教育和发展心理学家关注人们一生如何发展和学习。他们与个人，家庭，团体和组织在各种环境中合作，并扮演不同的角色，例如学校心理学家，指导官以及儿童和青少年顾问。他们针对特殊的儿童，青少年和成人进行心理和教育评估以及教学计划。教育与发展心理学硕士是澳大利亚心理学认证委员会（APAC）认可的五年级和六年级心理学课程，为毕业生做好教育和学习方面的准备包括学校，健康和福利服务，护理设施以及商业环境中的发展心理学家。该课程使您成为一名独立专家，致力于终身学习和应用与教育和发展心理学相关的理论，研究，评估和治疗技能。
Educational and developmental psychologists focus on how people develop and learn throughout their lifetime. They work with individuals, families, groups and organisations in a range of settings and have varying roles such as school psychologist, guidance officer, and child and adolescent counsellor. They conduct psychological and educational assessments and instructional planning for exceptional children, adolescents and adults.The Master of Educational and Developmental Psychology is an Australian Psychology Accreditation Council (APAC) accredited fifth and sixth-year sequence in psychology and prepares graduates to practise as educational and developmental psychologists in settings including schools, health and welfare services, care facilities, and within business environments. The course develops you as an independent specialist with a professional commitment to lifelong learning and application of the theoretical, research, assessment and therapeutic skills related to educational and developmental psychology. You will develop advanced understanding of, and the skills associated with: human developmental stages and processes throughout the lifespan, psycho-educational assessment and treatment approaches for problematic or atypical development, advanced therapeutic counselling process and the cycle of effective intervention and change, contemporary models of exceptionality and inclusion, evidence-based intervention and treatment programs for psychological problems and psychopathology across the lifespan, contemporary research and theories of abilities, personality and psychopathology, ethical, cultural and professional issues, administering and reporting a range of essential psycho-educational assessment instruments for assessing abilities and personality and adjustment of children through to adults. In addition you will apply theory to practice with 1000 hours of supervised professional placements in a range of settings.