Completion of this self directed learning online course will enable you to incorporate the ESB into your practice. This will help you identify children at risk for social communication problems, will guide your intervention, and support your work with parents.
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Online Training in the use of the Early Sociocognitive Battery (ESB) Course overview
The course comprises five modules that provide an understanding of the rationale and evidence behind the ESB; its development from a research tool to a standardised and psychometrically robust clinical assessment; administration, scoring and interpretation of the tasks that make up the ESB; and implications for clinical diagnosis and intervention. Lively visual presentation of information is interspersed with short quizzes to support learning, videos of children participating in the ESB to illustrate administration and practice scoring; and case studies to demonstrate application in practice.
Self directed study
Please note that this course is not tutor led and requires self directed study. You will have 90 days to complete this course.
Who is it for?
Beneficial for speech and language therapists, psychologists, pediatricians and others concerned with communication problems in children. It will help with understanding and diagnosis of difficulties, and support for children, families and teachers. More information about requirements for the ESB.
Timetable
The course is available 4 times annually, participants will have 90 days to complete the modules.
Total time to complete the modules may vary dependent on prior experience.
Participants should allow approximately 2- 4 hours in total to complete the training.
Benefits
On completing the ESB e-training, clinicians will feel confident in their understanding of sociocognitive difficulties and use of the ESB manual, and will be ready to administer, score and interpret the ESB with pre-school children presenting with language and social communication difficulties.
What will I learn?
The e-training comprises an introduction and the following five modules:
- Module 1 – Development of the ESB
- Module 2 – The ESB as a clinical assessment
- Module 3 – Psychometric properties of the ESB: Reliability and validity
- Module 4 – Application to clinical practice
- Module 5 – Administration and scoring.
Assessment and certificates
No formal assessment is required for satisfactory completion of the course.
On successful completion of all five modules participants will receive a certificate
from City, University of London.
This course is provided by the School of Health & Psychological Sciences.
Eligibility
The ESB can be used by speech and language therapists, clinical and educational psychologists, and paediatricians. It is also available for use by early years' professionals who have:
- Certified training and experience in a relevant discipline
- Membership of a professional organisation appropriate to the focus of the test
- Evidence of competence in the use of psychological tests.
English requirements
You will need a good level of spoken and written English to enrol on this course.