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About Study Course

Credit points / ECTS:3 / 4.5
Course supervisor:Solvita Umbraško
Study type:Full time
Course level:Bachelor
Target audience:Rehabilitation
Language:Latvian
Branch of science:Psychology; Developmental Psychology

Objective

The aim of the course is to provide knowledge and understanding of cognitive, social and emotional development and disorders in these areas of development from childbirth to adolescence in the context of contemporary developmental psychology theories, as well as specific disorders and their characteristics at different stages of development.

Prerequisites

Study course: Principles of Psychology in Professional Activity

Learning outcomes

Knowledge

Students will acquire knowledge about leading developmental psychology theories; factors affecting development; developmental research methods; cognitive, social and emotional development of a child from the birth of a child to adolescent, as well as about specific disorders and their characteristics at different stages of development.

Skills

Students will be able to observe cognitive, social and emotional development of children in different age groups; to analyze observations based on developmental psychology theories; to compare cognitive, social and emotional development in children with normal mental development and children with specific disorders; to assess developmental perspective of children with specific disorders. Students will be able to find and analyze the latest available scientific researches in this field in order to integrate those opinions in their practical work.

Competence

After finishing the course, students will be able to assess cognitive, social and emotional development, predict its potential dynamics of children with normal development and children with specific disorders in a developmental stage from birth to adolescent.

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