 We

29 Fr 29 Mo 29 We 29 Sa 29 Mo Study Holiday 29 Th

30 Sa 30 Tu 30 Th 30 Su 30 Tu Study Holiday 30 Fr

31 Su 31 Fr 31 We Study Holiday 31 Sa

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COLLEGE OF AUDIOLOGY & COMMUNICATION SCIENCES, Department of Speech, Hearing and Communication

B.ASLP Academic Calendar for the year 2018-19

Date Day Event

03.09.18 Monday 1st Semester Classes Begins

10.09.18 Monday 3rd Semester Classes Begins

13.09.18 Thursday VinayagarChaturthi

21.09.18 Friday Muharram

28.09.18 Friday Submission of Assignments

02.10.18 Tuesday Mahatma Gandhi Birthday

18.10.18 Thursday Dusshra(MahaNavami)

19.10.18 Friday Dusshra(VijayaDasami)

24.10.18 Wednesday Unit test begins for 1st Semester

26.10.18 Friday Unit test begins for 3rd Semester

30.10.18 Tuesday Submission of Assignments

06.11.18 Tuesday Deepavali

21.11.18 Wednesday Id-E-Milad

23.11.18 Friday Guru Nanak’s Birthday

29.11.18 Thursday Submission of Assignments

17.12.18 Monday Mid-term Examination begins for 1st& 3rd Semester

25.12.18 Tuesday Christmas Day

28.12.18 Friday Submission of Assignments

14.01.19 Monday Pongal

26.01.19 Saturday Republic day

21.01.19 Monday Submission of practicum Records/work sheets/daily diary

22.01.19 Tuesday Model theory exam begins followed by Model SLP and Audiology

viva

28.01.19 Monday Tentatively External viva Examination begins

04.02.19 Monday Tentatively University Theory Examination begins for B.ASLP 1st&

3rd Semester

25.02.19 Monday Semester vacation begings

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Almanac of M.Ed (MD/ASD/Db)- I Year –Academic Year 2018-2019

Commencement of course August 2018

Induction Programme August 2018

Fresher’s Day August 2018

Practical Visits - Inclusive Schools, Special schools &

College of Education

September 2018

Submission of Research Proposal – Last Date November 2018

Internal Examination-1 December 2018

Sports (College Level) TNTEU December 2018

Short –term Vacation 28th December 2018 to 31st December 2018

Commencement of second term January 2019 Sports (District Level) TNTEU January 2019


Pongal Holidays 14th January 2019 to 17thJanuary 2019

Sports (Zonal Level) TNTEU January 2019

Sports (State Level) TNTEU January 2019

Intra Cultural Competition Special Education HRD’s February 2019

Internal Examination -II February 2019 to March 2019

Model Examination April to April 2019

Submission of all records May 2019

Practical examination May 2019

Last working Day 11th May 2019

Commencement of University Examination 27th May 2019

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Almanac of M.Ed (MD/ASD/Db) - II Year –Academic Year 2018-2019

Commencement of course July 2018

Data collection period at NIEPMD November 2018 - December 2019

Sports (College Level) December 2018

Short –Term Vacation December 2018

Sports (District Level) January 2019

Pongal Holidays 14th January to 17thJanuary 2019

Internal Examination -I January 2019

Sports (Zonal Level) January 2019

Sports (State Level) January 2019

Internal Examination -II March 2019

Model Examination April 2019

Last Working day 3rd April 2019

Commencement of University Examination 27th May 2019

Submission of thesis 29th June 2019

Model practical Exam July 2019

Practical cum Viva-voce Exam July 2019

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Academic Calendar - PGDEI 2018-2019

I SEMESTER (curriculum programmes)

Interview 9/09/2018

Admission Date

(Theory, Practical Classes Started)

