Master degree program
Child Psychology

Child Psychology

QUALIFICATION

  • Scientific and pedagogical direction - Master of Social Sciences

MODEL OF GRADUATING STUDENT

1. Demonstrate a systematic vision of historical aspects and conceptual foundations of theoretical and methodological, applied, sectoral approaches of social sciences and humanities and the foundations of experimental work in psychology.
2. Using the concept, typology and causes of dysontogenesis, analyze the causes and characteristics of mental development disorders, diagnose deficient and distorted mental development, conduct a pathopsychological study.
3. To operate with the concepts of child neuropsychology and psychosomatics in the field of features of the development of higher mental functions in children, sensory and gnostic disorders, psychosomatic disorders of childhood and adolescence.
4. Possess a system of scientific categories and concepts that define anomaly, giftedness, talent, genius; the nature and structure of these phenomena, the features of their age formation, principles and methods of identification; their psychological correction and support.
5. Apply methods, procedures, techniques and techniques of psychodiagnostic, correctional and developmental, counseling and psychotherapy activities in family and individual practice (including in the field of child-parent relations).
6. To make psychodiagnostic, medical and psychological conclusions and recommendations on the use of diagnostic data in psychological activities with children and adolescents.
7. To provide psychological assistance, support, psychocorrection and psychotherapy based on the use of psychotraining, gaming, art therapy, body-oriented and other psychotechnologies.
8. To develop, select and implement adequate forms, methods and programs of diagnostic, correctional, psychotherapeutic, training and preventive measures based on modeling methodology for solving theoretical and applied social-psychological problems of childhood and adolescence.
9. To create a design and program of psychological research and experiment in the field of child psychology, theoretical models that allow predicting the properties of the studied objects, using statistical methods in the processing of psychological data.
10. Apply basic general pedagogical methods, psychological and pedagogical technologies of training and development, design educational and training sessions, predict and evaluate pedagogical impacts.
11. Critically evaluate and rethink the experience gained from foreign language information; conduct fundamental and applied scientific research on the profile of training based on the use of domestic and foreign experience, using modern research methods, using modern equipment, equipment, information technology.
12. Master the methods of managing their professional activities and the work of various teams; apply theoretical approaches and methods to practical situations of creating and implementing management decisions, including in non-standard situations.

Program passport

Speciality Name
Child Psychology
Speciality Code
7M03116
Faculty
Philosophy and Political Science

disciplines

Children's Neuropsychology and Psychosomatics
  • Number of credits - 6
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Purpose: integration of knowledge and ideas about neuropsychological and psychosomatic disorders; formation of practical diagnostic competencies in the field of neuropsychological development and psychosomatics of children and adolescents. The course is based on a neuropsychological approach to ensuring the mental and psychological health of children, focuses on the integration of knowledge and competencies in the main branches of pediatric clinical psychology.

Foreign Language (professional)
  • Number of credits - 6
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose is to acquire and improve competencies by international standards of foreign language education and to communicate in an intercultural, professional, and scientific environment. A master's student must integrate new information, understand the organization of languages, interact in society, and defend his point of view.

History and Philosophy of Science
  • Number of credits - 3
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Purpose: Understanding of modern philosophy as a system of scientific knowledge, including worldview in rational-theoretical comprehension. The discipline includes aspects of the evolution and development of scientific thinking, historical moments, the contribution of scientists and scientific schools to the formation of science, and ethical and social aspects of scientific activity.

Organization and planning of scientific research
  • Number of credits - 6
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline to form the ability to interpret and summarize the techniques and methods of conducting independent scientific research. The training course forms the basis for understanding the principle, features of the organization, conducting research projects. Discipline is aimed at the study of general scientific research methods, organization, structure, and improving the effectiveness of scientific research, issues of finding sources of information, requirements for the content, structure, design of scientific articles and projects.

Pedagogy of Higher Education
  • Number of credits - 3
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Purpose: To provide pedagogical theories and practical strategies for effective teaching in higher education, fostering critical thinking, and academic success. The course explores instructional methods, curriculum design, assessment techniques, and classroom management strategies preparing educators to create inclusive and stimulating learning environments.

Psychological counseling and psychotherapy of family and child
  • Number of credits - 6
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Purpose: professional training for counseling and psychotherapeutic activities. The course systematizes the basic principles and approaches to counseling and psychotherapy of family and child, methods and techniques of counseling and psychotherapeutic activities; the main phenomena and problems are considered in the logic of the deployment of life phases of personal and family development.

