ED5864 - Advanced Counselling

Credit points:	03
Year:	2008
Student Contribution Band:	Band 4
Administered by:	School of Education

Available to Master of Education and Master Guidance and Counselling students

This subject is designed to build on, and extend, the skills that were the focus of ED5863 Foundations of Counselling Practice. Based on the Egan model of Problem Management students will continue in their counselling skill development as they explore and practice the more advanced skills of challenging, goal setting, planning for change and termination of counselling relationships.

Learning Outcomes

• To develop skills in working with reluctant and resistant clients;
• To develop and demonstrate the advanced counselling skills of challenging, goal setting, strategy development and termination of a counselling relationship;
• To demonstrate knowledge of the counsellors ethical responsibilities in counselling relationships.

Graduate Qualities

• The ability to think critically, to analyse and evaluate claims, evidence and arguments, and to reason and deploy evidence clearly and logically;
• The ability to reflect on and evaluate learning, and to learn independently in a self directed manner.

Prerequisites:

ED5863

Availabilities
Townsville, Block, Study Period 6
Census Date 27-Jun-2008
Face to face teaching 30-Jun-2008 to 03-Jul-2008
Coord/Lect:	Mrs Lyn Courtney.
Contact hours:	28 hours workshops/Seminars
Assessment:	practical work/presentation (35%); on-line quiz (25%); final exam/essay (40%).
JCU Singapore, Limited, Study Period 53
Census Date 28-Nov-2008
Face to face teaching 03-Nov-2008 to 09-Nov-2008
Lecturer:	jc171487.
Contact hours:	25 hours workshops/Seminars
Assessment:	practical work/presentation (35%); on-line quiz (25%); final exam/essay (40%).

Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.