13/09/2018

Mehtha Hospital- Out Posting Classes 14/10/2018

Madhuram Narayanan Centre - Out Posting Classes 21/10/2018 to 23/10/2018

Annual National Seminar AS PER THE PLAN

Low Vision Classes in Sankara Netharalaya 9/12/2018

1st Internal Examination 11/12/2018

1st Internal Practical Examination 18/12/2018

Submission of Practical Record 08/01/2019

2nd Internal Examination 10/01/2019

2nd Internal Practical Examination 15/01/2019

Study Holidays 21/01/2019

I semester Examination

Theory Practical

28/01/2018 to 06/02/2018

I semester vacation 07/02/2018 to 17/02/2018

OTHER EVENTS AND PROGRAMMES for I sem

Introduction and Orientation 19.08.2018 to 21.08.2018

Nutrition week 23.09.2018 to 28.09.2018

Inclusive parent training programme 3.10.2018 and 04.10.2018

Motor activity training programe (MATA) 30.10.2018 and 31.10.2018

Pre-nursery poisting 11.11.2018 to 13.11.2018

Resource development week for EI 18.11.2018 to 22.11.2018

Home vist week 9.12.2018 to 13.12.2018

II SEMESTER (curriculum programmes )

OTHER EVENTS AND PROGRAMMES for II sem

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II semester Opening(Theory, Practical Classes,

Project work)

18/02/2019

MERF visit 04/03/2019

Braille Class 23/03/2019

Mehtha Hospital- Out Posting Classes 25/03/2019

3rd Internal Examination 15/04/2019

3rd Internal Practical Examination 20/04/2019

Low vision Training – Vidhyasagar 04/05/2019

Chettinadu Anatomy Museum Visit 11/05/2019

SRM Visit 22/05/2019

AIISH Mysore & COM DEALL Bangalore Visit OR

MERF

08/06/2019 to 10/06/2019

SRMC- Visit 24/06/2019

4th Internal Examination 08/07/2019

4th Internal Practical Examination 13/07/2019

Submission of Practical Record 17/07/2019

Study Holidays 22/07/2019

II semester Examination

Theory Practical

29/07/2019to

06/08/2019

Resource development week for EI (AWARNESS) 24.02.2019 to 28.02. 2019

Dance and Movement therapy workshop 11.03.2019 to 13.03.2019

Temporal –Difference TD approach expioration

work shop

30.03.2019 to 3.04.2019

Know the field exploration week 13.04.2019 to 17.04.2019

CBR week 27.04.2019 to 01.04.2019

Explore Modality for EI WEEK 25.05.2019 to 29.05.2019

MDT/TDT Presentation 18.06.2019 and 19.06.2019

DEIC VIST 29.06.2019 to 3.07.2019





M. Phil Clinical Psychology – II year

Curriculum Plan:

September:

Biological Foundations of Behaviour:

Unit Syllabus

I Anatomy of the brain: Major anatomical sub-divisions of the human brain; the surface

anatomy and interior structures of cortical and sub-cortical regions; anatomical

connectivity among the various regions; blood supply to brain and the CSF system; cyto

architecture and modular organization in the brain.

VIII Introduction: Relationship between structure and function of the brain; the rise of

neuropsychology as a distinct discipline, logic of cerebral organization; localization and

lateralization of functions; approaches and methodologies of clinical and cognitive

neuropsychologists.

Psychotherapy and Counselling:

Unit Syllabus

I Introduction to Psychotherapy: Definitions, objectives, issues related to training

professional therapists; ethical and legal issues involved in therapy work; rights and

responsibilities in psychotherapy; issues related to consent(assent in case of minors);

planning and recording of therapy sessions; structuring and setting goals; pre- and post-

assessment; practice of evidence-based therapies.

II Therapeutic Relationship: Client and therapist characteristics; illness, technique

and other factors influencing the relationship.

Behavioural Medicine:

Unit Syllabus

I Introduction: Definition, boundary, psychological and behavioral influences on

health and illness, neuroendocrine, neurotransmitter and neuroimmuneresponses to

stress, negative affectivity, behavioral patterns, and copingstyles, psychophysiological

models of disease, theoretical models of healthbehavior, scope and application of

psychological principles in health, illnessand health care.

October:


Unit Syllabus

II Structure and functions of cells: Cells of the nervous system (neurons, supporting cells,

blood-brain barrier); communication within a neuron (membrane potential, action

potential); communication between neurons (neurotransmitters, neuromodulators and

hormones).

IX Frontal lobe syndrome: Disturbances of regulatory functions; attentional processes;

emotions; memory and intellectual activity; language and motor functions.


Unit Syllabus

III Interviewing: Objectives of interview, interviewing techniques, types of

interview, characteristics of structured and unstructured interview, interviewing skills

(micro skills), open-ended questions, clarification, reflection, facilitation and

confrontation, silences in interviews, verbal and non-verbal components.

