Child Psychology
Course
Distance
Description
-
Type
Course
-
Methodology
Distance Learning
-
Duration
9 Months
-
Start date
Different dates available
This distance learning course will help give you the skills that will enable you to help a child reach its true potential and will provide you with an insight into the development of children. The course will also help you to understand how our behaviour can affect a child, which should in turn make you a better, more caring and effective parent or childminder.
Facilities
Location
Start date
Start date
Reviews
Course programme
Get your own Diploma in Child Psychology
Some understanding of the development process in children is vital for satisfactory relationships to grow. Modern psychological research has provided us with a wealth of practical information relevant to child rearing. By understanding how this knowledge can be applied to children in your care, you can provide the best possible environment for their balanced growth and development.
Course Contents
Remember, You can complete this Child Psychology course within 6 to 9 months of enrolling. So take your first step by contacting us today !
Detailed Content
Unit 1: How to start the course
- Introduction to psychology
- Applications of psychology
- Psychology in everyday use
Unit 2: Only crazies study psychology...?
- Growth/Development/Maturation
- Intelligence/Perception/Socialisation
- Adjustment and Maladjustment
Unit 3: Is child psychology relevant to me?
- Maturity
- Families
- Successful parental styles
- Unsuccessful parental styles
Unit 4: Child psychology in general
- Theories of childhood development
- Attachment and separation
- Physical differences: a view from the nursery
Unit 5: Starting off.....
- Evolutionary background
- Pre-natal influences
- Neo-natal psychology
- Social factors in infant development
Unit 6: Children growing up
- Language development
- Perceptual development
- Psychosexual development
- Conscience development (values)
- School adjustment
- Teacher characteristics and student progress
Unit 7: More about personality
- Defence mechanism (emotional reactions)
- The tests that rate intelligence
- Learning in children
- Creativity and children
- Effective approaches to discipline
- Psychosexual development
Unit 8: When is a problem really a problem?
- The facts of life
- A true/false quiz on the sexes
- Emotional development
- Disorders in children's development
- Aspects to bed-wetting to keep in mind
Unit 9: Physical Illness in Children
- The psychology of disability
- Treatment/training for mental disability
- Educational underachievement
- The variability of children's behaviour
- Therapy with children
- Communicating with children
Unit 10: Help! I've got a problem!
- Parenthood - fulfillment or frustration?
- Some common sources of family stress
- The parent / child inventory
- How problems start
- The problem child
- Children as a cause of stress
Unit 11: Looking back to go ahead
- Women's place
- What kind of parent are you?
- TV and children
- Children and changing lifestyles
Unit 12: Putting it all together
- Sharing skills
- A philosophy of child-rearing
- Child rearing - a matter of personal choice?
Delivery Method:
1. Correspondence
2. Online
Private Tutor: Yes
Duration: 6 to 9 months
Additional information
Child Psychology