This module provides a theoretical, methodological and practical foundation for social research, enabling a practitioner, acting as a social researcher, to resolve practice-based problems.

The focus of this module is an independent piece of original advanced research that the student will be expected to plan, implement and report with guidance from a supervisor.

This module locates the student in the global context exploring the social, political, economic and technological forces that shape our lived experience. Within the module the students explore critical macro-theory relating to globalisation and child and adolescent mental health. This macro global theory is then grounded in local micro context of child and adolescent mental health practice.

This module develops a critical awareness of neurodevelopmental disorders, with reference to their aetiology, prevalence and assessment within child and adolescent mental health services.

This module aims to introduce students to a range of communications skills, therapeutic practices and models of intervention for working with children, young people and families. The module aims to give a critical insight into traditional clinical practices and explore social and psychological interventions that locate children, young people and families within a community-based psycho-social context.

This module aims to introduce students to the context of child and adolescent mental health practice and service provision. Students will be introduced to models of practice, critical theory and social policy relating to child and adolescent mental health.