| Semester 2, 2020 External | |
| Short Description: | Counselling Skills |
| Units : | 1 |
| Faculty or Section : | Faculty of Health, Engineering and Sciences |
| School or Department : | School of Psychology and Counselling |
| Student contribution band : | Band 1 |
| ASCED code : | 090513 - Counselling |
| Grading basis : | Graded |
Staffing
Examiner:
Other requisites
Students will require access to e-mail and have internet access to UConnect for this course.
Rationale
The intention for this course is to prepare students for competency in the knowledge and practical application of generic and foundational counselling microskills. These skills are essential for supportive and therapeutic communication within a range of caring professions including counselling, human services, psychology, nursing, and teaching. Students will learn and apply counselling microskills within a structured framework. The course will take students from basic to advanced level counselling skills.
Synopsis
This course introduces students to counselling within the helping professions and key values that counselling operates from. It introduces a framework of helping, including structured stages and tasks. Within this framework, students will learn specific communication and counselling skills that are foundational in the majority of counselling modalities.
This course contains a highly recommended residential school and online asynchronous tutorials. The dates and location of the highly recommended residential school are available from the Residential School Timetable (. The dates and times of the online tutorials will be available in the course study schedule.
Objectives
On successful completion of this course should be able to:
- developed a theoretical understanding of the Egan Model and its individual microskills;
- appropriately utilise basic counselling and interviewing skills;
- display self-awareness, openness to learn, and the receptivity to receive and implement feedback;
- to observe, identify, and critically evaluate basic counselling skills;
- use and apply ethical and therapeutic values in interviewing.
Topics
| Description | Weighting(%) | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Ingredients of successful helping | 10.00 |
| 2. | The helping relationship and its guiding values | 10.00 |
| 3. | Empathic presence: Tuning in and listening | 10.00 |
| 4. | Empathic responding: Working at mutual understanding | 10.00 |
| 5. | Probing and summarising | 10.00 |
| 6. | Client and helper self-challenge | 10.00 |
| 7. | Introduction to the problem management process | 10.00 |
| 8. | Helping clients tell their story | 10.00 |
| 9. | Helping clients develop goals and possibilities | 10.00 |
| 10. | Helping clients plan and implement strategies | 10.00 |
Text and materials required to be purchased or accessed
ALL textbooks and materials available to be purchased can be sourced from (unless otherwise stated). (https://omnia.usq.edu.au/textbooks/?year=2020&sem=02&subject1=CDS1002)
Please for alternative purchase options from USQ Bookshop. (https://omnia.usq.edu.au/info/contact/)
Reference materials
(A brief, easy to read, counselling skills text.)
(A comprehensive microskills training equivalent.)
Student workload expectations
| Activity | Hours |
|---|---|
| Assessments | 50.00 |
| Directed 精东传媒app | 40.00 |
| Online Tutorials | 10.00 |
| Private 精东传媒app or Practice | 35.00 |
| Residential Schools | 30.00 |
Assessment details
| Description | Marks out of | Wtg (%) | Due Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quiz | 100 | 15 | 23 Jul 2020 | (see note 1) |
| Video 1 | 100 | 30 | 25 Aug 2020 | |
| Video 2 | 100 | 45 | 15 Oct 2020 | |
| Participation | 10 | 10 | 22 Oct 2020 | (see note 2) |
Notes
- The quiz will be held online. It will be broken up into smaller quizzes held on specified dates throughout the semester, as advised in the course study schedule.
- There will be interpersonal activities conducted in this course to support student learning and skill acquisition.
Important assessment information
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Attendance requirements:
Students are highly recommended to attend the residential school and online tutorials in order to enhance applied knowledge and assist with meeting professional association membership requirements. It is also linked to an assessment item or an element of assessment preparation. There are no weekly on campus attendance requirements for this course, however it is the students鈥� responsibility to study all material provided to them or required to be accessed by them to maximise their chance of meeting the objectives of the course and to be informed of course-related activities and administration. -
Requirements for students to complete each assessment item satisfactorily:
To successfully complete an individual assessment item, a student must achieve at least 50% of the marks. -
Penalties for late submission of required work:
Students should refer to the Assessment Procedure (point 4.2.4) -
Requirements for student to be awarded a passing grade in the course:
To be assured of receiving a passing grade a student must achieve at least 50% of the total weighted marks available for the course. -
Method used to combine assessment results to attain final grade:
The final grades for students will be assigned on the basis of the aggregate of the weighted marks obtained for each of the summative assessment items in the course. -
Examination information:
There is no examination in this course. -
Examination period when Deferred/Supplementary examinations will be held:
As there are no examinations in this course, there will be no deferred or supplementary examinations. -
精东传媒app Student Policies:
Students should read the USQ policies: Definitions, Assessment and Student Academic Misconduct to avoid actions which might contravene 精东传媒app policies and practices. These policies can be found at .
Assessment notes
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In accordance with 精东传媒app Policy, the Examiner may grant an extension of the due date of an assignment in extenuating circumstances.
Other requirements
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Students can expect that questions in assessment items in this course may draw upon knowledge and skills that they can reasonably be expected to have acquired before enrolling in the course. This includes knowledge contained in pre-requisite courses and appropriate communication, information literacy, analytical, critical thinking, problem solving or numeracy skills. Students who do not possess such knowledge and skills should not expect to achieve the same grades as those students who do possess them.