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Child Psychology Level 3 Course

Enrol Anytime | Enrolment Fee £429

Figuring out what is going on inside a child’s head can be a mystery, but this Child Psychology course breaks down the science of how they think and feel. We explore emotional development, attachment theories, and the psychological impact of their environment as they grow. It is a fascinating read for anyone working with kids, giving you fresh insights into why they behave the way they do and how you can best support them.

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Why Study Child Psychology Level 3 Course?

If you want to develop your knowledge of Child Psychology so that you can embark on a rewarding career or you are already working in a related field and want to improve your career prospects, then this is the course for you. You will find this course particularly useful if you find children’s behaviour fascinating and would like to gain more insight into their complex minds and emotions.

The Distance Learning Level 3 Child Psychology course will give you the skills needed to help children reach their full potential and become happy and balanced adults. Students will find this course perfect and most insightful, should they wish to gather knowledge about how a child’s mind works and why they behave and react to situations as they do.

This Child Psychology course will help to give you a much clearer knowledge of the importance of play in a child’s life, how children think and feel and how they develop in terms of language and social interaction.

Enrol Anytime | Enrolment Fee £429

Course Content

Unit 1: Defining child psychology
  • How can we define childhood?
  • Historical perspectives of childhood
  • Emergence of psychology
  • Psychoanalytical perspective
  • Behaviourism
  • Classical conditioning
  • Changing behaviour
  • The cognitive, physiological, scientific, humanistic and evolutionary approaches to psychology
  • Research methods in psychology
  • Child psychology tools
Toggle TitleUnit 2: Forming relationships in childhood
  • Attachment
  • Nature/nurture debate
  • Bowlby’s theory
  • Innate programming
  • Different types of attachment
  • Disruption of attachment The child’s first relationship
Unit 3: Perception, cognition and language
  • Understanding language
  • Cognitive structure and input
  • Plurals, syntax and grammar
  • The relevance of language to child psychology
  • Cognition
  • Vision and cognitive development
  • Hearing and cognitive development
  • Perception
  • Piaget
  • Socialisation
Unit 4: Emotional, social and moral development
  • Social learning theory
  • Cognitive priming
  • Kohlberg’s perspective
  • Eisenberg’s perspective
  • Emotion and morality
  • Temperament and emotional development
Unit 5: Children’s minds
  • Memory and memory processes
  • Short and long term memory
  • Models of memory
  • Prenatal memory and learning
  • From memory to mental activity
  • The organisation of children’s minds
  • How children view others in their world
  • How does all this relate to child psychology?
Unit 6: Moving towards adulthood
  • Adolescence
  • Development
  • Having a sense of gender
  • Change

You must successfully complete a series of assessments. Once all assessments and activities have been completed and you have met the required outcomes, you will then be awarded your certificate. The good news is, there is no final exam.

Course Outcome

At the end of this course, successful learners will receive a Certificate of Achievement from the Quality License Scheme and a Learner Unit Summary (which lists the components the learner has completed as part of the course).

This course is approved by the ACCPH (Accredited Counsellors, Coaches, Psychotherapists and Hypnotherapists), at the end of this course students will be able to join and become a member of the ACCPH. The ACCPH is an independent self-regulated professional body for counsellors, psychotherapists and hypnotherapists.

The Quality Licence Scheme, endorses high-quality, non-regulated provision and training programmes. This course and/or training programme has been endorsed by the Quality Licence Scheme for its high-quality, non-regulated provision and training programmes. This course and/or training programme is not regulated by Ofqual and is not an accredited qualification. Your training provider will be able to advise you on any further recognition, for example progression routes into further and/or higher education. For further information please visit the Learner FAQs on the Quality Licence Scheme website.

Will I need to pay anything else?

You will have no other fees to pay with this course. The course enrolment fee includes access to support, course materials, certification and registration with the awarding body.

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FAQs

How can I make payment for the enrolment fee?

You can enrol online right now by Card or PayPal (Visa, Mastercard, Maestro and American Express). Alternatively, we also accept BACS transfer or we can send you a payment link.

Is this course online?

If we have given you the option of “online” or “paper” at the top of the page next to the enrolment fee, you will be able to choose one or the other. If no option is available, it means that the course offered is online only.

Do I have to be available at specific times during the day?

With our courses, we have learners from all over the world enrolled. Therefore, if we restricted your learning to certain times, not everyone would be available. All our courses are accessible 24/7 via our online secure portal. Any videos on your portal would be pre-recorded meaning you can work through your course at your own pace.

What if I need longer to complete the course?

We understand that circumstances change and sometimes things can take a little longer. If you go over the course period then talk to us. We can normally extend your support for a small additional fee.

What support do you offer with your courses?

You will have access to a dedicated personal tutor who will be there to help you through your assignments.

Will I need to pay anything else?

You will have no other fees to pay with this course. The course enrolment fee includes access to support, course materials, certification and registration with the awarding body.

What if I still have questions?

Please feel free to contact us by telephone or email with any further queries.

What can you do with Child Psychology Level 3?

You could find work helping children and young people overcome difficulties and further their educational and psychological development.

You could specialise further within your branch of psychology or take on a research project leading to a PhD qualification.

Alternatively, you could also look for work in childminding or a nursery.

With experience, you could become a key worker for one or more children. You’ll monitor their progress and share information about their development with parents or carers.

As an experienced nursery worker you could specialise in working with children with learning difficulties, physical difficulties or mental health problems.

You could also progress to room leader, senior nursery worker or centre manager.

You could also study towards a higher education qualification in early years or child development. You could then move into management or early years teaching.