Programme summary for MA Infant Mental Health
About the programme
The School of Humanities and Social Sciences offers a number of programmes in partnership with the Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust. The programmes are delivered at the world-renowned Tavistock Clinic in London. The Trust is the UK’s leading provider of multi-disciplinary postgraduate training in mental health and is a major provider of clinical services.
The Trust has a national and international reputation as a centre of excellence in the therapeutic treatment of complex and serious mental health disorders, clinical training, consultancy, research
and scholarship.
Programme structure
The MA comprises the following core modules:
- Child Development Research
- Infant Observation 1 and 2
- Personality Development Research
- Special Interest Observation
- Theoretical Overview 1 and 2
- Work Discussions
- Dissertation.
Career opportunities
You should already be working in a professional context with infants and pre-school age children and their families, enabling you to bring appropriate case material to seminars and work discussion groups. The programme is also a foundation for further clinical training in working with children and families if you wish to train as a child psychotherapist.
Support
The course is based on teaching methods in small and large seminar groups, which promote an observational stance and seek to develop a greater capacity for reflection in the students, as well as promoting an active participation in observation, practical and theoretical seminars, through group discussion, in preference to a more didactic method. Attention is also paid to discussion of group and institutional dynamics, where relevant to the students’ work setting or special interest observations.
All students have a personal tutor and Tavistock Clinic based students have access to the clinic's library. The Bristol, Florence and Athens based students have access to the relevant electronic journals etc via the web and can use the library's postal facility. There is also a good library of key texts and Journals available in the Knowle Clinic, Bristol, and key texts in the Centro Studi Martha Harris in Florence. Students in Athens will use the following libraries: the small A.P.H.C.A library; the EKT (National Hellenic Research Foundation) Library in Athens, and the library in the Child Psychiatry Department of the University of Athens Medical School.
In 2006-7 the Trust implemented MOODLE. MOODLE is a virtual learning environment accessible to students on courses validated by the Trust’s university partners. Each academic course has been allocated a MOODLE page which contains substantial information and resources. Students can hold virtual meetings in chat rooms and debate over a longer period of time using the discussion forum. MOODLE represents a significant technical advance for the Trust and offers excellent support to students, particularly those studying part-time or at a distance. Students also have access to UEL libraries
Admission
Academic Qualifications:
This course is suitable for early years’ professionals – health visitors, midwives, nursery managers, teachers and assistants, family social workers, clinical psychologists, paediatric and neo natal nurses.
Candidates are usually expected to have a degree and/or a relevant professional qualification and experience in related fields. We also accept applications from students who have experience in the field, and are currently working as an early years’ professional who do not hold a degree. For students in Athens, the normal requirement for admission is a HE degree which requires a full command of the Greek language; in exceptional circumstances those without a degree but with relevant professional experience may be considered for admission.
Key facts
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Tuition Fees - 2013/14
Home/EU Fees
- Module fee: Pending
- Full time fee: Pending
International Fees
- Module fee: Pending
- Full time fee: Pending
Fees based on 30 credit modules (unless otherwise indicated) For further information regarding postgraduate fees please refer to www.uel.ac.uk/fees/
