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Our research focuses on the fundamentals of neurobiology and how they relate to behaviour. Key themes of our research are: neuronal structure and development; neuropathology and glial cell biology; neurophysiological and functional imaging measurements of the human brain; biochemical, electrophysiological and behavioural aspects of learning, memory and attention; and genetic, biological and cognitive underpinnings of disorders across the lifespan, including autism, dementia, Huntington's disease, and ADHD.Potential research projects An online study of repetitive activities and circumscribed interests in autismCurrent / recent research projects Investigating Sensory and Motor Deficits in ADHD Neurofeedback for the Treatment of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Depression and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Cognitive deficits in Huntingdon disease Exploring the Broader Autism Phenotype in Simplex Versus Multiplex Autism Families

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The cross-faculty International Centre for Comparative Criminological Research (ICCCR) in the Faculty of Social Sciences ensures that forensic psychology at the OU has a well-established reputation for its innovative approach and commitment to real world application. The Department of Psychology plays a key role in this area of research.

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The Department of Psychology has a well-established reputation for its innovative approach and commitment to real world application. This area of the department's work is wide ranging and involves researchers undertaking both collaborative and individual projects.

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This course will be of interest to people who are involved in an area of dance/movement and have an interest and/or experience in therapy. It will also be of interest to those with backgrounds in teaching, psychology, counselling and psychotherapy, health professions such as occupational therapy, physiotherapy, in nursing or medicine who also have some dance/movement experience.This is the first qualifying course in Dance Movement Psychotherapy in Scotland and the first MSc in the subject in the UK.

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If you are an education or allied health professional who works with children and young people, this course may be of interest. It will you equip you to support children or young people with additional support needs/ special educational needs to access the curriculum and participate in school life through enhanced collaborative working.On this course, you will:engage with contemporary inclusive learning issues, related legislative frameworks and policy, and relate these tolearn to critique and implement evidence- based approaches and strategies to facilitate pupils participation andachievement in the curriculum and school life, andhave the opportunity to identify and advance practice in collaborative working and inclusive learning in schools though a work-based project.In the context of this course, pupil/s are defined as children or young people who are attending school (this can be within early years, primary or secondary school, mainstream or in special school settings).

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The PGCert in Psychological Interventions for Children and Young People is a new programme which offers advanced study in core aspects evidence-based psychological interventions and foundation training in therapeutic approaches with children, young people and families.The programme offers the core elements of teaching and learning on the theoretical, conceptual and evidence bases for psychological practice whilst fostering a critical and reflective approach to the clinical application of these.Courses offered within the PGCert include:Core Course Psychological Interventions for Children and Young People. Option Courses Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for Children and Young People (cyCBT) - Theory and Practice.

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The Postgraduate Certificate in Health and Social Care - Children and Young People's Mental Health: Ecological Approaches is an exciting new programme which offers an entirely online approach to study in this area. The Certificate comprises of three core courses which focus on the ecology of childhood, which sees the child as part of a number of interconnected systems, including the family, social networks, schools, and the wider community:Social Inequalities and Child and Adolescent Mental HealthEarly Years and Early Intervention for Mental Health PractitionersMental Health Promotion for Children, Young People and FamiliesAimed mainly at those students working with clients / patients and service-users in this area of health and social care, including practitioners, managers, service planners and commissioners in health, social care, social work or allied health professions, this Postgraduate Certificate will support the translation of theory and learning into practice encouraging critical thinking about conceptualisations of mental health and illness in children and young people.Students who wish to continue their study following the successful completion of the three certificate courses have the option to transfer to the Postgraduate Diploma or MSc in Health and Social Care or to the Postgraduate Diploma or MSc in Children and Young People's Mental Health in Social Science.

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Based over three years, the course is conducted as a blended learning process, involving a combination of lectures, tutorials, online study, workshops and independent study.Year 1Exploring Professional Roles in Practice, Professional Study and Practices, Effective Learning and Teaching in Higher Education ContextsYear 2Research Methods, Assessment Evaluation and Support, OptionYear 3DissertationOptions Adults with Incapacity; Assessment, Evaluation and Support; Child Protection in Context; Child Protection: Risk to Reality; Contemporary Ethical and Professional Issues in Healthcare; Critical Thinking, Analysis and Writing; Dissertation; Effective Learning and Teaching in Higher Education; Exploring Professional Roles in Practice; Independent and Supplementary Prescribing for Nurses, Midwives and Allied Health Professionals; Leadership; Interprofessional Learning and Mentoring; Managing Performance for Person Centred Services; Politics, Policy and Practice; Practising within a Consultancy Role; Professional Study & Practices; Research Methods; Safeguarding Vulnerable Individuals and Families; Pathophysiology and Epidemiology in Diabetes Mellitus; Preparation and Practice of Supervisors of Midwives; Work Based learning Portfolio 1; Work Based Learning Portfolio 2.

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This postgraduate certificate course can be obtained by studying either one of the two compulsory 60-credit modules from the Masters in Childhood and Youth (F55): Children and young people's worlds: frameworks for integrated practice (E807) or Critical practice with children and young people (K802). It is designed for graduates coming from a background in childhood and youth studies, sociology, health and social care, anthropology, psychology or education, it would suit those who already work with children and young people and wish to enhance their knowledge and those that wish to enter the field.

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The programme provides broad training in research methods and techniques as well as offering the chance to complete a specialist research dissertation chosen from a wide range of psychological specialisms. It provides a thorough grounding in research methods and analysis which acts as the foundation of a PhD (doctoral training programme but equally serves those seeking preparation to pursue a research-orientated career in a non-academic setting.

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