PA125-4-SP-CO:
Child, Adolescent and Adult Development
2019/20
Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic Studies
Colchester Campus
Spring
Undergraduate: Level 4
Current
Monday 13 January 2020
Friday 20 March 2020
15
12 December 2019
Requisites for this module
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PA408
FDA LX51 Therapeutic Communication and Therapeutic Organisations,
BA C847CO Psychodynamic Practice,
BA C849CO Psychodynamic Practice (Including Year Abroad),
BA C890 Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic Studies,
BA C89A Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic Studies (Including Placement Year),
BA C89B Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic Studies (Including Year Abroad),
BA C89C Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic Studies (Including Foundation Year),
BA L333 Criminology with Counselling Skills,
BA L334 Criminology with Counselling Skills (Including Year Abroad),
BA L335 Criminology with Counselling Skills (Including Placement Year),
BA L332 Sociology with Counselling Skills
This module gives students an outline of personality development from a psychodynamic and attachment perspective. There is an emphasis on the development of emotional relatedness and the importance of early experience in relation to later capacities for good relationships, effective learning and human functioning. It will develop concepts of normal development as well as look at what can interfere with this. It will also demonstrate that adversity, conflict and loss are fundamental factors in normal development.
The aim of the module is:
* To understand the foundations of emotional development laid down in early life
* To understand the effect of these early experiences on later social and learning capacities
* To understand the importance of attachment and early experiences to emotional development
* To recognise the implications for later work with clients of an understanding of the early roots of their difficulties
By the end of the module students will have:
* Familiarity with key stages of child, adolescent and adult development
* Basic familiarity with attachment theory
* Familiarity with psychodynamic understanding of emotional development
* Awareness of the implications of pre-birth factors and early environment for later work with children, adolescents and adults
* The capacity to be able to apply a developmental perspective to emotional, relational and professional difficulties
* A recognition that adversity, conflict and loss are fundamental factors in normal development
* A greater awareness of one's own development and the factors involved in this
No additional information available.
Weekly one-hour lectures by staff, followed by one-hour seminars led by GTA’s
- Selma Fraiberg. (2008) The magic years: understanding and handling the problems of early childhood, New York: Scribner.
- Waddell, Margot. (2002) Inside lives: psychoanalysis and the growth of the personality, London: Karnac Books. vol. Tavistock clinic series
- Feldman, M. (2005) 'The Oedipus Complex', in Introducing psychoanalysis: essential themes and topics, Hove: Routledge., pp.153-165
- T. Berry Brazelton; Bertrand G. Cramer. (1990) The earliest relationship: parents, infants, and the drama of early attachment, Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley.
- Waddell, Margot. (2002) Inside lives: psychoanalysis and the growth of the personality, London: Karnac Books.
- Ellen Noonan. (1983) Counselling young people, London: Routledge.
- Youell, Biddy; Canham, Hamish; Tavistock Clinic. (2006) The learning relationship: psychoanalytic thinking in education, London: Karnac. vol. Tavistock Clinic series
- Rayner, Eric. (c2005) Human development: an introduction to the psychodynamics of growth, maturity and ageing, London: Routledge.
- Wilson, P. (1989) 'Latency and Certainty', in Journal of Child Psychotherapy. vol. 15 (2) , pp.59-70
- A. Brafman. (2004) 'Working with Adolescents: a Pragmatic View', in Adolescence, London: Karnac., pp.41-65
- Mary Morgan. (2005) 'On being able to be a couple: the importance of a "creative couple" in psychic life', in Oedipus and the couple, London: Karnac., pp.9-30
- Margot Waddell. (2002) Inside lives: psychoanalysis and the growth of the personality, London: Karnac Books.
- Marris, Peter. (1986) Loss and change, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul. vol. Reports of the Institute of Community Studies
- Bowlby, John. (1988) A secure base: clinical applications of attachment theory, London: Routledge. vol. A Tavistock professional book
- Barnett, Lynn. (1995) 'What is good day care?', in The emotional needs of young children and their families: using psychoanalytic ideas in the community, London: Routledge., pp.221-234
The above list is indicative of the essential reading for the course. The library makes provision for all reading list items, with digital provision where possible, and these resources are shared between students. Further reading can be obtained from this module's reading list.
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
| Coursework / exam |
Description |
Deadline |
Coursework weighting |
| Coursework |
Essay |
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100% |
Exam format definitions
- Remote, open book: Your exam will take place remotely via an online learning platform. You may refer to any physical or electronic materials during the exam.
- In-person, open book: Your exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer to any physical materials such as paper study notes or a textbook during the exam. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, open book (restricted): The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer only to specific physical materials such as a named textbook during the exam. Permitted materials will be specified by your department. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, closed book: The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may not refer to any physical materials or electronic devices during the exam. There may be times when a paper dictionary,
for example, may be permitted in an otherwise closed book exam. Any exceptions will be specified by your department.
Your department will provide further guidance before your exams.
Overall assessment
Reassessment
Module supervisor and teaching staff
Dr Bethany Morgan Brett, email: bmorga@essex.ac.uk.
Student Administration 5A.202: telephone 01206 87 4969; ppsug@essex.ac.uk
UG Southend Campus: ppsugse@essex.ac.uk
01702 328379 Room GB.3.66
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Dr Gary Winship
University of Nottingham
Associate Professor
Available via Moodle
Of 95 hours, 44 (46.3%) hours available to students:
51 hours not recorded due to service coverage or fault;
0 hours not recorded due to opt-out by lecturer(s).
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