Students will develop an in-depth knowledge of areas of applied child psychology, including education and health. Students will consider recent psychological evidence and will consider how psychology can contribute to understanding and practice to contemporary issues to improve child wellbeing.

As well as requiring students to engage with the most up to date research in the area this module will also require them to consider the extent to which practical recommendations can be made based on this research and the practical and ethical challenges of working with children in a variety of settings. Furthermore, students will be required to consider how psychological knowledge can be disseminated to those working with children.

Students will submit an end of module workbook which consist of two dissemination tasks (either blog or scenario response or one of each). This will assess their knowledge of at least two topics introduced in the module. Students will be provided with a list of topics and for each topic there will be a scenario in which a fictitious parent or professional is asking for advice AND a brief for a blog post. Students can decide to either submit two scenario responses or two blog posts, or one of each – but they must be from different topics. The students will be required to write in a style suitable for a parent or non-psychology professional. They must write clearly and concisely but must also include references. The style of writing required will differ from traditional academic writing, conciseness and ability to communicate to the intended audience are very important. This assessment will be submitted as a workbook and will assess all 3 learning outcomes and 100% of the module.

Students will also be guided to complete formative tasks, this will take the form of pre-lecture tasks and in class activities. As part of this all students will have the opportunity to present a short research informed scenario response or dissemination of a piece of research suitable for a lay audience. Peer and tutor formative feedback will be provided for these tasks.

32 hours of teaching sessions will include material presented in a lecture format as well as a workshop. Each session will present theory and research along with in class activities to promote students higher level understanding. These will also include drop-in sessions specifically for assessment support. Guidance for the assessment will be included in the taught sessions.

Guided Independent Study: (168)

Preparing for lecture / workshops,

Guided Independent Reading including research (using library and web facilities) into specified topic areas to develop understanding of topics introduced in lectures.



Assessment Preparation

Demonstrate critical evaluation of theory and research in the child development field

Demonstrate an understanding of practical application of relevant theory and research in a real setting

Communicate and analyse ideas and recommendations based on research and theory to different audiences.

Blackboard VLE

Library access to relevant textbooks, journals, ebooks

Internet access to relevant websites and online databases

Faulconbridge, J. Hunt, K. & Laffa, A. (2019). Improving the psychological wellbeing of children and young people: effective prevention and early intervention across health, education and social care. Jessica Kingsley Publishers.

Lansford, J. C., French, L. E., & Gauvain, M. (2021). Child and adolescent development in cultural context. American Psychological Association

Levine, L.E. & Munsch, J. (2021). Child development from infancy to adolescence: an active learning approach. Sage.

Smith, P. K., Cowie, H., & Blades, M. (2015). Understanding children's development. John Wiley & Sons.

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You are becoming an expert in Psychology and Child Development, but now it is time to develop your skills at sharing your expertise with others! During this module you will continue to develop your in-depth understanding of child psychology and we will be focusing on your ability to think about how this knowledge can be applied to real-world setting and communicated in a way that non-psychologists will be able to understand.