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Foundations of Child and Adolescent Counselling

Unit code: APT6019 | Study level: Postgraduate
Credit points
12
(One credit point is usually equivalent to one hour of study per week)
Location
City Campus
City Flinders
Prerequisites
N/A
Overview
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Overview

This unit of study will provide a foundation of counselling micro skills when counselling children and adolescents. There will be discussion of settings in which counselling occurs, an introduction to basic counselling skills, and understanding of how to use these skills in assessment and intervention plans. Through role-plays and class activities, students will be encouraged to practice counselling micro skills and begin development of case formulations specific to children and adolescents.

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:

  1. Implement and reflect upon a range of basic counselling skills for working with children and adolescents;
  2. Exhibit a foundation level of competence in formulating counselling-based assessment and intervention plans when working with children and adolescents; and
  3. Analyse and apply the fundamental theory and intervention practices of the therapeutic paradigms for working with children and adolescents.

Assessment

For Melbourne campuses

Assessment type: Annotated Bibliography
|
Grade: 30%
Present evidence-based literature relating to counselling intervention approaches and their relevance to children’s developmental stages (1000 words)
Assessment type: Case Study
|
Grade: 30%
Submit a case formulation with attention to issues relating to development phase, & evidence supporting a specific counselling approach intervention
Assessment type: Presentation
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Grade: 40%
Individual class presentation*

Case study - 1000 words.
Presentation - Individual class presentation on a topic and application to a specific child/adolescent issue with reference to evidence based literature from annotated bibliography (15 mins)

Required reading

Counselling Children: A practical introduction
Geldard, K., and Geldard. D. (2018)| London: Sage Publications.

As part of a course

This unit is studied as part of the following course(s):

Graduate Diploma in Counselling
AGPD
Master of Counselling
AMPE

Refer to the course page for information on how to apply for the course. VU takes care to ensure the accuracy of this unit information, but reserves the right to change or withdraw courses offered at any time. Please check that unit information is current with the Student Contact Centre.

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