Psychology in Professional Practice 3

Learning Outcomes

Learning Outcomes

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Apply knowledge of, and demonstrate the ability to operate effectively within, the legal, national and local frameworks for educational psychology practice.
• Evidence the ability to work ethically and to demonstrate awareness of role boundaries and limits to legitimate professional expertise.
• Demonstrate skills to work collaboratively with children, young people and the adults who care, work and plan for them to develop and implement practices and strategies to create and maintain effective and supportive learning environments.
• Negotiate, design and implement evaluation of training
• Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of key legislation, central to supporting commissioning authorities and services used by children and young people to meet their statutory responsibilities and to fulfil the educational psychologists' statutory role including the production of high quality psychological advice.
• Demonstrate an appreciation and self-awareness of diversity in society and the experiences and contributions of all.
• Demonstrate the capacity to adapt practice to different settings e.g. early years, primary and secondary schools, colleges of further education, youth justice and other public service and third sector settings
• Evidence work with a range of professionals from health and social care backgrounds and evidence contribution of a distinct psychological perspective.
• Demonstrate strategies to deal with the emotional and physical impact of practice and seek appropriate support where necessary.
• Demonstrate self-awareness and the ability to work as a reflective practitioner

In this module, you will gain practical skills to help you work as an educational psychologist, as well as knowledge about how the Local Authority organised. You will further develop knowledge about the structures and deployment of Services for children and young people in the community, as well as other issues in schools that affect children’s educational experiences, at class and whole school level. You will be expected to take on a caseload under supervision. There is a close relationship with skills taught in Consultation, Assessment and Intervention 3 where these skills are taught.

The core content of this module is delivered on placement where you apply the knowledge and understanding acquired in year 1 and 2 in a different Local Authority Context. In some cases, this may be virtual. Practice is supervised regularly by a Local Authority Supervisor whose role it is to ensure that you undertake activities which match and extend your developing casework skills. There are close links between placement and the University through regular placement meetings.

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.