| Semester 2, 2023 Online | |
| Units : | 1 |
| School or Department : | School of Psychology and Wellbeing |
| Grading basis : | Graded |
| Course fee schedule : | /current-students/administration/fees/fee-schedules |
Staffing
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Requisites
Pre-requisite: Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: GCCO or GDCN or MCCO or PDEV or GCHH or GDHH or MOHH
Overview
Children and adolescents represent a special population with regards to therapeutic intervention. This course will expand on the foundation of counselling practice to develop knowledge of the issues related to counselling young people, and the skills to provide evidence-based interventions for this group.
The course will expand upon notions of counselling theories and practice to explore the application of interventions with children and youth particularly. Developmental considerations, ethical and professional issues, core therapeutic processes relevant to the age and development of child and adolescent clients, and evidence-based and practice-based counselling interventions for this age group will be presented. The use of particular types of therapies with social, emotional and behavioural concerns common to this age group (e.g., anxiety) will be explored.
Course learning outcomes
On completion of this course students should be able to:
- Articulate advanced and integrated knowledge of the need for particular methods of engagement and intervention with child and youth clients, given developmental considerations and issues common to this population
- Identify and critically analyse ethical and professional issues as they relate to providing intervention to children and young people
- Independently search and critically analyse, reflect on and synthesise interventions for children and young people
- Display basic competency and responsibility as a practitioner with regard to working therapeutically with children and young people
Topics
| Description | Weighting(%) | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Introduction to child and youth counselling | 10.00 |
| 2. | Ethical and professional issues for child and youth counselling | 10.00 |
| 3. | Counselling theories and approaches to assessing and working with children and young people | 15.00 |
| 4. | Process skills for working with children and youth | 15.00 |
| 5. | Creative therapy and engagement | 10.00 |
| 6. | Evidence-based and practice-based interventions for children and youth (internalising and externalising presentations) with diverse presenting issues | 15.00 |
| 7. | Evidence-based and practice-based interventions for children and youth with diverse background | 15.00 |
| 8. | Group processes and interventions | 10.00 |
Text and materials required to be purchased or accessed
Student workload expectations
To do well in this subject, students are expected to commit approximately 10 hours per week including class contact hours, independent study, and all assessment tasks. If you are undertaking additional activities, which may include placements and residential schools, the weekly workload hours may vary.
Assessment details
| Description | Group Assessment |
Weighting (%) | Course learning outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Case 精东传媒app | No | 15 | 2 |
| Essay | No | 40 | 3 |
| Demonstration | No | 40 | 1,4 |
| Online forums | No | 5 | 1,2,3,4 |