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 Content
Syllabus Plan
Whilst the module’s precise content may vary over time, it is envisaged that the syllabus will consider a range of issues that relate to the contemporary study of children and young people’s mental health. The syllabus will consider theory, research and methodology in this area of psychological study. Indicative examples of what may be covered include:
- Theoretical perspectives that can help to understand children and young people’s mental health
- School mental health
- How family influences children and young people’s mental health
- Internalising difficulties
- Externalising difficulties
- Risk and resilience factors
- Physical and mental health
- Social mobility and mental health
- How wellbeing relates to mental health
- Early intervention
- Social and emotional learning
Learning and Teaching
This table provides an overview of how your hours of study for this module are allocated:
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | Guided independent study | Placement / study abroad |
|---|---|---|
| 33 | 117 | 0 |
...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:
| Category | Hours of study time | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching | 33 | Combined seminar and lecture sessions |
| Guided Independent Learning | 30 | Set and supplementary reading |
| Guided Independent Learning | 10 | Collation and review of lecture notes |
| Guided Independent Learning | 12 | Undertaking additional class tasks and activities (e.g. on ELE) and preparing for seminars |
| Guided Independent Learning | 65 | Completion of formative and summative assessment tasks |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).
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.
