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Children & Young People's Mental Health and Psychological Practice – (M.Sc.)
The University of Edinburgh
College of Humanities & Social Science
| Location: | Edinburgh / United Kingdom / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 12 months | Start Date: | September |
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| Languages: | English | ||
Location of The University of Edinburgh
Core elements of the programme are: developmental psychopathology of childhood and adolescents, psychological interventions, and models of early intervention and health promotion.
The programme offers the core elements of teaching and learning on the theoretical, conceptual and evidence base for psychological practice whilst fostering a critical and reflective approach to the clinical application of these.
Courses offered within the MSc include:
* Mental Health Promotion for Children, Young People and Families;
* Evidence based Psychological Interventions for Children and Young People;
* Early Years & Early Intervention for Practitioners;
* Parenting & Systemic Interventions;
* Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Children and Young People;
* Interpersonal Psychotherapy;
* Understanding Learning Disability.
The MSc in Children & Young People's Mental Health and Psychological Practice can be completed over one year full-time or, over two or three years part-time. It consists of 120 credits of taught courses and a 60-credit dissertation.
It has core courses and an opportunity for students to undertake optional courses related to subjects of their own interest.
For those wishing to complete the dissertation, this option will be available in the academic year 2011/12.
Students can take a number of courses with the required number of credits to be awarded a Postgraduate Certificate (60 credits) or Postgraduate Diploma (120 credits). Courses within the MSc programme are also available to be taken as stand-alone CPD for which credits will be received.
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Applicants for the course will be considered on an individual basis.
Guidelines for likely acceptance onto the course are possession of an undergraduate degree or equivalent (reaching SCQF level 9) and substantial current or recent work experience providing clinical/clinically relevant experience of children and young people in mental health settings, including statutory and voluntary organisations.
Where an applicant's undergraduate degree does not meet the level stated above or is not obviously related to subjects relevant to children and young people's development and/or mental health, they may be admitted at the discretion of the programme director so long as they meet the relevant experience requirements stipulated above.
Suitability will be established through:
* completion of a personal statement submitted via the application form;
* two references which address how the applicant meets the academic and/or relevant experience requirements;
* an interview in person, designed to determine suitability and relevant experience.
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| Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): | Grade A (Score: 80) |
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