Course Description
Diploma in Child Psychology
Alison
This free online course explores child psychology and explains how to provide effective mental health care to children. It is crucial to understand the many behaviours that children exhibit in order to guide and nurture them as they develop. Child psychology studies the developmental stages that occur in childhood and traces the links between them. This child psychology course lays out the field’s history, concepts and theories to help you understand what goes on in young minds and provide mental health support to your clients or the children in your care.
Course Code | 5209 |
College Name | Alison |
Course Category | Child Development, Education |
Course Type | Online Learning |
Course Qualification | CPD Diploma |
Course Location | Online Course |
Delivery mode | |
Course Fee | Free |
Course Duration | 6-10 hours |
Entry Requirements | Like all courses on the Alison Free Learning platform this is a free, CPD-accredited course. A Graduate can choose to buy a certificate or diploma upon successful completion of a course, but this is not required or necessary. At Alison we believe that free education, more than anything, has the power to break through boundaries and transform lives. Alison is the world's largest free online empowerment platform for education and skills training, offering over 5000 CPD accredited courses and a range of impactful career development tools. It is a for-profit social enterprise dedicated to making it possible for anyone, to study anything, anywhere, at any time, for free online, at any subject level. Through our mission, we are a catalyst for positive social change, creating opportunity, prosperity, and equality for everyone. |
Career Path | In This Free Course, You Will Learn How To • Define ‘child psychology’ • Describe how the environment can influence children's behaviour and development • Recall the areas of childhood development and how they interrelate • Distinguish between ‘privation’ and ‘deprivation’, their effects and how to deal with them • Identify the stages and signs of social and emotional development in children • Distinguish between children's ‘personality’ and ‘temperament’ • Recognize the different communication difficulties faced by children • Recall the behavioural signs of neglect • Analyze the impact of child neglect on mental and physical development • Explain the impact of child neglect on a child's social life, relationships, behaviour and safety • Discuss the common issues faced by teens and their appropriate therapies |
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