Professional Practice Development (PPD) I: Placement A Year 1
| Code | School | Level | Credits | Semesters |
| PSGY5003 | Psychology | 5 | 40 | Full Year UK |
- Code
- PSGY5003
- School
- Psychology
- Level
- 5
- Credits
- 40
- Semesters
- Full Year UK
Summary
The module considers the professional practice development of trainee educational psychologists in Year 1 in applied work placement settings. The module specifically considers the development of professional practice competence linked to all other year 1 modules. Trainees complete placement tasks, research activity and casework linked to these modules.
The module involves one day a week work placement in two different settings across the year, with the occasional block weeks on placement in autumn, spring and summer term. The first placement runs in the Autumn and Spring Term and Second Placement in Spring and Summer Terms.
Trainees are required to complete a minimum of 40 days of professional practical experience in Year 1. Trainee placement work is overseen and supervised by an HCPC registered educational psychologist.
Target Students
Postgraduate research students enrolled on Doctorate of Applied Educational Psychology (Professional Training).
Classes
40 Professional practice days
Assessment
- 100% Portfolio of work: Assessment is by summative evaluation of a placement portfolio of work submitted for examination in Spring ( Placement 1) and Summer Term (Placement 2) of approximately 8,000-10,000 words. The portfolio is composed of presentation of casework and placement tasks linked to Year 1 taught modules of Professional Practice in Educational Psychology, Psychology of Development Supporting Learning 1 and Supporting Behaviour 1. This provides opportunity for students to apply module learning and demonstrate the development professional practice skills across these key domains.
Assessed by end of summer vacation
Educational Aims
Theprofessional practicemodulein Year 1aims to:support theinitialdevelopment of trainee’s professional practice experience and competencies as applied educational psychologist.support trainees to develop increased levels of practice-based experience, knowledge, skills, confidence, and objectivity in the role.support theinitial development of trainee’s information gathering, consultation, psychological assessment, formulation, intervention, evaluation and scientist/research practitioner.Learning Outcomes
A) Knowledge and Understanding
- All Y1 module learning outcomes listed within the Professional Development Record cross referenced and linked to HCPC SOPs for Practitioner Educational Psychologists and BPS Competencies for Chartered Educational Psychologists.
B) Professional Practice Skills
- Formulate a course of action grounded on a sound theoretical and evidence base.
- Access information from HCPC standards and BPS codes of conduct, performance and ethics to guide professional practice decisions and actions.
- Maintain a personal and professional critical self-awareness in relation to professional practice issues as a trainee educational psychologist.
- Maintain sensitivity to issues of equality and bias in relation to children and young people, parents and carers and adults working in schools, local authority and other settings.
- Select appropriate forms of assessment and intervention that are effective and feasible within the context of problem presentation.
- Design and execute an appropriate evaluation strategy for an implemented course of action.
- Deploy sensitive and reflective communication skills to support consultative approaches, group facilitation and organisational development activity.
- Develop strategies for the effective management of time, the diary and work-related stress.
- Engage in consultation, assessment and intervention planning with teachers, pupils, parents and other professionals.
- Provide written accounts of professional consultations, assessments and intervention planning for a range of recipients.
- Undertake a balanced and objective evaluation of educational and/or social policy initiatives.
- Compare and contrast professional practice across a range of settings.
Conveners
- Russell Hounslow