IV Affective psychotherapies: Origin, basis, formulation, procedures, techniques,

stages, process, outcome, indications, and research & current status with respect to

psychodynamic, brief psychotherapy, humanistic, existential, gestalt, person-centered,

Adlerian, transactional analysis, reality therapy, supportive, clinical hypnotherapy, play

therapy, psychodrama, and oriental approaches such as yoga, meditation, shavasana,

pranic healing, reiki, taichi etc.


Unit Syllabus

III Cardiovascular system: Psychosocial, personality, lifestyle, and health practice

issues, psychobehavioral responses including coping with illness and functional loss in

hypertension, MI, following CABG and other cardiovascular conditions, salient issues

with regard to quality-of-life and well-being, empirically proven methods of

psychological management of CVS diseases.

IV Respiratory system: precipitants, such as emotional arousal, and other external

stimuli, exacerbants such as anxiety and panic symptoms, effects, such as secondary

gain, low self-esteem in asthma and other airway diseases, psychological, behavioral

and biofeedback strategies as adjunct in the management.

November:


Unit Syllabus

III Biochemistry of the brain: Biochemical, metabolic and genetic aspect of Major mental

disorders, mental retardation and behavioural disorders.

IV Neurobiology of sensory-motor systems and internal environment: Organization of

sensory-motor system in terms of receptors and thalamo cortical pathways and motor

responses.

X Temporal lobe syndrome: Special senses – hearing, vestibular functions and integrative

functions; disturbances in learning and memory functions; language, emotions, time

perception and consciousness.


Unit Syllabus

V Behavior therapies: Origin, foundations, principles & methodologies, problems

and criticisms, empirical status, behavioral assessment, formulations and treatment

goals, Desensitization - (imaginal, in-vivo, enriched, assisted), Extinction - (graded

exposure, flooding and response prevention, implosion, covert extinction, negative

practice, stimulus satiation), Skill training -(assertiveness training, modeling, behavioral

rehearsal), Operant procedures- (token economy, contingency management), Aversion -

(faradic aversion therapy, covert sensitization, aversion relief procedure, anxiety relief

procedure and avoidance conditioning), Self-control procedures - (thought stop,

paradoxical intention, stimulus satiation), Biofeedback – (EMG, GSR, EEG, Temp.,

EKG), Behavioral counseling, Group behavioral approaches, Behavioral family/marital

therapies.

VI Cognitive therapies: Cognitive model, principles and assumptions, techniques,

indications and current status of rational emotive behavior therapy, cognitive behavior

therapy, cognitive analytic therapy, dialectical behaviour therapy, problem-solving

therapy, mindfulness based cognitive therapy, schema focused therapy, cognitive

restructuring, and other principal models of cognitive therapies.


Unit Syllabus

II Central nervous system: Cognitive, personality, behavioral, emotional disturbances in

major CNS diseases like cerebrovascular (stroke, vascular dementia etc.),

developmental (cerebral palsy), degenerative (Parkinson’s etc.), trauma (traumatic brain

and spinal cord injury), convulsive (epilepsy), and infectious (AIDS dementia),

assessment and methods for psychological intervention and rehabilitation with such

patients.

V Gastrointestinal system: Evaluation of psychological factors including personality

characteristics and stress/coping style in functional GI disorders such as irritable bowel

syndrome, inflammatory bowel disease, peptic ulcer disease, esophageal disorder etc.,

role of psychotherapy, behaviour modification, cognitive restructuring, biofeedback and

relaxation training.

March:


Unit Syllabus

V Regulation of Internal Environment: Role of limbic, autonomic and the neuro endocrine

system in regulating the internal environment; reticular formation and other important

neural substrates regulating the state of sleep/wakefulness.

XI Parietal and occipital lobe syndromes: Disturbances in sensory functions and body

schema perception; agnosias and apraxias; disturbances in visual space perception;

color perception; writing and reading ability.


Unit Syllabus

VII Systemic therapies: Origin, theoretical models, formulation, procedures, techniques,

stages, process, outcome, indications, and research & current status with respect to

family therapy, marital therapy, group therapy, sex therapy, interpersonal therapy and

other prominent therapies.

