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MA PG Dip PG Cert Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities and Forensic Issues (Distance Learning)

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    MA/PGDip/PGCert 2 years part-time

Course Description

Do you work in or aspire to work in forensic service lines for people with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities? Do you want to increase your knowledge and expertise in how best to work with and support service users based on the latest available evidence?

At the Tizard Centre, you will receive cutting-edge, critical, and career-driven education in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities and Forensic Issues. You will learn about the aetiology, assessment, and treatment of offending and/or offending-like behaviour in this group of people and how best to support them to lead meaningful, law abiding lives in the community. We will embed your knowledge and expertise within the current legal and policy framework surrounding specialist forensic services, offer opportunities for practice and/or research in the field, and support the development of your career as an evidence based practitioner.

Entry Requirements

We welcome applications from applicants who have obtained at least a second class honours degree including all the required examinations at a university in the United Kingdom or at another approved university.

Mature applicants without a degree are asked to provide evidence of their ability to complete a postgraduate programme successfully, and are eligible to enter the programme following the completion of an assessed task.

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Student Destinations

Our postgraduate courses provide detailed knowledge of intellectual and developmental disabilities.  Graduates will have gained a very good understanding of the matters arising within this population and will be able to analyse and conduct relevant research.

Our postgraduate courses improve employability prospects for both those with established careers and new entrants to the field.  Many of our students already work with people with intellectual and developmental disabilities in professional, management or supporting capacities. Our programmes support their continuing professional development and enhance their opportunities for career advancement.

Other students, who are at the beginning of their careers, move on to a range of professional roles in health and social care including:

  • Working as psychologists in learning disability or behavioural specialists in community learning disability teams
  • Service management of development roles
  • Clinical psychology training or a PhD

This particular programme will also provide the necessary skills to work in secure services or forensic community teams.

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