Psychological support of law enforcement agencies
Course: Political 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
2023/2024
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
Departments
The following departments are involved in teaching the above discipline