Unit name | Practical Counselling Skills 2 |
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Unit code | EDUCM5194 |
Credit points | 20 |
Level of study | M/7 |
Teaching block(s) |
Academic Year (weeks 1 - 52) |
Unit director | Dr. Jenny Knibb |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
Practical counselling skills 1 |
Co-requisites |
None |
School/department | School of Education |
Faculty | Faculty of Social Sciences and Law |
This unit builds on Practical Counselling Skills 1. It is designed to teach more advanced counselling skills, informed by narrative theory and practices, and consider their application to commonly raised problems in educational settings. Participants will be given opportunities to develop their capacity for assessing and monitoring their own delivery of counselling and their appropriateness to the client's needs. Core principles and practices associated with narrative therapy will be taught as the basis for advanced counselling skills.
To enable students to:
Students will be able to :
The focus of this unit is on learning by observation, experience and evaluative reflection. The methods of teaching will be very practical and will include experiential activities, small and larger group discussion as well as tutor-led demonstrations and input in order to identify, practise and receive constructive feedback on a range of advanced counselling skills and interventions.
The needs of a wide range of students, including those with disabilities, international students and those from ethnic minority backgrounds have been considered. It is not anticipated that the teaching and assessment methods used will cause disadvantage to any person taking the unit. The Graduate School of Education is happy to address individual support requests as necessary.
Students will be assessed by means of a videotape demonstrating their ability to use and critique a range of identified counselling skills. The videotape will be accompanied by a critical commentary of 2,500 words. Student will be expected to show greater sophistication in their understanding and practice than is required for Practical Counselling Skills 1.