Module ERPM008 for 2021/2
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Postgraduate Module Descriptor
ERPM008: Children and Young People's Mental Health
This module descriptor refers to the 2021/2 academic year.
Module Aims
The module aims to help you to develop:
- A broad and critical understanding of children and young people’s mental health, drawing on knowledge from contemporary practice, policy, theory and research and from a range of different academic disciplines
- An appreciation for the ways in which mental health issues might combine with children and young people’s developmental needs and difficulties (e.g. in relation to adverse childhood experiences or autism).
- Familiarity with contemporary research in this area of interest and with the ways in which this research might be conducted with participants in these populations
- An understanding of the roles that professionals play in working to support children and young people experiencing mental health issues (particularly the role of educators and the support available to young people through schooling)
| On successfully completing the programme you will be able to: | |
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| Module-Specific Skills | 1. review and critically evaluate current evidence on the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people 2. demonstrate awareness of the complexity in defining mental health and wellbeing and the implications for children of certain definitions 3. describe and evaluate some of the interventions and models of care which are currently used to support children and young people in relation to mental health 4. draw on theory, research and practice to identify some of the key mental health and wellbeing issues which children and young people experience in contemporary society |
| Discipline-Specific Skills | 5. acquire basic and essential factual and conceptual knowledge of the subject, and demonstrate understanding of this knowledge 6. consider the complex interplay of research, policy, practice in this area of study 7. address well-defined problems systematically, think critically and creatively, and begin to appreciate the complexities of the issues |
| Personal and Key Skills | 8. take responsibility for your own learning, with appropriate support 9. develop clear and logical arguments in your written work 10. manage information, collect appropriate information from a range of sources and undertake essential study tasks under guidance |
Indicative Reading List
This reading list is indicative - i.e. it provides an idea of texts that may be useful to you on this module, but it is not considered to be a confirmed or compulsory reading list for this module.
Aldridge, J. M., & McChesney, K. (2018). The relationships between school climate and adolescent mental health and wellbeing: A systematic literature review. International Journal of Educational Research, 88, 121-145.
Burton, M, Pavord, E. and Williams, B. (2014) An Introduction to Child and Adolescent Mental Health. London: Sage.
Carr, A. (2000). What works with children and adolescents? A critical review of psychological interventions with children, adolescents and their families. London: Routledge.
Dogra, N., Parkin, A., Warner-Gale, F., & Frake, C. (2017). A multidisciplinary handbook of child and adolescent mental health for front-line professionals. Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
Deighton, J., Lereya, S. T., Casey, P., Patalay, P., Humphrey, N. & Wolpert, M., (2019) ‘Prevalence of mental health problems in schools: Poverty and other risk factors among 28 000 adolescents in England’, British Journal of Psychiatry. 215, 3, p. 565-567
Garvis, S., & Pendergast, D. (Eds.). (2017). Health and wellbeing in childhood. Cambridge University Press.
Owens, R. L., & Waters, L. (2020). What does positive psychology tell us about early intervention and prevention with children and adolescents? A review of positive psychological interventions with young people. The Journal of Positive Psychology, 15(5), 588-597.
Thompson, M. E., Hooper, C. E., Laver-Bradbury, C. E., & Gale, C. E. (2012). Child and adolescent mental health: Theory and practice. Hodder Arnold.
Wei, Y., Kutcher, S., Blackwood, A., Glover, D., Weaver, C., MacKay, A., & Weist, M. D. (2015). School mental health: global challenges and opportunities.
