Psychological support of law enforcement agencies

Course: Psychology

Structural unit: Faculty of Psychology

Title
Psychological support of law enforcement agencies
Code
ДВС.3.02.02
Module type
Обов’язкова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
First
Year of study when the component is delivered
2021/2022
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
5 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
4
Learning outcomes
LO1. To analyze and interpret mental phenomena, identify psychological problems and suggest ways to resolve them. LO2. To understand patterns and tendencies of the development and functioning of mental phenomena in the professional tasks’ context. LO5. To select and use: valid and reliable psychological research and assessment methods (tests, questionnaires, projective techniques etc.); techniques of psychological help. LO12. To compile and implement a program of psychoprophylactic, educational activities and psychological help activities in the form of lectures, talks, round tables, games, trainings, etc., in accordance with the requirements of the customer.
Form of study
Full-time form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
Know 1. The main guiding documents of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine and the General Staff, the Command of the National Guard of Ukraine, the State Tax Service of Ukraine, etc. regarding the psychological support of their activities 2. History of development of psychological services in Ukraine. 3. Psychological features of modern hostilities Be able 1. Conduct psychological training classes with different categories of servicemen and identify topics that are more relevant today. 2. Carry out psychological analysis of individual behavior. 3. Possess methods and organization of psychological rehabilitation in law enforcement agencies and in the State as a whole . 4. To diagnose negative mental states of servicemen Have basic skills in providing psychological assistance.
Course content
The purpose of the discipline - is to provide students with reliable and complete information about the psychological characteristics of servicemen and military teams in various law enforcement agentcies of Ukraine, mastering the features of psychological support of these structures. The ultimate goal of psychological support measures is to form, maintain and restore the proper moral and psychological condition of personnel, as a leading factor in the effective implementation of combat and other tasks. It is the willingness and ability to conduct activities on psychological support is the main task of students to master this discipline.
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
1. Ahaiev N.A., Kokun O.M., Herasymenko M.V., Pishko I.O., Lozinska N.S. Dosvid roboty v armii SShA ta armiiakh inshykh krain shchodo nedopushchennia vtrat osobovoho skladu z prychyn, ne poviazanykh iz vykonanniam zavdan za pryznachenniam. K.: NDTs HP ZSU, 2018. 156 s. 2. Ahaiev N.A., Kokun O.M., Pishko I.O., Lozinska N.S., Ostapchuk V.V., Tkachenko V.V. Zbirnyk metodyk dlia diahnostyky nehatyvnykh psykhichnykh staniv viiskovosluzhbovtsiv: K.: NDTs HP ZSU, 2016. – 234 s. 3. Aleshchenko V.I. Psykholohichne zabezpechennia myrotvorchoi diialnosti viiskovosluzhbovtsiv Zbroinykh Syl Ukrainy. Kharkiv, KhUPS. – 2008. – 238 s. 4. Balashova S.P., Vasyliev S.P., Dubrovynskyi H.R. Praktychnyi kurs viiskovoi psykholohii: Navchalnyi posibnyk. Chastyna 2. K.: Kyivskyi natsionalnyi universytet imeni Tarasa Shevchenka, 2013. 172 s. 5. Zoran Komar.Psykholohichna stiikist voina : Pidruchnyk dlia viiskovykh psykholohiv. K. : Torrent-toloka, 2017. ― 184 s.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, practical classes, Individual work
Assessment methods and criteria
The control is carried out according to the modular rating system. Content module 1 (MR1) includes topics 1 - 3, content module 2 (MR2) - topics 4 - 10, and. in the content module 3 (MR3) - topics 11 - 14, (the list of types of works and forms of their control / evaluation is indicated with indication of Min. - limit and Max. number of points or percent) Assessment by forms of control: (as an example) Content module1 20 Content module2 30 Content module3 25 Credit 25 Grading scheme: - Excellent (90-100 scores) - Good (75-89 scores) - Satisfactory (60-74 scores) - Fail (0-59 scores)
Language of instruction
Ukrainian

Lecturers

This discipline is taught by the following teachers

Georgy Revmyrovych Dubrovinsky
Department of Social Psychology
Faculty of Psychology

Departments

The following departments are involved in teaching the above discipline

Department of Social Psychology
Faculty of Psychology