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EDF4533

Faculty of Education

18 September 2017 22 December 2024

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This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2016 only. For students planning to study the unit, please refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course or area of study.

Monash University

12 points, SCA Band 1, 0.250 EFTSL

Postgraduate - Unit

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Faculty

Education

Coordinator(s)

Dr Angela Mornane

Offered

Clayton

  • Second semester 2016 (Flexible)

Hong Kong

  • Term 1 2016 (Online)
  • Term 3 2016 (Online)

Singapore

  • Term 1 2016 (Online)
  • Term 3 2016 (Online)

Synopsis

This unit is an introduction to counselling child and adolescent clients and explores the childhood and teen years in which specific developmental milestones are reached. This challenging time for parents and teachers, during which children are learning about their place within the family, their school and local community, is examined. Students are assisted to understand adolescence as the period during which children begin the transition to adulthood but are still developing maturity and their identity. Students 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.

Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this unit students should be able to:

  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. recognise the process of development of 'self' within society
  4. reflect on and analyse their own responses as a counsellor to working with children and adolescents
  5. examine the effectiveness of various approaches to counselling children and adolescents
  6. become familiar with the counselling agencies specific to these age groups
  7. develop counselling skills suitable for child and adolescent clients.

Assessment

Vignettes of developmental stages (4000 words, 50%)
Case study analysis (4000 words, 50%)

Workload requirements

Flexible mode offers a stand-alone online offering that allows students to learn and engage in content and assessment in a supported way. It also provides a face-to-face component over the semester to engage students with the online learning content, which students can attend if they are able and interested.

Minimum total expected workload equals 288 hours per semester comprising:

(a.) Contact hours for on-campus* flexible students:

  • 36 contact hours of face-to-face and/or online activities

(b.) Contact hours for off-campus* flexible students:

  • 36 contact hours of online activities

(c.) Requirements for offshore Kaplan-based students:

  • one intensive block (usually from Thursday to Sunday)
  • at least 14 hours of online study per term

(d.) Additional requirements (all students):

  • independent study to make up the minimum required hours per semester

  • This refers to the student's course enrolment mode.

See also Unit timetable information

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Angela Mornane

This unit applies to the following area(s) of study

Counselling