MSc Professional Development (Developmental Transactional Analysis)
An overview
Four parties collaborate to provide this programme:
Psychological Intelligence Ltd – PIL – (formerly known as A D International) which is the training organisation that is responsible for the day to day running of the programme and provides assessors who consider the DTA elements of student submissions
PIL also co-operates with specific training providers who must all be training members of the ICDTA – International Centre for Developmental TA
PDF – Professional Development Foundation – which oversees the design of the programme and provides assessors who consider those elements of student submissions that are required to meet University requirements
Middlesex University – which is responsible for ensuring that the programme operates to recognised academic standards, and confers the academic awards.
Programme structure. The DTA programme, which covers how students acquire and demonstrate their professional competence, combines with the PDF Learning Outcomes that are the vehicles for students to demonstrate their ability to reflect critically on their professional practice and to undertake appropriate research activity that will contribute to the profession.
The structure is designed as follows:
Students attend minimum numbers of hours of training and supervision, apply DTA for a minimum number of hours, and whilst doing this are producing evidence of their professional application of DTA (e.g. working notes, correspondence).
Students match their own applications to the appropriate DTA programme modules (e.g. professional intervention when initiating a project, group processes when working with a team or family) and provide portfolios of evidence with a related DTA-based commentary to demonstrate their awareness and understanding of the process.
Students allocate portfolios to PDF modules and submit them with a reflective essay about their professional development as they conducted the work.
Tutor guidance is available for the matching processes.
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Costs - approximately £1000 university registration fee (once only unless you wish to obtain Certificate and Diploma separately); £1500 p.a. for assessment processes and support (for 3 years to MSc); approximately £2000 p.a. (3 years unless you qualify for prior recognition) for training and supervision.