Psychology: Child and Adolescent Psychology

Universiteit Leiden

!Deze opleiding communiceert alleen in het Engels.
We tonen daarom de Engelstalige opleidingsinformatie.
The mission of the 'Child and Adolescent Psychology' programme is to facilitate children's and adolescents' optimal development.

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locatieLeiden
diplomaMSc 
typeregulier, 60 EC
start1 februari, 1 september
taalvolledig English
opleidingsduur12 maanden voltijd
accreditatiesNVAO
croho-code66604
numerus fixusnee
honoursheeft honours track

						During this one-year programme we empower students to then empower young people to successfully negotiate the hurdles inherent to development. This requires accounting for the young person's family and school contexts and the other contexts in which they live (e.g., culture and free time).
					


					

Waarom aan de Universiteit Leiden?

The programme offers intensive courses in understanding, assessing, and treating the wide range of psychological and educational difficulties that may be experienced by young people.

Students can orient their study programme towards work with young people in clinical and/or educational settings.

Reasons to choose Child and Adolescent Psychology at Leiden University

You will receive personal guidance within the master specialisation and you will have a mentor who will help you with choices and progress.
You will acquire sound knowledge, but you will also be trained in practical skills in the intensive courses that we offer.
If you finish this master specialisation succesfully, you will be able to investigate, treat and make a connection with children with psychological and educational issues.
Besides, you are also an expert in the field of normal development of children and youngsters; which makes you part of a dynamic group who holds our future in their hands.

Studieprogramma

opbouw
1e jaar

opbouwFor an overview of the subjects offered by this programme in the current year, check out the e-Prospectus: http://studiegids.leidenuniv.nl/studies/show/psychology_child_and_adolescent_psychology

The master's specialisation Child and Adolescent Psychology consists of three main parts: the mandatory (4) and elective courses, a thesis and an internship.

	1	3
	periode
Advanced Psychodiagnostics in Children and Adolescents	5 EC
Behaviour Training with Children	5 EC
Master Thesis in MSc. Psychology onderzoek	20 EC
Internship Psychology stage	10 EC
Solution Focused Therapy		5 EC
Cognitive Behaviour Therapy with Young People		5 EC

taal van onderwijs	100% en
onderwijsopzet	30% zelfstudie 30% theorie 40% praktijk
avondonderwijs	n.v.t.
afstandsonderwijs	n.v.t.

onderwijsvormen

case study, colloquium, group discussion, group assignment, lecture, individual assignment, literature study, oral presentation, research, research project, research proposal, poster presentation, practicum, seminar, internship, tutorial, working group, self evaluation, self study

instruction modes

Lectures, work groups research projects, Master's thesis, etc.

During the courses Dutch and International students need to locate young people with whom they can work in order to fulfill requirements for the practically-oriented courses. Our staff will provide tips as to how this can be done.

study abroad

Psychology students can study abroad for a semester. So, if your heart is set on studying at partner universities in Boston, Sydney, Sao Paulo, Florence or Oslo, go ahead; it will give you another unique and unforgettable experience! You won't be able to finish your master in a year though.

You will come into contact with other students and teachers, more cultures and increase your language skills and become a truly global citizen. It also improves your chances on the jobmarket. Leiden University has many exchange programmes with foreign universities in which important matters such as tuition fees, supervision and recognition of credits are already taken care of. This saves you time and money.

objectives

We offer a very diverse programme that takes you through all the indispensable elements of Child and Adolescent Psychology. Students will be expert in both the normal development of children and adolescents, and in the psychological problems that may arise.

The mission of the 'Child and Adolescent Psychology' programme is to facilitate children's and adolescents' optimal development. We do this by empowering students to then empower young people to successfully negotiate the hurdles inherent to development. This requires accounting for the young person's family and school contexts and the other contexts in which they live (e.g., culture and free time). In pursuing this mission, we focus on the following:

Building students' knowledge and skills, as well as a professional and scientific attitude, based on a strong theoretical background and real-life practice.
Fostering student's understanding of the transactions between young people, the systems around them, and the helping professional.
Helping students stay informed about new developments in the field.
Responding to each student's needs by providing diverse solutions for academic and practical challenges, via individual mentoring.
Ensuring that students wishing to enter the Mental Health (GZ) or School Psychologist post-Master's programs are eligible.

