TrOn – The development of temperament

Welcome to this online module – I hope you find it a useful and enjoyable learning experience!

In this module we will look at:

• individual temperamental differences and their impact on parent-child relationships
• stability of temperament and the evolution of character and personality, and the concepts of childhood vulnerability and resilience
• cognitive development and its relevance to communication
• development of fears in childhood and adolescence.

As with many of the modules of human development, a lot of the information we will be covering may be new to you. This is, however, a topic which is extremely useful for your clinical practice, in particular when you come to work in child psychiatry.

I hope the overview of the topics this module provides will help guide you to further reading, and not only success in your exams but a useful foundation of knowledge for your future practice.