Child Psychology Level 3 Diploma, A Home Study, Distance Learning Course

Child Psychology Level 3 Diploma

Module 1: Babies from Birth to One Year

By the end of this module you will:

• Be able to identify the importance of bonding
• Recognise the social and emotional development of babies from birth through to the age of one year
• Have awareness of the innate reflexes of new born babies
• Evaluate the benefits of testing at ‘milestones’.

Module 2: Stages and Sequences of Social and Emotional Development

By the end of this module you will:

• Understand the importance of social and emotional develop
• Have awareness of the ages and stages that children go through
• Identify three of the main theories
• Have theoretical knowledge of the need to provide good role models
• Recognise some of the barriers to babies and children achieving their milestones
• Understand the importance of unconditional love.

Module 3: Language and Linguistic Skills

By the end of this module you will:

• Identify the many forms of communication
• Define the term pre-linguistic
• Understand the difference between active and passive communication
• Recognise the importance of providing children with opportunities to develop their skills
• Evaluate the importance of body language.

Module 4: Cognitive Development

By the end of this module you will:

• Recognise the importance of cognitive development
• Be aware of some of the main psychological theories in cognitive development
• Understand the need for babies and children to have appropriate opportunities and experience to develop their intellectual ability
• Gain knowledge of the unconscious mind including the id, the ego and the superego.

Module 5: The Importance of Play

By the end of this module you will:

• Identify many of the benefits of play
• Have knowledge of the skills that children can gain through play
• Understand the different types of activities and their benefits to children
• Recognise the difference between adult led and child led play
• Gain knowledge of how to develop children’s independence through play
• Evaluate the benefits of play therapy
• Understand the consequences of children not being able to play.

Module 6: Psychologists and their Theories

By the end of this module you will:

• Recognise some of the most influential psychologists in the field of child psychology
• Identify some of the different fields of psychology
• Gain knowledge and understanding of the benefits of research and studies
• Understand the need to explore how children develop their learning and skills.

Module 7: The Nature/Nurture Debate

By the end of this module you will:

• Understand the differences between nature and nurture
• Evaluate evidence supporting each argument of the nature/nurture debate
• Recognise the importance of human interaction with others.

Module 8: Moral Development

By the end of this module you will:

• Recognise the value of providing good role models
• Gain knowledge of the chronology of moral development
• Have an awareness of the United Nations Rights of the Child
• Understand the need for children to have opportunities to socialise with others
• Interpret the benefits of the Government’s Every Child Matters Agenda.

Module 9: Differences in Gender

By the end of this module you will:

• Understand how gender is affected according to social learning theory
• Understand how gender is affected according to cognitive behaviourist’s theory
• Have awareness of how society sees gender roles
• Examine the role of the endocrine system
• Gain knowledge of the different styles of learning including, visual, auditory and kinaesthetic.

Module 10: Developing Confidence in Children

By the end of this module you will:

• Recognise the importance of positive language
• Understand the need to help children develop their confidence
• Identify the benefits of building a positive self esteem
• Have awareness of the barriers to developing confidence in children
• Understand the effects of low self-confidence

Module 11: Preparing Children for Nursery/School

By the end of this module you will:

• Understand the value of learning self-help skills in building children’s confid
• Recognise the importance of preparing children for nursery/school
• Identify the benefits of helping children to make sense of their day
• Recognise the continuing cycle that often appears in children’s lives
• See things from a child’s perspective
• Identify the benefit of nursery and schools ‘settling in policy’.

Module 12: How to have Happy Children

By the end of this module you will:

• Understand the benefits of providing a happy life for children
• Recognise the need for effective and positive communication
• Identify the need for developing confidence in children
• Evaluate the benefits of showing love and affection
• Have an awareness of the effects of bullying
• Understand the value of providing experiences and opportunities.

Module 13: Child Psychology as a Science

By the end of this module you will:

• Describe and explain research methods used in child psychology and be able to point out the strengths and weaknesses of each one
• Demonstrate an understanding of how different research methods and research designs can be used to test a specific hypothesis
• Describe ethical issues associated with research in child psychology and explain how they can be dealt with
• Describe and explain the major approaches (biological/evolutionary, psychodynamic, behavioural, cognitive, humanistic and social constructionist) associated with child psychology and be able to point out the strengths and weaknesses of each one.

Module 14 : Early Socialisation

By the end of this module you will:

• Describe, explain and evaluate theories and studies in relation to attachment.
• Describe, analyse and evaluate Bowlby’s maternal deprivation hypothesis.
• Describe and explain research into day care and be able to point out the strengths and weaknesses of the studies discussed.

Module 15 : The development of language and thought

By the end of this module you will:

• Describe the main stages of language development from birth to five and give examples of the features of language produced at each stage.
• Describe, explain and evaluate theories and studies in relation to language development.
• Critically evaluate the methods used by Piaget in understanding children’s cognitive development.
• Describe, explain and evaluate theories and studies in relation to cognitive development

Module 16 : Gender and moral development

By the end of this module you will:

• Describe, explain and evaluate theories and studies in relation to gender development.
• Explain the term ‘social construct’ and discuss the idea that gender is a social construct.
• Describe, explain and evaluate theories and studies in relation to moral development.
• Describe, explain and evaluate Eisenberg’s theory of pro-social reasoning.

Module 17 : Social development and the family

By the end of this module you will:

• Describe, explain and evaluate research findings on the development of theory of mind.
• Describe and evaluate Selman’s stage model and biological explanations of the development of perspective taking.
• Describe different parenting styles and evaluate their effects on child development
• Describe, explain and evaluate theories of aggression in children.

Module 18 : The nature/nurture debate

By the end of this module you will:

• Describe, explain and evaluate theories and studies in relation to perception.
• Discuss perceptual development in relation to the nature/nurture debate.
• Understand how intelligence is measured.
• Describe, explain and evaluate theories of intelligence.
• Discuss the development of intelligence in relation to the nature/nurture debate

Our aim is to provide you with the best deal available, therefore registration fees, certification fees and full tutor support is included in the course price for you. The enrolment fee for the Child Psychology home study course is £373.75 (inc VAT), though for a limited time we are offering you the opportunity to pay only £299 (inc VAT) which is a 20% discount if you enrol online and pay in full.

You can also opt for our Easy Payment Plan and enrol online today by paying a deposit of £74.75 and then 4 equal payments of £74.75 per month. The first instalment is paid about a month after you receive your course.

This course includes the online version of the course only at the cost of £299. If you wish to purchase the paper version of the course, then you are able to do so at a cost of £319. If you wish to purchase the paper version of the course in addition, then you are able to do so at a cost of £349.