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Foundations of Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology (Level 1) Certificate and
Applications of Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology (Level 2) Certificate.
For MA/PhD degrees in Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology via Distance Learning, see Professional Specialty Programs.
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Level 1
This newly revised Prenatal and Perinatal Certificate gives students a foundational understanding of this leading edge field within the discipline of psychology. It is designed to meet the needs of professionals (childbirth educators, lactation consultants, parenting coaches, doulas, nurses, midwives, caseworkers, infant/child/family therapists, psychologists) and individuals interested in learning a more in-depth psychological perspective on the prenatal and perinatal human developmental period. Students will gain an understanding of theory, pivotal research, and methods of practice in this field.
This Level 1 Certificate is a 9.0-credit offering in a distance learning (or online) format. It is made up of 5 of the graduate-level classes (these courses are transferable into the MA and PhD degree programs as well).
Required Courses:
PPN 510 Foundations of Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology (1.5)
PPN 511 Integrative Psychology (1.5)
PPN 515 Prenatal Experience I (2.0)
PPN 615 Birth and Bonding I (2.0)
PPN 618 Impact and Implications of Chemical, Medical, and Surgical Intervention (2.0)
Class/Program Length:
Online classes are six weeks in length, in an asynchronous format, using multi-media presentations, with weekly assignments and interactions as part of the activities. This kind of format was created for those who need a flexible schedule. This Level 1 Certificate can be completed in 6 months or spread over a longer period of time. Students need to complete the Certificate within 24 months, however.
Level 2
A new offering for 2008 is the Level 2 Prenatal and Perinatal Certificate that gives clinicians and psychoeducators the necessary skills for professional practice in the field. Level 2 requires on campus coursework (3-day intensives, twice annually) and travel to Santa Barbara, California, USA. On campus works affords the student practice in the requisite skills for working with each population (pregnant women, birthing women/families, parents-infants, etc.). After an initial overview, students will observe the application of those skills by an experienced practitioner, followed by their own experiential practice, feedback, and evaluation.
This Level 2 Certificate is a 10-credit offering in a combined distance learning (or online) and on-campus format. It is made up of 6 of the graduate-level classes found in the second year specialty courses in the MA and PhD degree programs. Electives are optional or may be exchanged with one of the practice courses.
Additionally, Level 2 Certification requires a practicum with supervision in the field of prenatal and perinatal psychology.
Required Courses:
PPN 640 Practices with Adults I (1.0)
PPN 641 Practices with Families During Pregnancy (1.5)
PPN 642 Practices with Families During Birth (1.0)
PPN 643 Practices with Families During the Postnatal Period (2.0)
PPN 644 Practices with Families During Infancy and Early Childhood (1.5)
COR 658 Practicum (3.0)
Electives:
PPN 718 Specialty Assessment and Traditional Diagnostic and Treatment Paradigms (1.0)
PPN 719 Ethics and Diversity in the Specialty Practice (.5)
PPN 720 Practices with Adults II (1.5)
Program Length
This offering was created for those who need a flexible schedule. However, with the 3-day intensives and the practicum requirements, this Certificate should be completed in 12-24 months.
Rolling Admissions and Program Delivery
The Level 1 Certificate is offered entirely at a distance by having access to the internet anywhere in the world. Various courses are offered on a quarterly basis, beginning any quarter: July 1, October 1, January 1, and April 1. It is primarily self-paced and focuses on self-directed learning and individual study, yet students are part of an online community with supportive individual and shared pages and discussion forums. Level 2 requires that you have completed the Level 1 foundational courses and that you attend the in person offerings.
Program Tuition
Again, students in the certificate earn graduate credit that could apply toward a Master’s or Doctoral degree program at SBGI. Tuition is the per unit price found in the most recent SBGI catalogue (adjusted annually). Contact: Alice Richardson, Admissions, arichardson@sbgi.edu, (805) 963-6896 ext. 107.
