EDF5004 · Counselling in the school years

Overview

This unit provides an introduction to counselling child and adolescent clients and explores the childhood and teen years in which specific developmental milestones are reached. This is a challenging time for parents and teachers, during which children are developing their understanding of their place within the family, their school, and local community. This unit will develop your understanding of adolescence as the period during which children begin the transition to adulthood but are still developing maturity and their identity. You will analyse how adolescents expand their horizons and move into the adult world and the range of challenges that can present as they move towards greater independence.

Offerings

Assessment

The Handbook does not list a final examination among the assessment items. That is not a guarantee there is none.

Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.

Requisites

Learning outcomes

1. demonstrate an understanding of the major developmental milestones of children and adolescents
2. demonstrate an understanding of typical challenges faced by children and adolescents
3. reflect on and analyse your own responses as a counsellor to working with children and adolescents
4. examine the effectiveness of various approaches to counselling children and adolescents
5. show an understanding of the counselling agencies specific to children and adolescents
6. demonstrate counselling skills suitable for child and adolescent clients.

Workload

The minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per teaching period comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. Usually, you can expect to engage with: Clayton Campus • 12 hours of scheduled learning delivered on campus via weekly/regular directed learning activities, 12 hours of scheduled learning delivered online via a combination of synchronous and asynchronous directed learning activities, and the remaining hours to be allocated towards self-directed/independent study OR • 24 hours of scheduled learning delivered online via a combination of synchronous and asynchronous directed learning activities, and the remaining hours to be allocated towards self-directed/independent study^ ^ International students studying in Australia are not permitted to undertake this scheduled learning delivery mode. Scheduled learning activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement. Kaplan off-shore • 24 hours of scheduled learning delivered online via synchronous activities and the remaining hours to be allocated towards self-directed/independent study

Student experience, not official rules. Nothing here changes what the Handbook says.