This module gives students an outline of personality development from a psychodynamic and attachment perspective. There is an emphasis on the development of emotional relatedness and the importance of early experience in relation to later capacities for good relationships, effective learning and human functioning. It will develop concepts of normal development as well as look at what can interfere with this. It will also demonstrate that adversity, conflict and loss are fundamental factors in normal development.
Aims
To understand the foundations of emotional development laid down in early life
To understand the effect of these early experiences on later social and learning capacities
To understand the importance of attachment to emotional development
To recognise the implications for later work with clients of an understanding of the early roots of their difficulties
Learning Outcomes
Familiarity with key stages of child, adolescent and adult development
Basic familiarity with attachment theory
Familiarity with psychodynamic understanding of emotional development
Awareness of the implications of pre-birth factors and early environment for later work with children, adolescents and adults
The capacity to be able to apply a developmental perspective to emotional, relational and professional difficulties
A recognition that adversity, conflict and loss are fundamental factors in normal development
A greater awareness of one s own development and the factors involved in this
Aims
To understand the foundations of emotional development laid down in early life
To understand the effect of these early experiences on later social and learning capacities
To understand the importance of attachment to emotional development
To recognise the implications for later work with clients of an understanding of the early roots of their difficulties
Learning Outcomes
Familiarity with key stages of child, adolescent and adult development
Basic familiarity with attachment theory
Familiarity with psychodynamic understanding of emotional development
Awareness of the implications of pre-birth factors and early environment for later work with children, adolescents and adults
The capacity to be able to apply a developmental perspective to emotional, relational and professional difficulties
A recognition that adversity, conflict and loss are fundamental factors in normal development
A greater awareness of one s own development and the factors involved in this