VIII Physiological therapies: Origin, basis, formulation, procedures, techniques,

stages, process, outcome, indications, and current status with respect to progressive

muscular relaxation, autogenic training, biofeedback, eye movement desensitization and

reprocessing, and other forms of evidence based therapies.

IX Counseling: Definition and goals, techniques, behavioral, cognitive and humanistic

approaches, process, counseling theory and procedures to specific domains of

counseling.


Unit Syllabus

VI Genitourinary/renal/reproductive system: Psychosocial issues in male/female

sexual dysfunctions, micturition/voiding problems including primary/secondary

enuresis, end-stage renal disease, dialysis treatment, primary and secondary infertility,

empirically validated psychological and behavioral interventions in these conditions.

VII Dermatology: Role of stress and anxiety in psycho dermatological conditions such as

psoriasis, chronic urticaria, dermatitis, alopecia and the impact of these on self-esteem,

body image and mood, role of psychological interventions such as relaxation, stress

management, counseling and biofeedback strategies.

VIII Oncology: Psychosocial issues associated with cancer - quality of life, denial, grief

reaction to bodily changes, fear of treatment, side effects, abandonment, recurrence,

resilience, assessment tools, and goals of interventions for individual and family, and

therapy techniques.

April:


Unit Syllabus

VI Neurobiology of Behaviour : Neurological aspects of drives, motivation, hunger,

thirst, sex, emotions, learning and memory.

VII Neurotransmitters and behaviour: Role of neurotransmitters and neuro

modulators(acetylcholine, monoamines, amino acids, peptides, lipids) in various aspects

of behaviour including learning and memory.

XII Neuropsychological profile of neuro-psychiatric conditions: Neuropsychological

profile of cortical and subcortical dementia; major mental disorders and substance use

disorders.


Unit Syllabus

X Therapy in special conditions: Therapies and techniques in the management of

deliberate self-harm, bereavement, traumatic, victims of man-made or natural disasters,

in crisis, personality disorders, chronic mental illness, substance use, HIV/AIDS,

learning disabilities, mental retardation, and such other conditions where

integrative/eclectic approach is the basis of clinical intervention.

XI Therapy with children: Introduction to different approaches, psychoanalytic therapies

(Ana Freud, Melanie Klein, Donald Winnicott); special techniques (behavioral and

play) for developmental internalizing and externalizing disorders; therapy in special

conditions such as psycho physiological and chronic physical illness; parent and family

counseling; therapy with adolescents.


Unit Syllabus

IX HIV/AIDS: Model of HIV disease service program in India, pre- and post-test

counseling, psychosocial issues and their resolutions during HIV progress,

psychological assessment and interventions in infected adults and children, and family

members/caregivers, highly active anti-retroviral treatments (HAART),

neuropsychological findings at different stages of infection, issues related to

prevention/spreading awareness and interventions in at risk populations.

X Pain: Physiological and psychological processes involved in pain experience and

behavior, assessment tools for acute and chronic pain intensity, behavior, and

dysfunctions/disability related to pain, psychological interventions such as cognitive,

behavioral, biofeedback and hypnotic therapies.

XI Terminally ill: Medical, religious and spiritual definition of death and dying,

psychology of dying and bereaved family, strategies of breaking bad news,

bereavement and grief counseling, management of pain and other physical

symptoms associated with end-of-life distress in patients with cancer,AIDS, and other

terminal illness, professional issues related to working inhospice including working

through one’s own death anxiety, euthanasia –types, arguments for and against.

May:


Unit Syllabus

XIII Functional human brain mapping: QEEG, EP & ERP, PET, SPECT, fMRI

XIV Neuropsychological assessment: Introduction, principles, relevance, scope and

indications for neuropsychological assessment and issues involved in

neuropsychological assessment of children.

XV Neuropsychological rehabilitation: Principles, objectives and methods of neuro-

rehabilitation of traumatic brain injury, organic brain disorders, major psychiatric

disorders and behavioural disorders; scope of computer-based retraining, neuro

feedback, cognitive aids.


Unit Syllabus

XII Psycho education (therapeutic education): Information and emotional support

for family members and caregivers, models of therapeutic education, family

counseling for a collaborative effort towards recovery, relapse-prevention and

successful rehabilitation with regard to various debilitating mental disorders.

