DFVP20005 - Men's Behaviour Change Interventions and Practice
Unit Synopsis
This unit will provide you with opportunities to develop specialist knowledge of men’s behaviour change interventions and practice with a specific focus on working with voluntary and involuntary clients in domestic and family violence work. Critical use is made of evidence-based research, and practice and policy documents addressing issues related to working with male perpetrators of violence. You will explore the origins of men’s behaviour change interventions, and the legal and safety considerations that arise from working with this client group, particularly as they apply to group work modalities. You will consider ethical, professional and self-management implications for practice. Domestic and family violence perpetration as it affects people from priority populations, such as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and people from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) communities will be considered in this unit.
Details
| Level | Postgraduate |
|---|---|
| Unit Level | 8 |
| Credit Points | 6 |
| Student Contribution Band | 10 |
| Fraction of Full-Time Student Load | 0.125 |
| Pre-requisites or Co-requisites |
DFVP 20001 is a pre-requisite for this unit. Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework). |
| Class Timetable | View Unit Timetable |
| Residential School | No Residential School |
Be Different Intakes
Higher Education Unit Availabilities from Term 1 - 2026
Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 6-credit Postgraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.
Assessment Tasks
| Assessment Task | Weighting |
|---|---|
| 1. Written Assessment | 40% |
| 2. Written Assessment | 40% |
| 3. Online Quiz(zes) | 20% |
This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%).
Past Exams
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Term 1 - 2021 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 92.31% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 50% response rate.
Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
Source: Student evaluation
Ensure feedback on assignments is returned to students within the 2 weeks after submission.
Unit coordinator to ensure marking and return of assignments is done within 10 working days as a priority.
While every effort was made to return assignments within the 10 working days, there were some assignments returned a few days after that. This was due to competing research and engagement demands.
Source: Student feedback
Increase flexibility for students in accessing zoom sessions
Record and download mini-lectures more frequently as students requested flexibility in accessing the zoom recordings rather than live sessions.
Mini-lectures were recorded and downloaded onto Moodle. Zoom sessions were recorded also and downloaded onto Moodle. Students reported that this was appreciated and helpful to their learning and assignment work.
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
- Assess the complexities of working with voluntary and involuntary clients who use violence in relation to the influence of gender, ethnicity, and culture.
- Investigate the history and development of men’s behaviour change programs and their applicability, across a range of contexts.
- Formulate strategies to address the safety issues for the family members of users of violence.
- Identify and analyse legal, safety and ethical principles in working with users of violence.
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | |||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1 - Written Assessment | • | • | • | |
| 2 - Written Assessment | • | • | ||
| 3 - Online Quiz(zes) | • | • | ||
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | |||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1 - Knowledge | • | • | • | • |
| 2 - Communication | • | • | • | • |
| 3 - Cognitive, technical and creative skills | • | • | • | • |
| 4 - Research | • | • | • | • |
| 5 - Self-management | • | • | • | |
| 6 - Ethical and Professional Responsibility | • | • | • | • |
| 7 - Leadership | • | |||
| Assessment Tasks | Graduate Attributes | ||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | |