Module overview
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Learning Outcomes
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Critically evaluate systematic knowledge of the application of developmental psychology to emotional and behavioural difficulties with children/young people, families and/or their wider support systems.
- Implement and analyse acquired knowledge of developmentally appropriate neuropsychological assessments and/or outcome measures (both qualitative and quantitative).
- Critically appraise the evidence base for psychological interventions with children/young people, families and/or their wider support systems, and relevant developmentally appropriate adaptations for such work.
- Demonstrate the ability to reflect upon issues relating to equality, diversity and inclusion through careful consideration of the Social Graces (Burnham, 2012).
- Discuss and critically evaluate key organisational, professional and ethical issues relating to the complex clinical needs of children/young people, families and their wider support systems.
Syllabus
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
| Type | Hours |
|---|---|
| Teaching | 150 |
| Independent Study | 50 |
| Total study time | 200 |
Resources & Reading list
General Resources
Reading List. A suggested reading list is updated every year, in order to incorporate new texts. Additionally, local practising psychologists are asked to provide the titles of books, or key journal articles, which have informed their practice during the year.
Internet Resources
Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children: Position paper.
The Handbook of Child and Adolescent Clinical Psychology: A Contextual Approach.
What Good Looks Like in Psychological Services for Children, Young People and their Families..
Textbooks
Stallard, P. (2018). Think Good Feel Good: A CBT Workbook for Children and Young People. Wiley.
Finch, A.J (2012). Specialty competences in clinical child and adolescent psychology.
McLeod, B.D., Jensen-Doss, A & Ollendick T.H. (2013). Diagnostic and behavioural assessment in children and adolescents: a clinical guide..
Assessment
Assessment strategy
In the event of a trainee failing any assessed piece of work, the trainee is required to liaise with the Module Coordinator and they will need to re-submit a substantially revised version of the original piece of work.Summative
This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| Report | 100% |
Referral
This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| Report | 100% |
Repeat Information
Repeat type: Internal