XIII Psychosocial rehabilitation: Rehabilitation services, resources, medical and

psychosocial aspects of disability, assessment, group therapy, supportive therapy and

other forms of empirically supported psychotherapies for core and peripheral members.

XIV Indian approaches to Psychotherapy: Yoga, Meditation, Mindfulness –based

intervention: methods , processes and outcome.

XV Contemporary issues and research: Issues related evidence-based practice, managed

care, and research related to process and outcome.


Unit Syllabus

XII Other general clinical conditions: Application of psychological techniques and

their rationale in the clinical care of patients in general medical settings where

psychological services appears to affect the outcome of medical management

positively, for example in diabetes, sleep disorders, obesity, dental anxiety, burns

injury, pre- and post-surgery, preparing for amputation, evaluation of organ

donors/recipient, pre- and post-transplantation, organ replacement, hemophiliacs,

sensory impairment, rheumatic diseases, abnormal illness behavior, health anxiety etc.

XIII Contemporary Issues: Research and developments in health psychology,

psychophysiology, psychoneuro immunology, psychobiology, socio-biology and their

implications, and effects of psychotherapy on the biology of brain.

Presentations:

September – July

General Seminar, Journal club, Psychotherapy Presentation, Topic discussion, Movie club,

September

1st week - Research Protocol Presentation– final

October

1st week - Ethics Committee Meeting for Research

3rd week – Commencement of data collection

Examinations:

Internal Examination 1 4th week of November

Internal Examination 2 2nd week of March

Model Examination– Theory & Practical 1st week of July

University Examination – Theory & Practical 3rd – 4th week of August

Submissions:

December – Introduction of Research Topic

January – Review of Literature of Research Topic

February – 1 Psychotherapy case

March – 2 Psychotherapy cases

April - Data entry & analysis

May – 2 psychotherapy cases

June – Results & Discussion of Research

July – Printed Psychotherapy & Thesis submission






M.Phil Clinical Psychology – I year

Curriculum Plan:

October:

Orientation in the Multidisciplinary Departments of NIEPMD

Psychosocial Foundation& Psychopathology:

Unit Syllabus

I Introduction: Scope of clinical psychology; overview of the profession and practice;

history and growth; professional role and functions; current issues and trends; areas of

specialization; ethical and legal issues; code of conduct.

X Introduction to psychopathology: Definition; concepts of normality and abnormality;

clinical criteria of abnormality; continuity (dimensional)versus discontinuity

(categorical), and prototype models of psychopathology; classification and taxonomies

– reliability and utility; classificatory systems, currently in use and their advantages and

limitations. Approach to clinical interviewing and diagnosis; case history; mental status

examination; organization and presentation of psychiatric information; diagnostic

formulation.

Statistics and Research Methodology:

Unit Syllabus

I Introduction: Various methods to ascertain knowledge, scientific method and its

features; problems in measurement in behavioral sciences; levels of measurement of

psychological variables - nominal, ordinal, interval and ratio scales; test construction -

item analysis, concept and methods of establishing reliability, validity and norms.

II Sampling: Probability and non-probability; various methods of sampling - simple

random, stratified, systematic, cluster and multistage sampling; sampling and non-

sampling errors and methods of minimizing these errors.

Psychiatry:

Unit Syllabus

I Signs and symptoms: Disorders of consciousness, attention, motor behavior,

orientation, experience of self, speech, thought, perception, emotion, and memory.

II Psychoses: Schizophrenia, affective disorders, delusional disorders and other

forms of psychotic disorders – types, clinical features, etiology and management.

Psychological Assessments:

Unit Syllabus

I Case History

II Bender Gestalt Test, Bhatia’s Battery of Performance Test, Binet Test of Intelligence

(Local Standardization), Raven’s Progressive Matrices (all versions), Wechsler Adult

Intelligence Scale – Indian adaptation (WAPIS-Ramalinga swamy’s), WAIS-R

VI Seguin Form Board Test, Malin’s Intelligence Scale for Indian Children, Gessel’s

Developmental schedule, Gessel’s Developmental Test, Developmental Screening Test,

Vineland Social Maturity Scale, BASIC-MR, NIMHANS – SLD Battery

November:

Psychosocial Foundation & Psychopathology:

Unit Syllabus

II Mental health and illness: Mental health care – past and present; stigma and

attitude towards mental illness; concept of mental health and illness; perspectives –

psychodynamic, behavioral, cognitive, humanistic, existential and biological models of

mental health/illness.