Psychology of management
  • Number of credits - 3
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Formation of knowledge about the fundamental concepts of management psychology for the practical application of the most critical aspects of management in professional interaction. Basic principles of management psychology, personality in management interactions, management of personality behavior, modern ideas, psychology of managing group phenomena, motivation, and practical reflection.

Research and development of giftedness and genius
  • Number of credits - 9
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The course provides basic guidelines in understanding genius, talent, giftedness and mediocrity. Its content reveals modern ideas about the nature, mechanisms, structure, criteria of giftedness and genius of children; concepts, models and technologies of development of these phenomena, the content of the system of psychological support of giftedness and genius.

Data for 2021-2024 years

disciplines

Art therapy technologies in work with children and teenagers
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Рurpose: the formation of basic skills and practical development of effective technologies of art-therapeutic work in various fields of activity of a practical psychologist. The course is aimed at mastering the methodology and methods of art therapy in the framework of psychodiagnostics, counseling, psychocorrection, and other areas of psychological activity, studying the specifics of using technologies and techniques of art therapy in the structure of the practical psychologist.

Body-oriented practices in working with children and adolescents
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Рurpose: the formation of basic knowledge of theoretical body-oriented psychotherapy and methods of practical work of the psychologist in the framework of this direction with children and adolescents. The course focuses on the practical development of body-oriented psychotherapy techniques and procedures for creating and using resource trance states.

Cognitive-behavioral methods in working with children and adolescents
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Рurpose: the formation of basic knowledge of the theoretical foundations of the cognitive-behavioral approach and the methods of practical work of a child psychologist in this field. The course is aimed at studying the basics, origins, history of occurrence, basic provisions and concepts, as well as technological aspects of the cognitive-behavioral approach.

Computer modeling and statistics in psychology
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Purpose: formation of professional psychological thinking through the development of practical skills in the application of computer modeling methods and statistical methods of data processing. The course provides for the study of ways to increase the "purity" of the experiment by increasing the accuracy of recording the results and eliminating errors in processing the source data.

Diagnosis and assessment of mental development of children and teenagers
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Purpose: preparation for the diagnostic direction of the work of a child psychologist, the formation of diagnostic and evaluation competencies. The content of the discipline covers a range of issues related to the study of the basic theories and methods of diagnostic research and evaluation of child and teenagers mental development in modern psychological science and practice.

History, Condition and Development Tendency of Modern Psychology
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Purpose: formation of competencies for mastering the theoretical and practical foundations of the development of psychological thought. The course allows you to get a holistic view of psychology from its inception to the present day, expands the general psychological outlook of the student, contributes to the development of the right attitude to the psychological heritage, gives a correct idea of the process of development of psychological thought in theory and practice.

Methodology, methods and experiment in psychology
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Purpose: to master the methodology, theory, organization of psychological research, including experiment, as a special form of research practice. The course is aimed at familiarization with the methodological foundations of psychological science, the formation of skills in planning psychological research, obtaining and processing empirical data; obtaining, interpreting and presenting experimental data.

Psychology of abnormal development of children and adolescents
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Purpose: formation of systemic, holistic and stable ideas among undergraduates about the problems and specifics of abnormal mental development of children and adolescents.The course provides a modern understanding of the nature, causes and mechanisms of the emergence and development of deviant development; focuses on the study and possible psychocorrection of the phenomena of impaired development, the mechanisms of their formation and general patterns of dysontogenesis.

Psychotraining and game technologies in the work of a child psychologist
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Purpose: formation of professional competencies for the implementation of psychological intervention and psychological assistance using psychotraining and gaming technologies. The course integrates the content of basic psychotechnologies acceptable for working with children and adolescents. It focuses on the practical use of basic psychotraining procedures, the use of basic approaches to non-directive game therapy and game technologies of mass application.

Workshop on child clinical psychology
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Purpose: to promote the mastery of methods of in-depth diagnostics in the work of a child clinical psychologist, methods of organizing child psychotherapy and psychocorrection for various deviations in mental development. The course focuses on the practical application of psychological and neuropsychological examination technologies, methods of studying the cognitive sphere in children with mental development disorders, psychotherapy and psychocorrection procedures.

Data for 2021-2024 years

INTERNSHIPS

Pedagogical
  • Type of control - Защита практики
  • Description - Aim оf discipline: formation of the ability to carry out educational activities in universities, to design the educational process and conduct certain types of training sessions using innovative educational technologies.

Research
  • Type of control - Защита практики
  • Description - The purpose of the practice: gaining experience in the study of an actual scientific problem, expand the professional knowledge gained in the learning process, and developing practical skills for conducting independent scientific work. The practice is aimed at developing the skills of research, analysis and application of economic knowledge.

Data for 2021-2024 years