The programme offers intensive courses in understanding, assessing, and treating the wide range of psychological and educational difficulties that may be experienced by young people.

honours-/excellence program Leiden Leadership Programme

The Leiden Leadership Programme (LLP) is an honours programme of 15 ECs on top of the regular master's curriculum. The programme consists of training courses, seminars and a practical assignment.

Are you looking for an extra challenge in addition to your Leiden master's programme? Are you adventurous enough to look beyond the borders of your own master's programme? The Leiden Leadership Programme may be just what you are looking for. The programme gives you the opportunity to develop your leadership skills. You will follow seminars and courses, as well as carrying out a practical assignment for a company or organisation as part of a small, multidisciplinary team. Your lecturers will be leading academics and experienced professionals from the business sector.

Students can apply who have:

Good study results in the bachelor's programme;
The ambition and motivation to develop leadership qualities;
A broad and interdisciplinary span of interest.

Toelating en kosten

startmomenten

1 februari 2021

aanmelding deadline : 1 december 2020
collegegeld nog niet bekend

1 september 2021

aanmelding deadline : 15 juni 2021
collegegeld nog niet bekend

Every student will need to start their application in Studielink. Afterwards, you will receive access to the online application portal of Leiden University.

Within approximately 24 hours after applying through Studielink, you will receive login details for the online application portal. The online application portal will give you further instructions. Applicants who need to apply for admission will need to upload certain documents.

toelatingseisen

aanvullende vakeisen
Students with a Bachelor in Psychology from Leiden University are directly eligible for admission, if at least the appropiate specialisation course is completed. Prospective students from other universities should have done advanced courses (at least 30 ec) on a third year Bachelor level on topics pertaining to this master specialisation.

instaptoets
In some cases (depending on your portfolio) it is required to take an additional entrance exam.

basiskennis
Prospective students should have sufficient knowledge of Methodology and Statistics (at least 20 EC): introductory and more advanced courses in methods and statistics of psychological research (including psychometrics, multivariate data analysis) and the use of SPSS.

They should also possess the skills, understanding and knowledge that are required for earning the bachelor's degree; more specifically knowledge on university level of the following topics:
◦Introduction to Psychology
◦Social and Organisational Psychology
◦Personality Psychology
◦Cognitive Psychology
◦Neuropsychology and/or Psychophysiology and/or Biopsychology
◦Clinical and Abnormal Psychology
◦Developmental and Educational Psychology
◦Theory or training in interpersonal skills, such as interview, counselling, discussion techniques
◦Theory or training in psycho diagnostics

vooropleiding
Prospective students should have earned a Bachelor degree at a Research University (not at a University of Applied Sciences / Professional Education) or demonstrate the ability to meet the requirements for such a degree.

studie kosten

bron: Universiteit Leiden
bedrag	kostenpost
€ 10000	levensonderhoudper jaar
€ 100	inschrijvingsgeldper jaar
€ 400	studiematerialenper jaar

inbegrepen in collegegeld

examination

estimated monthly costs

bron: Nibud
bedrag		kostenpost
€	350	kamerhuur in Leidenrond het landelijk gemiddelde
€	22	internet+tv
€	152	boodschappen/kostgeld
€	32	telefoon
€	117	verzekeringen
€	172	collegegeldop basis van € 2060 per jaar
€	80	studieboeken en -spullen
€	29	drinken/snoep/snacks
€	77	uiterlijkkleding, kapper, schoenen
€	30	contributies/abonnementen
€	132	vrije tijdstappen, uit eten, vakantie
€	42	vervoernaast de OV-kaart
€	45	overig

€	1218	totale maandelijkse uitgaven landelijk gemiddelde is € 1181

Hiernaast staat een overzicht van de gemiddelde kosten die een uitwonende student heeft. Niet iedere student heeft met iedere kostenpost te maken. Het totaalgemiddelde is dus niet gelijk aan de optelsom van alle kostenposten.