XI Psychological theories: Psychodynamic; behavioral; cognitive; humanistic;

interpersonal; psychosocial; and other prominent theories/models of principal clinical

disorders and problems, viz. anxiety, obsessive compulsive, somatoform, dissociative,

adjustment, sexual, substance use, personality, suicide, childhood and adolescence,

psychotic, mood disorders, and culture-specific disorders.


Unit Syllabus

III Concept of probability: Probability distribution - normal, poison, binomial;

descriptive statistics - central tendency, dispersion, skewness and kurtosis.

IV Hypothesis testing: Formulation and types; null hypothesis, alternate hypothesis, type I

and type II errors, level of significance, power of the test, p-value. Concept of standard

error and confidence interval.

Psychiatry:

Unit Syllabus

III Neurotic, stress-related and somatoform disorders: types, clinical features,e tiology and

management.

IV Disorders of personality and behavior: Specific personality disorders; mental &

behavioral disorders due to psychoactive substance use; habit and impulse disorders;

sexual disorders and dysfunctions – types, clinical features, etiology and management.


Unit Syllabus

II Wechsler Memory Scale, PGI Memory Scale,

III Rorschach Psychodiagnostics, Multiphasic Questionnaire

IV 16 personality factor questionnaire, Temperament and Character Inventory, Eyesenk’s

Personality Inventory, Eysenck’s Personality Questionnaire, Sentence Completion Test,

Thematic Apperception Test - Murray’s and Uma Chowdhary’s

VI Children’s Apperception Test, Draw a Person Test, Children’s Personality

Questionnaire

December:


Unit Syllabus

III Epidemiology: Epidemiological studies in Indian context; socio-cultural correlates of

mental illness, mental health, psychological well-being and quality of life.

IV Self and relationships: Self-concept, self-image, self-perception and self-regulations

in mental health and illness; learned helplessness and attribution theories; social skill

model; interpersonal and communication models of mental illness; stress diathesis

model, resilience, coping and social support.

XII Indian thoughts: Concept of mental health and illness; nosology and taxonomyof mental

illness; social identity and stratification (Varnashrama Vyawastha); concept of –

cognition, emotion, personality, motivation and their disorders.


Unit Syllabus

V Tests of significance - Parametric tests: Requirements, "t" test, normal z-test, and

"F" test including post-hoc tests, one-way and two-way analysis of variance, analysis of

covariance, repeated measures analysis of variance, simple linear correlation and

regression.

VI Tests of significance - Non-parametric tests: Assumptions; One-sample tests (sign test,

Mc Nemer test); two-sample test (Mann Whitney U test, Wilcoxon rank sum test); k-

sample tests (Kruskal Wallies test, and Friedman test) and chi-square test.

Psychiatry:

Unit Syllabus

V Organic mental disorders: Dementia, delirium and other related conditions with

neuralgic and systemic disorders – types, clinical features, etiology and management.

VI Behavioral, emotional and developmental disorders of childhood and adolescence:

types, clinical features, etiology and management.

VII Mental retardation: Classification, etiology and management.


Unit Syllabus

II Wisconsin cord sorting test

III Object sorting test, IPDE, NEO-5 personality inventory

IV Picture frustration test

V Rating scales: Self-rated and observer-rated scales of different clinical conditions

such as anxiety, depression, mania, OCD, phobia, panic disorder etc. (including

Leyton’s obsessional inventory, Y-BOCS, BDI, STAI, HADS,HARS, SANS, SAPS,

PANSS, BPRS), issues related to clinical applications and recent developments.

VI Developmental psychopathology checklist, CBCL, Clinical rating scales such as for

autism, ADHD, etc

VII LNNB, PGI-BBD, NIMHANS and other batteries of neuropsychological tests in current

use.

January:


Unit Syllabus

V Family influences: Early deprivation and trauma; neglect and abuse; attachment;

separation; inadequate parenting styles; marital discord and divorce; maladaptive peer

relationships; communication style; family burden; emotional adaptation; expressed

emotions and relapse.

