Whether you want to get ahead in your career faster, or improve your knowledge, a Monash postgraduate degree can give you a distinct advantage. Educational and developmental psychologists assist children and adults with learning and developmental issues by providing assessment, intervention and counselling services. The course aims to develop graduates with the therapeutic skills involved in educational and developmental psychology. Students develop high professional standards in the administration and interpretation of a comprehensive range of psychological, educational and developmental tests and assessments, and the planning, implementation and evaluation of evidence based interventions with individuals and groups. This program combines the coursework and practicum requirements of the Australian Psychology Accreditation Council (APAC) accredited Master of Psychology (Educational and Developmental) degree with the thesis requirements of the PhD program. Only students currently enrolled in the Master of Psychology (Educational and Developmental) at Monash University can apply for the combined PhD program. Students must achieve specific requirements in that program before they will be invited to apply for the Master of Psychology (Educational and Developmental)/PhD. Graduates will develop as independent specialist professionals with a commitment to learning across the lifespan of the theoretical, research, assessment, and therapeutic skills involved in educational and developmental psychology. Outcomes These course outcomes are aligned with the Australian Qualifications Framework level 10 and Monash Graduate Attributes. Upon successful completion of this course it is expected that students will be able to: think critically and analytically about the processes involved in educational and developmental psychology administer and interpret a wide range of psychological, educational and developmental tests and assessments plan, implement and evaluate evidence-based interventions with individuals, groups and systemically effectively consult and collaborate across a diverse range of organisational contexts including educational, health and welfare, care facilities, business and corporate conduct psychological practice ethically according to the requirements of the profession demonstrate high level skills in mandatory competencies associated with a specialist educational and developmental psychology practitioner reflect on their own personal functioning within a therapeutic relationship demonstrate knowledge of appropriate research methodologies for the study of human behaviour and of psychological practice perform appropriately designed research studies of aspects of human behaviour and of psychological practice.