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| Unit name |
Counselling Skills for Audiologists II |
| Unit code |
AUDI30003 |
| Credit points |
10 |
| Level of study |
H/6
|
| Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 1 (weeks 1 - 12)
|
| Unit director |
Ms. Hoyle |
| Open unit status |
Not open |
| Pre-requisites |
None |
| Co-requisites |
None |
| School/department |
School of Applied Community and Health Studies |
| Faculty |
Faculty of Social Sciences and Law |
Description including Unit Aims
This unit is the second part of the counselling skills training. Students will have spent I year in a clinical setting with supervised patient contact. This second module will continue their development of clinical counselling skills that are appropriate in an audiological setting. It re-visits the core conditions of counselling that were introduced in module 1 and allows students to evaluate their experience in applying these skills in the work-place. It then explores the more complex area of problem management and changing beliefs and behaviour associated with hearing loss. Further counselling theories and approaches will be introduced with the emphasis on how they can be applied in a clinical setting.
Aims:
- To discuss and evaluate individual student experience of the application of core counselling conditions during clinical placement
- To identify outcomes from the same clinical experience, focussing on the success and failure of changing patient beliefs and behaviour within rehabilitation
- To introduce additional counselling theories that are appropriate for rehabilitation strategies
- To identify the practical constraints within clinical application and exploring solutions
- To explore individual belief systems and prejudices and the impact of these on the professional/client relationship
- To promote awareness of professional boundaries and how to identify when referral to other healthcare services is necessary and appropriate
Intended Learning Outcomes
This unit will enable students to:
- Further develop their use of counselling skills in 1:1 practice sessions
- Receive feedback on their counselling skills from tutor and peer group
- Engage in role playing to further their skills and understanding of specific rehabilitation issues
- Reflect on the outcome of using counselling skills both individually and with their peer group
- Explore their own beliefs about themselves and their clients and consider how this might affect their professional behaviour and the effectiveness of their intervention
- Be aware of the varied counselling approaches and theories that are used and how they originally developed
- Undertake self-learning of the recommended counselling approaches and identify opportunities for clinical use
Identify when clients will need to be referred on and be able to explain why and what these services can offer in the rehabilitation process
Teaching Information
Lectures, group work, seminars.
Assessment Information
Students will be required to:
- Submit a videotaped demonstration of the use of counselling skills together with a written critical evaluation (2,000 – 2,5000 words) (70%)
- Present a case study demonstrating their use of counselling skills (30%)
Reading and References
- Bond, T. (2000) Standards and Ethics for Counselling in Action
- Cade, B. and O'Hanlon, W. (1993) A Brief Guide to Brief Therapy
- Culley, S. and Bond, T. (2004) Integrative Counselling Skills in Action
- Egan, G. (2002) The Skilled Helper (7th edition)
- Goldberger and Breznitz eds. (1992) Handbook of Stress: Theoretical & Clinical Aspects