Contact Prenatal & Perinatal Psychology Department Chair info@sbgi.edu, (805) 963-6896
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Level 1 Certificate
Foundations of Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology
Course Descriptions
PPN 510 Foundations of Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology (1.5 units)
This initial course in prenatal and perinatal psychology provides students with an overview of the field, including its theoretical foundations, assumptions, and guiding principles. Emphasized also is research from multiple perspectives (biological, psychological, neurological, evolutionary), and a common factors approach (prenatal and perinatal, psychodynamic, behavioral, cognitive, somatic/gestalt) to psychoeducation/psychotherapy intervention. Evidence-based practice (EBP) principles are also introduced. Reflection around feelings and insights from the course materials will be encouraged.
PPN 511 Integrative Psychology (1.5 units)
This course provides an overarching context and framework for further academic work at SBGI, personal growth and professional development. In this course, students explore the Wilber Integral Model as a meta-framework for inquiry, the evolving relationship of spirituality and science, as well as come to understand the vital importance that personal and professional paradigms play in perception, conceptions and empirical inquiry. Within that larger perspective, McCarty's Integrated Model of early development during the primary period (preconception through baby’s first postnatal year of life) is explored. Students have the opportunity to explore own beliefs that influence their personal and professional perceptions and conceptions.
PPN 515 Prenatal Experience (2.0 units)
Prenatal Experience explores human experience from preconception through the late pregnancy period of development (up to birth). The course examines the implications of the conception journey and prenatal period for imprinting. It explores the establishment of the first relationship with the mother. The course also provides a short overview of the embryological and prenatal development of the prenate. It reviews what we know about optimal health for the prenate (neuropshysiologically, emotionally, mentally) while at the same time examining risk factors (maternal use of alcohol/drugs, prematurity etc.) It considers the range of prenatal influences from the most favorable to the most traumatic and how these influences affect the development of the authentic Self.
PPN 615 Birth and Bonding (2 units)
This course provides an overview of “normal birth” and covers what has been shown to be the most important psychological process in the course of human life, namely, early bonding and attachment. A review of the distinct stages of birth, babies’, mothers’, fathers’ and families’ roles in the birthing process psychologically and emotionally is included. Birth is examined from a holistic philosophy, namely what needs to occur for mothers’ and babies’ physical, emotional, intellectual and spiritual wellbeing. Discussed also is what constitutes a healthy self-attachment just after birth, and how parents and newborns develop an emotional bond. It explores what enhances the bonding process, what hinders it and what methods help heal the trauma surrounding it. This birth and bonding class also explores this developmental phase for the baby, newborn to the first year.
PPN 618 Impact and Implications of Chemical, Medical and Surgical Intervention (2 units)
In the 20th century, technology and medical practices dramatically changed the way babies in Western industrialized nations are conceived, treated during pregnancy, and birthed. This class introduces students to the wide range of implications associated with the medical, chemical, and surgical interventions during pregnancy and birth. Reviewed will be the steps that can lead to interventions and the effects on the developing child, mother and family and potential imprints. Some of the topics covered are the impact of Cesarean section, epidurals, and labor induction. Students have the opportunity to explore beliefs that influence their personal and professional perceptions and conceptions.
Level 2 Certificate
Applications of Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology
Course Descriptions
PPN 640 Practices with Adults I – (1.0 units)
This is the first in a series applied courses for working with specific populations around prenatal and perinatal issues. The main goal is that of acquiring the necessary and specific skills that a clinician or psychoeducator will need in their professional practice. This is accomplished using a step-by-step approach of demonstrating the requisite skills described, observing the skills modeled by an experienced practitioner, followed by an experiential practice and evaluation. The course will focus on what is known or can be proven empirically in this emerging field around therapeutic change with adults.
PPN 641 Practices with Families During Pregnancy (1.5 Units)
Utilizing a holographic, holonomic, holistic integrative lens of the period from preconception through pregnancy, this course examines the normal developmental tasks of parents, baby, and family, as well as the conditions that influence the range from life-enhancing to life-diminishing passage during this primary period of development. Basic psychosocial and therapeutic skills including family assessment (through history taking, interview, and observation) and identification of strengths and potential risk factors, are addressed, modeled, and practiced by students. Specific therapeutic issues of this developmental period, such as unwanted pregnancy, unresolved parental trauma, and loss/conflict/stress during pregnancy are discussed as well as strategies to support families to mitigate stress and optimize conditions. Special attention is paid to how prenatal and perinatal psychology clinical findings and Primary Psychology Guiding Principles distinguish psychosocial and therapeutic perspectives, assessment and intervention methods. Energy psychology techniques are included as one genre of therapeutic support.
