Cognitive Behavioural Therapies for Children and Adolescents
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Key facts
More about this course atCourse brochureStudy modeFTDurationOne year FT (On campus Fridays only) September to July
Closing datePlease contact course administrator
Entry Requirements
Post-qualification experience in child and adolescent mental health services. Students selected for the course are psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, psychiatric nurses, or other trained mental health professionals.
IELTS: 7.0
TOEFL paper-based: 600
TOEFL computer-based: 250
Applicants must be employed as a mental health professional(psychiatry, clinical psychology, mental health nursing) by the NHS or the HSE in Ireland and have access to suitable training cases and videotape facilities. Additional requirements apply and are available on the website below or at http://childpsych.iop.kcl.ac.uk/ cbtcourse/index.htm.
IntakeFull-time:12Tuition FeesFT home: 6180
PT home:
FT overseas: 18500
PT overseas:
An additional fee of £2,000 may be charged to students with an equivalent level qualification - please enquire for details'
Graduate fundingGet information about potential funding opportunitiesLocation
King’s Denmark Hill Campus
Department siteChild and Adolescent PsychiatryPurpose
To equip child and adolescent mental health professionals working in outpatient clinical services (the UK & Ireland only) with the core skills necessary to use CBT for the most common problems affecting young people (mild to moderate anxiety and depressive disorders and mild behaviour disorders); and to disseminate these skills in their place of work. The course does not provide regular training in interventions suitable for use with severe depression/self-harm, conduct disorder, eating disorders, psychosis, or moderate to severe learning difficulties or developmental disorders.
Description
The programme consists of two sections: Cognitive Behavioural Methods for Common Mental Health Problems of Childhood and Adolescence, which includes weekly supervision and skill-training workshops. Theory Change and Development, which includes weekly lectures on cognitive-behavioural models of normal and pathological development in young people.
Format and assessment details
The programme runs one day per week. Students spend the equivalent of approximately one other day per week in the treatment of patients for discussion in the clinical supervision groups, for reading and for preparation of materials for assessment.
English Language Requirements
More information for students whose first language is not English.
Additional notes on English Language requirements
King`s Preparatory Diploma in English Language & Academic Studies: Grade B
King`s Pre-sessional Summer Course for Overseas Students: B+ Band
Programme leader
Dr Sean PerrinFunding
Students are generally self-funded or funded by their employer.
Graduate School funding opportunities: http://www.kcl.ac.uk/graduate/funding/database/ Please note that OVERSEAS STUDENTS who currently work in either South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, Guys and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust or King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, are eligible for Home fee status. SStudent Destinations
Graduates continue working in areas of child and adolescent mental health, with their careers enhanced by the skills and experience provided by the course.
Contact
Programme Administrator
CBT for Children & Adolescents
Institute of Psychiatry
P077
Henry Wellcome Building
De Crespigny Park
London SE5 8AF
email jacqueline.szczerbinski@kcl.ac.uk