Bekijk ook de uitgebreide toelichting: wat kost studeren?

Studenten en studentenleven

studentaantallen

1073	studenten volgen deze opleiding
79%	daarvan is vrouw
98	eerstejaars gestart in 2017
84%	daarvan is vrouw
27713	studenten aan de Universiteit Leiden
59%	daarvan is vrouw

bron: StudieData

studievereniging

Labyrint

Labyrint is dé studievereniging voor psychologiestudenten in Leiden. De vereniging is na een fusie opgericht op 30 juni 1994 en heeft op het moment bijna 4000 leden. Naast het organiseren van studiegerelateerde activiteiten, is Labyrint er ook om het contact tussen de studenten te bevorderen.
Bovendien verkoopt Labyrint de studieboeken voor alle jaren van de studie psychologie. Als lid van Labyrint kun je zowel deelnemen aan de studiegerelateerde activiteiten, als aan de sociaalgerichte activiteiten.

Een goed voorbeeld daarvan is het eerstejaarsweekend, dat elk jaar in september rond een bepaald thema georganiseerd wordt. Dit weekend is voor de eerstejaars de ideale gelegenheid om medestudenten te leren kennen. Ouderejaars kunnen mee als begeleiding. De mensen die je tijdens dit weekend ontmoet, kun je terugzien op de Labyrintactiviteiten, waar je natuurlijk ook andere leden tegenkomt.

Daarnaast zijn er regelmatig goedbezochte themafeesten, waarop ook niet-psychologiestudenten welkom zijn. Tevens organiseert Labyrint een allejaarsweekend, een leuk weekend in binnen- of buitenland waar leden vanuit alle studiejaren aan deel kunnen nemen. Het is de ultieme gelegenheid om medestudenten van verschillende studiejaren te leren kennen. Ook is er elk jaar een reis van een week naar een buitenlandse bestemming, waar je zowel studiegerelateerde dingen doet als sociaalgerelateerde, culture en sportieve activiteiten.

Op kamers in Leiden

31058	studenten studerend
12630	studenten woonachtig
€ 350	gemiddelde kamerprijs
	kamer betaalbaarheid
20 m²	gemiddelde kameroppervlak
	kamer beschikbaarheid

bron: Nationale Studenten Enquête

aan het woord: studenten en docenten

Amy van Blitterswijk MSc

werkzaam als Medical child and adolescent psychologist bij General hospital 'Reinier de Graaf Groep'

Testimonial Amy van Blitterswijk MSc

“The courses in this specialisation all have a link to practice."

“After three years of theory during my bachelor's study I was looking forward to learning more about the practical side of the field. I was hoping the Child and Adolescent Psychology specialisation would have a more practical focus. Fortunately this happened to be the case. I learned a lot in a very short time...

I did my internship at the medical child and adolescent psychology department of a local general hospital, the 'Reinier de Graaf Groep'. After finishing my internship and my master's I was offered a job here as well.

During the day I see a lot of children. I do their intakes, their diagnostics and their short-term treatment, and discuss all these aspects within the multidisciplinary team of which I am a member. The problems of the children differ, from chronic illnesses to unexplained physical complaints and, in small babies, excessive crying. The age of the children is therefore very variable and, of course, I have to deal not only with the children, but also with their parents.

In short: there is so much variety in the field and in my job that I always feel challenged and I am never bored.”

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Child and Adolescent Psychology

€ 350 gemiddelde kamerhuur

98 eerstejaars

83% vrouw

? uur contacttijd/week

100% Engelstalig

	deze opleiding	landelijk
algemeen oordeel	3.8
inhoud	3.6
docenten	3.6
studiefaciliteiten	3.4
studielast	3.3
studiebegeleiding	3.2