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Education and Child Psychology
A person's ability to love, trust and resolve conflicts with others is something that begins developing as early as infancy.
Thoughts of suicide can begin earlier in life than previously thought, a new study has found.
Handbook (2012/13)
Accreditation handbook - educational psychology programmes in Scotland (pdf)
Questionnaires
Handbook (2012/13)
Accreditation handbook - educational psychology programmes in England, Northern Ireland and Wales (pdf)
Questionnaires
Science suffers from an image problem. Many students see the subject as too difficult and they think scientists are aloof boffins with big brains.
Adolescence can be a challenging developmental period, often characterised by experimentation, impulsivity, curiosity and uncertainty. Young people take risks. They take chances with their health, well-being and even their lives.
Action Medical Research has awarded a grant of almost £160,000 for research looking at why children who are born very prematurely go on to struggle with some areas of mathematics.
Young children in northeastern USA see harms against the environment as morally worse than bad manners.
The workshop aims will focus upon education and learning for young people aged 16 to 25 years.
Introduction to basic CBT approach and skills with an emphasis on the use of video, live practice and the development of self observation and reflection skills within an educational context.
Timetable
This workshop makes the link between factors that promote resilience in young people and the development of pro-social behaviour.
This course explores the research on positive psychology and the parameters of authentic wellbeing. These are summarised by the acronym PERMA - Positive emotions, Engagement, Relationships, Meaning and Achievement.
Curiosity plays a big part in academic achievement and is a trait that students will find beneficial during their time in higher education.
The rise of Halloween as a festival in the British calendar seems unstoppable, even if in many parts of the country its popularity has more to do with the reach of American television than the survival of ancient folk customs.
But should we worry that an event aimed at children has such a focus on horror?
It’s time to abandon the idea of autism as a monolithic entity.
Children who are raised in an environment of tough discipline are more likely to lie in an attempt to hide their misbehaviour, new research has shown.
The Society’s response to a consultation on the proposed fifth edition of the American Psychiatric Society’s Diagnostic a
Peer pressure is not only a problem adults and adolescents have to contend with in their everyday lives.
Several Society members were among the signatories of a letter to the Daily Telegraph about the erosion of chil
Carole Allan, the President of the British Psychological Society’ has welcomed the news that the government is to spend £32m on psychological therapies for children an
A debate on the prescription of Ritalin and similar drugs to treat behavioural disorder in young children will take place at Westminster today (25 October 2011).
For parents, encouraging their child to confide in them can be a difficult task, but experts have said the trick to having them admit what they really feel is purely down to trust and timing.
Educational psychologists are the people who “oil the wheels of the machine”, Professor Keith Topping told the annual conference for educational psychologists in Scotland last month.
