Atypical Child Development. Queen's University Belfast

The programme provides advanced study of topics in developmental psychology, with a specific focus on patterns of atypical development and childhood developmental disorders such as autism and dyslexia.

The study of atypical child development addresses questions such as:

• What is the relationship between typical and atypical development?
• How do we know that a child's development is atypical and what criteria can we use to assess this?
• How can we best explain the causes of atypical development and understand the effects on children's lives?
• What programmes and interventions can help atypically developing children and how can they be best designed and implemented?