Child psychologist - course 209,900 rub. from Smart, training 1300 hours, Date November 29, 2023.

1 module
General psychology

• General characteristics of psychology as a science. Formation of the subject of psychology
• Periodization of mental development. D.B. Elkonin
• Synthesis of scientific and everyday psychology
• Intelligence and its development in ontogenesis. J. Piaget's theory
• Consciousness as a subject of psychology. Models of consciousness and its properties
• Emotions, will, motives and needs
• Gestalt psychology and behavioral psychology
• Action and activity. Types of operations 
• Behaviorism. Practical methods
• Psychology of attention. Types and properties of attention
• The problem of the unconscious in psychoanalysis
• Temperament and character. Basics of Character Education
• Freud's psychosexual theory
• Psychology of speech. Types and functions of speech. Development of speech in ontogenesis
• Dynamic psychology
• Imagination and creative thinking. The role of creativity in child development
• Defense mechanisms in dynamic psychology
• Playful and graphic activities of children
• Structuralism
• Psychology of communication. Types and aspects of communication
• Cultural-historical approach
• Psychology of memory. Memory classification
• Cognitive processes, their relationship in cognition
• Psychology of sensation and perception. Specifics of perception in childhood
• Psychology of thinking. Thinking as a process and activity. Development of thinking in children
• Psychophysics: features, illusions, thresholds of human sensation and perception (part 1)
• The concept of character accentuations, types of accentuations.
• Psychophysics: illusions of perception (part 2)
• Intelligence. Abilities and their development in childhood
• Subject, individual, personality
• Emotional intellect
• Personality structure. Personality in ontogenesis
• Our emotions
• Features of work activity. Sociocultural regulation of activity
• Test
• Periodization of psychosocial development. E.Erickson

2 module
Pediatric neuropsychology

• Introduction to neuropsychology. Fundamentals of childhood neuropsychology
• Drawing up a conclusion based on the results of a neuropsychological examination of a child
• Functional systems. Characteristics of neuropsychological factors
• Principles of evidence-based medicine and their application
• Causes and types of agnosia. Diagnostic methods
• Division of work with other specialists. Neurocorrection programs
• Algorithm for initial consultation with a neuropsychologist
• Development and selection of correctional programs
• Conducting a neuropsychological examination
• Neurodiagnostics

3 module
Features of working with children of different ages. Age-related psychology

• Section 1. Psychological counseling for infants and infants and their parents of infants 
• Section 2. Psychological support for families with young children 
• Section 3. Psychological characteristics of preschool children. Consulting for families with preschoolers 
• Section 4. Psychological characteristics of younger schoolchildren. Counseling for families with children aged seven to eleven years old 
• Section 5. Psychological characteristics of adolescence 
• Section 6. Psychological counseling for younger adolescents and their parents 
• Section 7. Psychological counseling for older adolescents

4 module
Psychology of children and parents. How to work as a child psychologist

• The problem of identifying the risk of mental health disorders
• The importance of pediatricians in early identification of the risk of developing mental disorders 
• Programs for early identification of risk of mental health disorders 
• Diagnostic tools and signs of risk of mental health disorders in a child
• Discussing concerns about the child's psychological well-being with the family 
• Psychological work with the child and family in the medical care system 
• Consulting, training and support for doctors

5 module
Pedagogical activities through game trainings

• Game approach in children's learning and development. Features of the game at different age stages 
• Didactic games as a search for new options for solving problems 
• Business games for children and teenagers
• Children's team building
• New forms of organizing games 

6 module
Anxiety in children and adolescents. Causes of occurrence, diagnostic methods and methods of correction

• Anxiety, anxiety and fear. Features of the manifestation and experience of anxiety in children and adolescents. Physiological and psychological manifestations of anxiety in children and adolescents
• Causes of anxiety in children and adolescents. Mental trauma, pre-neurotic pathocharacterological radicals, disharmony of family relationships, disharmony of family education
• Methods for diagnosing anxiety in children and adolescents
• Methods for correcting anxiety in children and adolescents

7 module
Professional development of a psychologist

Section 1. The child psychologist goes to work. Psychologist's portfolio

• Organizational and methodological support for the work of a teacher-psychologist 
• Psychological diagnostics 
• Corrective and developmental activities of a teacher-psychologist 
• Psychological prevention 
• Expert activity of a teacher-psychologist

Section 2. Tools of a child psychologist. Session structure

• Initial intake scheme 
• Collection methods 
• A method of “transforming” customer complaints into a specific request 
• Methods for formulating the goals and objectives of psychological counseling 
• Therapeutic Boundary Method 
• Method of working with “countertransference” and “transference” 
• Method of working with resistance 
• Ending the session carefully 
• Techniques for assessing a client's therapeutic potential 
• Methods for assessing your therapeutic potential

8 module
Practice of psychological counseling of children and parents

• Features of child-parent relationships in the family system 
• Family structure from the position of the functional-role approach. Family role structure 
• Education and communication in the family system: styles, types of family education, their impact on the frequency of conflicts between children and parents. Parenting styles 
• Features of a disharmonious type of education. The influence of family interaction style on the frequency of conflicts and the effectiveness of their resolution 
• Peculiarities of manifestation of conflicts in children of different ages. Specifics of conflicts between parents and adolescents. Causes of problems associated with raising children in the family 
• Diagnosis of the characteristics of parent-child relationships and conflicts 
• Methods for studying family in various approaches
• Projective techniques for diagnosing parent-child relationships 
• Standardized questionnaires and tests for studying parent-child relationships and conflicts. Methods offered to parents 
• Psychological counseling and therapeutic work to correct parent-child relationships 
• Consulting and correction of relationships between parents and adolescents and young men. Relational complaint (complaint about dysfunction in relationships). Social complaint (complaint about social (non-family) dysfunctions in the child’s behavior). Inadequate (“projective”) complaint 
• Therapeutic techniques for working with young children. Introducing a child to psychotherapy 
• Dealing with the effects of stress from adolescent relationship loss. Loss of a relationship (separation/death) as a traumatic factor (grief work, grief tasks) 
• Parental divorce and the formation of a new identity for a teenager 
• The phenomenon of bullying at school 
• Self-harm, aggression and boundaries