Master’s specialisation in Child and Adolescent Psychology The master’s specialisation Child and Adolescent Psychology offers intensive courses in understanding, assessing, and treating the wide range of psychological difficulties that may be experienced by young people. You will develop skills to empower young people and their families and teachers to overcome psychological problems that can occur in childhood and adolescence. This skill set involves drawing on knowledge of normal and abnormal development to guide your work in assessing young people’s needs, and developing and implementing appropriate interventions.
Marjolein Littooij, alumna
Why this specialisation at Leiden University?
‘The Child and Adolescent programme provided insight into difficulties that people can experience in their youth. This really helps me to connect with my clients who come from different backgrounds.’
u The programme takes into account the young person’s context: family, school, culture, and free time. This helps you develop a comprehensive understanding of the development of children and adolescents. u The staff in our team respond to each student’s needs by providing individual mentoring. u We ensure that students who wish to enter the post-Master’s programs in Mental Health (GZ) or School Psychology are eligible.
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English 1 year MSc September 1 Apr non-EU/15 May EU February 15 Oct non-EU/15 Nov EU
Course information
SEMESTER I
SEMESTER II
Advanced Psychodiagnostics in Children and Adolescents (5 EC)
(Clinical) Internship (10 or 20 EC)
Core course
Master’s Thesis (20 EC)
Behaviour Training with Children (5 EC)
Solution Focused Therapy (5 EC)
Internship
Cognitive Behaviour Therapy with Young People (5 EC)
Master’s Thesis
Two elective courses * (not necessary if you do the 20 EC internship) (10 EC) Elective course
* Check the e- prospectus on our website for the list of available electives
Career possibilities The knowledge and skills you acquire will qualify you for many different jobs, including: u General psychologist in a child and
adolescent mental health service, an educational setting, or a youth forensic setting u Diagnostician u Treatment coordinator u Family counsellor u Psychologist engaged in post-master’s
training (e.g., GZ-psychologist, C&A psychologist)
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More information
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Are you curious about the student point of view on this Master’s programme? Send our student ambassador Annemieke an email: ambassador.mscpsy@ fsw.leidenuniv.nl
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