This advanced professional development programme focuses on supporting practitioners in this field. Through campus-based workshops and clinical placements, youll gain a detailed knowledge of intellectual and developmental disabilities and learn how to arrange or provide support for individuals. Our placement opportunities provide supervised experience in applying the knowledge you gain from your academic modules to working life. Coursework is taught through a mixture of web-based resources, directed reading, videos, lectures, seminars and practical sessions. You also work with skilled professionals through a number of workshops, where you have the opportunity to share ideas and experiences with fellow students.<br><br>Our postgraduate courses improve employability prospects for both those with established careers and new entrants to the field. Many of our students already work with people with intellectual and developmental disabilities in professional, management or supporting capacities. Our programmes support their continuing professional development and enhance their opportunities for career advancement. Other students, who are at the beginning of their careers, move on to a range of professional roles in health and social care including working as psychologists in learning disability or behavioural specialists in community learning disability teams, service management of development roles, clinical psychology training or a PhD.