Overview

The programme of Parenting and Child Development consists of four substantive courses devoted to the following subjects:

• Attachment, parenting and development
• Child care, experts and parents
• Prevention and intervention programmes in families
• Digital media in the family

https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/education/study-programmes/master/education-and-child-studies/parenting-and-child-development

What you will learn

You will have the skills to

• analyze and answer questions about parenting, caregiving and child development in an academic way, and
• apply and/or develop programmes that aim to optimize caregiving of parents and professional caregivers, tailored to the needs of the child.

https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/education/study-programmes/master/education-and-child-studies/parenting-and-child-development/career-prospects

Career prospects

Your skills can be applied in a wide variety of institutions and companies. Specific examples of the careers of our alumni are: family coach at a child welfare organization (e.g., 'Centrum voor jeugd en gezin'), policy maker ('pedagogisch beleidsmedewerker' in Dutch) at a childcare organization, freelancer in providing (professional) caregivers advice on parenting and caregiving, coordinator at an adoption agency, and researcher in the field of parenting and child development.

As a researcher in the field of Parenting and Child Development you contribute to the scientific knowledge of child development, parenting and daycare.

https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/education/study-programmes/master/education-and-child-studies/parenting-and-child-development/career-prospects

Accreditation

Accredited by NVAO, the Accreditation Organisation of the Netherlands and Flanders.