MSc Developmental Disorders

Develop your understanding of a wide variety of conditions, including autism, intellectual disability, and childhood mental illness. Through engagement with advanced-level theory and practical work, you will learn about:

• research methods
• diagnosis and assessment
• therapeutic and educational interventions.

Our research is award-winning and has real-world impact. For example:

• Dr Sarah Cassidy was named ‘Most Impactful Researcher’ by the National Autistic Society for her work on suicide prevention.
• We are working with Nottinghamshire Police to assist them with better treatment of autistic victims, witnesses and perpetrators.
• We helped create resources for teachers to help them with greater support for pupils affected by preterm birth.
• A team of researchers at the UK and Malaysia campuses are translating, adapting and validating psychological assessment tools for use in psychology practice in Malaysia.

You will get to develop your own research project, giving you an opportunity to explore your interests in-depth.