Forensic and Developmental Psychology

Psychology is the study of an individual s mind and the behaviors by documenting, observing, testing, and then finding a specific conclusion and then lastly the treatment options for an individual. Educational psychology, Cognitive psychology, Forensic psychology, and Developmental psychology are a few examples of the specializations you can receive a degree. Individuals that want to specialize in Children and Adolescent Development, individuals will learn the growth and maturation of human individuals from conception to adulthood. Children and adolescents have a psychical, psychological needs that must be met in ordered for these individuals to grow and develop.

The saying “it takes a village to raise a child” is true to the fullest. Any sort of disruptions, or fast changes can have a disturbing effect on a child or adolescent.

The main reason that I want to go into the field of child and adolescent development is my children. I see the change in environment in which I grew up and now and it has a disturbing effect on children. I want to be an individual to make sure children and adolescents receive optimal development. Make sure these individuals are strong, enough or confident enough to navigate the hurdles in development a life decision. This mean looking into an individual’s family, school, culture, and their free time to make sure he or she is on track. If there are any issues with anyone that they receive the proper steps to receive help.

A Vision for the Future of Child and Adolescent Development It is important that children and adolescent receives care early. Most mental and behavior health issues occur in childhood and parents do not recognize them early until they have progress into an individual adolescent, then it is harder for a psychologist to help he or she. The Skills and Abilities that Psychologist Require The skills of psychologist are important to treat his or her clients. There interest in the research and treatment to further education based on next research and treatment options. Individuals must be good at communication. Individuals should have not just oral but also written and learn how to communicate with different diversity and ethnic backgrounds. Ethics is another skill that a psychologist should understand because anything that is discussed in a session is confidential. Laws and regulations should be interpreted and fully understood in all state and federal laws. Open-mindness is another personal skill a psychologist should be to tolerate all diverse people and situations everyone come in with.

Trustworthy should be a skill to have, everyone that comes into a practice he or she should be able to be confined in the person that he or she is talking to. You must have a good outlook with the individuals that you treat so they will open more, and you can treat the individual as they determine. Developmental child psychologist must understand and conduct research and study how children and adolescent effect the emotional and cognitive development. Individuals will have observed language, motor skills, cognitive function’s, social skills, and environmental factors.

The Practitioner-Scholar model and It’s Applications This is an educational model that helps with using research and professional practices, who applies finding to a practice. The professional fields such as education, medicine, clinical psychology, social work, management, engineering, architecture, law is some professional that use the model.  The concept of practitioner-scholar model is introduced in the master’s degree program, it is to help individuals develop certain plan of action to maintain and resolve an issue and to find a theory and apply it to the result. The model should teach learners and practitioners to execute assessments, experiments, and to make sure they are trustworthy. In formation are always being updated as new information is being presented. This is

This is part of my daily life. It helps with my decisions on containing my education and in my personal life. It has showed me that individuals especially children and adolescents need up to date information and research for them to become an expertise in society. The Importance of Research of Psychology Research from diverse fields, including biological, and social sciences should be developed into new practices to studying adolescent development. We must investigate child and adolescent’s genetics, biological, familial, his or her environment, social., and lastly behavioral factors. Adolescents be conducted through several disciplines endocrinology, psychology, sociology, psychiatry, genetics, anthropology, neuroscience, and economics.

References

1. http://psychology.iresearchnet.com/developmental-psychology/childhood-and-adolescence-development/
2. Cherry, K. (2017, May 18). Main Branches of Psychology. Retrieved July 9, 2018, from Select Main Branches of Psychology https://www.explorepsychology.com/branches-of-psychology
3. OSWALT, A. (2008, January 17). Developmental Channels. Retrieved July 09, 2018, from https://www.mentalhelp.net/articles/developmental-channels/ 

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