VI Societal influences: Discrimination in race, gender and ethnicity; social class and

structure, poverty and unemployment; prejudice, social change and uncertainty; crime

and delinquency; social tension & violence; urban stressors; torture &terrorism; culture

shock; migration; religion & gender related issues with reference to India.


Unit Syllabus

VII Experimental design: Randomization, replication, completely randomized design,

randomized block design, factorial design, crossover design, single subject design, non-

experimental design.

VIII Epidemiological studies: Epidemiological studies: Rates- Prevalence and incidence;

Types- Prospective and retrospective studies; Diagnostic Efficiency Statistics

(sensitivity, specificity, predictive values); Risk Estimation- odds ratio and survival

analysis.

Psychiatry:

Unit Syllabus

VIII Neurobiology of mental disorders: Neurobiological theories of psychosis, mood

disorders, suicide, anxiety disorders, substance use disorders and other emotional and

behavioral syndromes.

IX Therapeutic approaches: Drugs, ECT, psychosurgery, psychotherapy, and behavior

therapy, preventive and rehabilitative strategies – half-way home, sheltered workshop,

daycare, and institutionalization.


Unit Syllabus

III Colour form sorting test, Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory, Clinical

Analysis Questionnaire, Screening instruments such as GHQ, hospital

anxiety/depression scale etc. to detect psychopathology

IV Self-concept and self-esteem scales, Rottor’s locus of control scale, Bell’s adjustment

inventory (Students’ and Adults’), Subjective well-being questionnaires, QoL

VI AMD adaptation scale for mental retardation

February:


Unit Syllabus

VII Disability: Definition and classification of disability; psychosocial models of

disability; impact, needs and problems; issues related to assessment/certification of

disability – areas and measures.

VIII Rehabilitation: Approaches to rehabilitation; interventions in the rehabilitation

processes; models of adaptation to disability; family and caregivers issues; rights of

mentally ill; empowerment issues; support to recovery.


Unit Syllabus

IX Multivariate analysis: Introduction, Multiple regression, logistic regression, factor

analysis, cluster analysis, discriminant function analysis, path analysis, MANOVA,

Canonical correlation, and Multidimensional scaling.

X Sample size estimation: Sample size determination for estimation of mean, estimation

of proportion, comparing two means and comparing two proportions.

Psychiatry:

Unit Syllabus

X Consultation-liaison psychiatry: Psychiatric consultation in general hospital;

primary care setting.

XI Special populations/Specialties: Geriatric, terminally ill, HIV/AIDS, suicidal, abused,

violent and non-cooperative patients; psychiatric services in community, and following

disaster/calamity.


Unit Syllabus

VI Raven’s controlled projection test

VII WISC-R (for visual handicapped), blind learning aptitude test and other interest and

aptitude tests, Kauffman’s assessment battery and such other tests/scales for physically

handicapped individuals.

VIII Halstead-Reitan battery

March, April & May:

External Postings – Institute of Mental Health

June: Psychosocial Foundation & Psychopathology:

Unit Syllabus

IX Policies and Acts: Rehabilitation Policies and Acts (Mental Health Act of 1987,

National Mental Health Program 1982, the Persons with Disabilities (equal

opportunities, protection of rights and full participation) Act 1995;Rehabilitation

Council of India (RCI) Act of 1992, National Trust for Mental Retardation, CP and

Autistic Children 1999, Juvenile Justice Act of 1986; Mental Health Care Bill 2011;

ethical and forensic issues in psychiatry practice); assistance, concessions, social

benefits and support from government and voluntary organizations; contemporary

challenges; rehabilitation ethics and professional code of conduct.


Unit Syllabus

XI Qualitative analysis of data: Content analysis, qualitative methods of psychosocial

research.

XII Use of computers: Use of relevant statistical package in the field of behavioral science

and their limitations.

Presentations:

October – July General Seminar, Journal club, Clinical Case Presentation, Movie club

Examinations:

Internal Examination 1 February 1st week

Internal Examination 2 March 4th week

Model Examination – Theory & Practical July 4th week

University Examination – Theory & Practical September

Submissions:

April – 1 Psychodiagnostics submission

May – 1 Psychodiagnostics submission

June – 1 Psychodiagnostics submission

July – 2 Psychodiagnostics submission

August- All 5 printed Psychodiagnostics submission

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