Applied Child Psychology MSc

University of Sussex

The wellbeing of children and young people concerns us all. How can we improve their experience and make a positive difference to their future? On this course, you’ll gain an overview of current issues in child psychology. Across the key areas of education/school, home/family and mental health, you’ll explore current policies and their limitations. You’ll: find out how psychological theory and research can help us understand and support our practices learn about specific influences on children’s learning and wellbeing, including the role of intervention and preventative approaches develop an understanding of professional practice frameworks and relevant policy experience (first-hand) professional assessment methods designed to gather important information about children’s psychological functioning, with the aim to inform intervention gain skills in research design, analysis and ethics. add a ‘professional skills’ segment to your CV to bolster your employability – this is ideal for those seeking assistant educational or clinical psychology posts in the future learn directly from a range of professional applied psychologists, including educational psychologists, clinical psychologists, head teachers, and ed tech innovators benefit from career day sessions with a range of professionals in attendance to help guide you with your next steps You’ll be based in the School of Psychology. Our research-practitioner approach to teaching is designed to prepare you for your work environment. You’ll have the opportunity to work with data from real-life applied psychology practice to experience casework first-hand. When you graduate, you’ll be familiar with research, theory and applied practice, so you can make your contribution to supporting children and young people.

School of Psychology