PPN 642 Practices with Families During Birth (1.0 units)
This course integrates prenatal and perinatal psychology theory with practice. It continues the building of a competence of knowledge, technical skills, clinical reasoning and reflection in working with (or educating) pregnant women and partners about birth. This course focuses on how to provide information and to guide parents to support their birth choices. It also focuses on the emotional triggers and educational holes that lead parents to accept interventions. It facilitates how to work with parents to heal and or process from birth, including difficult or traumatic births. It reviews how to work with and collaborate with other professionals and institutions in the birth field including: obstetricians, nurses, midwifes, labor assistants, technicians, anesthesiologists, hospitals and birth centers, etc. The course also covers the basics of assessment, case formulation, and intervention strategies, the utilization of the therapeutic relationship and the self-reflection necessary to identify personal reactions in one's understanding of the client (or audience).
PPN 643 Practices with Families during the Postnatal Period (1.5 units)
This course continues the integration of prenatal and perinatal psychology theory with practice. It furthers the building of a competence of knowledge, technical skills, clinical reasoning and reflection in working with newborns and working with (or educating) parents about the postnatal period. It covers the physical, cognitive, social, emotional, and spiritual development of newborns. The course reviews how to support parents and newborns through the postpartum period by focusing on some of the potential challenges of this period including: neonatal death, stillbirth, prematurity, breastfeeding, attachment, postpartum depression and lifestyle changes. It also reviews how to work with and collaborate with other professionals and institutions in the postpartum phase including: lactation consultants, neonatologists, pediatricians, obstetricians, nurses, NICU staff, postpartum doulas, acupuncturists, psychotherapists, clinical psychologists, license social workers and case managers. The course also covers the basics of assessment, case formulation, and intervention strategies, the utilization of the therapeutic relationship and the self-reflection necessary to identify personal reactions in one's understanding of the client (or audience).
PPN 644 Practices with Families During Infancy and Early Childhood (2.5 units)
This course integrates prenatal and perinatal psychology theory with practice. It continues the building of a competence of knowledge, technical skills, clinical reasoning and reflection in working with (or educating) parents and infants. It covers the physical, cognitive, social, linguistic, emotional, and spiritual development of infancy and early childhood, 0 to 36 months and includes the importance of the psycho-neurobiology and the parent-child relationship of this period of development. The class focuses on prevention and emphasizes techniques to support parent-child attachment, developmentally appropriate parenting, cue reading, transitions, infant permissions, and honoring of the infant/young child as a conscious being. It also reviews how to support parents and infants in the repair of traumatic events and prenatal and birth imprints such as birth trauma and postnatal separation. It also covers how to work and collaborate with other professionals and institutions such occupational therapists, license social workers, psychotherapists, and case managers. The course reviews the basics of assessment, case formulation, and intervention strategies, the utilization of the therapeutic relationship and the self-reflection necessary to identify personal reactions in one's understanding of the client (or audience).
Electives
PPN 718 The Specialty within Traditional Diagnostic Paradigms (1.0)
This course focuses on the integration of prenatal and perinatal psychology within multidisciplinary settings. Specifically covered will be how to screen for, or identify, complex problems utilizing professional practice methods (DC 0-3, DSM-IV-TR, Psychodynamic Diagnostic Manual [PDM], Diagnostic Manual for Infancy and Early Childhood [ICDL-DMIC]) will be reviewed as well as what steps can lead to communication with professionals in the field as the those areas that currently do not have classification systems for very early issues.
PPN 719 Ethics and Diversity in the Specialty Practice (.5) This course discusses the professional, legal, ethical, cultural and diversity issues around safe practices with young families during pregnancy, birth, infancy, as well as the impact of early events on childhood and adults. Discussed also in the class will be the many controversial issues within the emerging field of prenatal and perinatal psychology.
PPN 721 Integrative Seminar (.5)
Integrative Seminar offers students a structured and facilitated opportunity to integrate previous material into a cohesive theoretical framework, and to practice applying their knowledge and skills in prenatal and perinatal psychology to a range of clinical and educational issues and contexts.
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