Child Psychology
Explore the basics of Child Psychology during the earliest months and years of a child’s life, building the skills, knowledge and confidence required to pursue a variety of careers. Study in your own time and at your own pace from anywhere in the world, for the opportunity to improve and enhance your prospects for life!
Child Psychology - Learning Objectives
The content of this inspiring Child Psychology - Level 4 has been designed to set candidates on their way to fulfilling careers working with kids of all ages. On a global basis, the skills and talents of qualified child psychologists have never been in greater demand. The same also going for those with the targeted knowledge and skills required to effectively work with children in a variety of settings. If looking to make a difference in the lives of children and enjoy ongoing job security for life, child psychology represents a uniquely appealing professional field.
Child Psychology
Along with a broad overview of the child psychology profession as a whole, learners are introduced to a series of important theoretical concepts and practical skills. Examples of which include attachment formation, childhood developmental influences and issues associated with the various stages of childhood. Over the course of 3 units, content gradually guides candidates through language development, personality development, moral development, emotional development and social development. Ultimately instilling the skills, knowledge and confidence required to put each teaching to use in a practical setting.
Child Psychology
Upon successful completion of this Child Psychology course, candidates take away the most essential industry-specific skills, talents and knowledge including:
- A thorough understanding of the contemporary child psychology profession
- Comprehensive knowledge of attachment theory and its importance
- The various factors that can positively and negatively affect development
- How to deal with a range of common developmental issues
- Advanced knowledge of childhood communication and language development
- The confidence to identify and work with problems in infancy, childhood and adolescence
- Detailed understanding of moral and ethical development in children
- Honed skills and talents to be put to use in a working environment
Course Outline
This intensive yet digestible Level 4 in Child Psychology is delivered across nine modules – each concluding with an online assessment to verify your acquired knowledge and competencies. Your assigned tutor will provide you with comprehensive support at all times, in order to assist with your successful completion of each unit.
Unit 1: Child Psychology: An Overview
This Child Psychology module covers the following topics:
- Scope of Child Development
- Development and Growth
- Stages of Development
- Areas of Development
- Interrelationship Among Various Areas of Development
- Plus more
Unit 2: Overview of Attachment in Childhood (I)
This Child Psychology module covers the following topics:
- What is Attachment?
- The Components of Attachment
- Bowlby’s Attachment Theory
- Evolutionary Theory
- Maternal Deprivation Hypothesis
- Typical Attachments
- Plus more
Unit 3: Overview of Attachment in Childhood (II)
This Child Psychology module covers the following topics:
- Privation and Deprivation
- Effects of Deprivation
- Check of Government and Program Rules
- Theory of Mind and Autism
- Communication Problems
- Reasons of Communication Problems
- Plus more
Unit 4: Effects of separation and loss on attachment
This Child Psychology module covers the following topics:
- Infancy/Early Childhood
- Adolescence/Late Childhood
- Factors Affecting Children’s Adjustment
- Predisposing Factors
- Maintaining Factors
- Protective Factors
- The Effects of Foster Care
- Plus more
Unit 5: Factors that Influence Development
This Child Psychology module covers the following topics:
- Cognitive Development
- Cognitive Processes
- Influences On Problematic Development
- Exposure to Family Problems in Early Life
- Parenting Styles
- Confused Communication Patterns
- Plus more
Unit 6: Social and emotional Development
This Child Psychology module covers the following topics:
- General Stages of Social Development
- Attachment and Bonding
- Outside Factors Affecting Social Development
- Family Factors that Affect Social Development
- Nurture versus Nature
- Children’s' Fears
- Overcoming Social Fears in Children
- Dealing with Social Phobia
- Emotional Development in Children
- General Principles for Supporting Children’s Emotional Development
- Plus more
Unit 7: Understanding the Personality Development of Children
This Child Psychology module covers the following topics:
- Development of Character
- Environmental Aspects
- Development during Preschool Stage
- Role of Temperament (Nature)
- Reasons of Childhood Trauma
- Personality Development in Children
- Temperament Traits
- Types of children
- Role of Children in Life of Slow Children
- Plus more
Unit 8: Stages of Language Development
This Child Psychology module covers the following topics:
- Phonological Development
- Morpho-Syntactic Development
- Linguistic Processes
- Evolution of Communication
- Learning and Communication Difficulties
- Development of Skills at Different Stages
- Plus more
Unit 9: Understanding Moral Development
This Child Psychology module covers the following topics:
- Stages of Moral Growth of Children
- Kohlberg's Stages of Moral Development
- Kohlberg's Six Stages
- Introduction to Theories of Child Development
- Freud's Theory of Psychosexual Development
- Plus more
