Counselling Children and Adolescents (Level 4)

Counselling Children and Adolescents (Level 4)

Counsellors help the client find their own answers and become more in charge of their own lives rather than less so; to be able to live their own life rather than be lived by it.

Module 1 – Definition of Counselling

• Identify the aim of counselling
• Define the following:

           Conditioned response 
           Block 
           Reflecting
           Supervisor

• Examine active listening skills and the functions it allows the counsellor to perform
• Introduce basic interview skills and the importance of establishing bonds

Module 2 – The Counselling Relationship

• Discuss what is meant by empathy
• Analyse roadblocks to communication
• Identify the stages of the general approach and state the eliciting phase skills

Module 3 – The Development Cycle

• Introduce how school life is affected by maturity level and individual growth patterns      
• Discuss the psychology of the child.      
• Define a growth gradient and the principle which school skills are subject to

Module 4 – Parent, Child, Teacher Relationships

• Assess the three culture areas      
• Examine how considerateness, humour and philosophy of growth are interpreted.

Module 5 – The Complexities of Growth

• Explain organisms from an anatomical and physiological perspective      
• Judge the way tensions outwardly express themselves in a child  
• Analyse the growth of ethical sense showing the three dynamic phases

Module 6 – Introduction – Psychological Developments

• Explain the concept of instinct and identify the two basic energies that determine behaviour      
• Identify the definition of a drive

Module 7 – Conflict and Stress

• Define the concept of conflict      
• Introduce the areas of abnormality and when behaviour is seen as being maladaptive      
• Analyse the qualities that are contributory factors in normal behaviour

Module 8 – Behaviour Therapies

• Discuss the idea behind systematic desensitisation
• Identify what self-regulation involves  
• Describe your understanding of:
• Inhibitory personality
• Placebo effect
• Hello-goodbye effect

Module 9 – Grief and Bereavement

• Summarise bereavement counselling and the affects of grief on a bereaved person      
• Examine the different types of grief

Module 10 – Exploring Grief and Letting Go

• Describe a pang or wave of grief and analyse what might trigger such an episode
• Identify the primary symptoms of grief  
• Introduce the affects of bereavement on the male client

Module 11 – Working With Children

• Assess what results psychiatric research has shown  
• Discuss the features of bereavement reactions      
• Summarise the rights of the bereaved

Module 12 – What is Co-dependency?

• Examine your understanding of co-dependents.
• Explain problems likely to be found in the family of origin.      
• Describe what makes a co-dependent relationship confining.

Module 13 – Transformation 

• Introduce the two levels of acceptance and the four dimensions of intimacy
• Assess the four elements of recovery and show how co-dependents handle emotional expression
• Analyse cognitive reconstruction.

Module 14 – Using Newly Found Skills

• Discuss what should be included in the Inventory of positive aspects.
• Identify how communication, privacy, and compromise should be viewed.      
• Examine what rigidity, silence, denial and isolation need to be transformed to.

Module 15 – Dysfunctional Families Explained

• Define all areas of dysfunction that affect the family unit  
• Discuss ways to replace dysfunctional behaviour

Module 16 – Recovery – The Therapeutic Process

• Assess the benefit of a family member attending a session where the dysfunctional person is absent
• Analyse the aspect of communicating feelings within a relationship      
• Describe how you perceive the compassionate observer self

Module 17 – Moving on – Emotional Intimacy

• Define the four dimensions of intimacy.      
• Define friend-confidant and show the importance of verbalisation.

Module 18 – Psychological Study of Education

• Discuss how learning might be defined.      
• Define:

          Respondent behavior
          Operant conditioning of autonomic responses
          Punishment        
           Introduce the affects the computer has on teaching.

Module 19 – Memory

• Define the three stages of memory      
• Examine emotional factors in forgetting and show how long-term memory can be improved      
• Introduce the two factors that increase the chances of successful retrieval

Module 20 – The Use of Language

• Assess how we produce and understand sentences      
• Explain the operating principles children use as a guide to forming hypothesi      
• Define your understanding of:

          Language confusion
          Memory
          Environment

• Summarise how reading readiness is perceived

Module 21 – Child Bullying and Child Abuse

• Discuss child bullying

Module 22 – Setting Up A Practice

• Discuss business logistics of setting up a practice.      
• Identify the steps involved when assessing a business opportunity.

Entry Requirements

Our Counselling Children and Adolescents (Level 4) Course is openly available to anyone wishing to learn more about Counselling Children and Adolescents and has a keen interest in the subject, plus an intention to progress a career.

• Learners will need sufficient numeracy and literacy
• Students should have access to a computer and the internet throughout your study period.
• Learners should have basic PC skills in order to navigate our Support Portal
• You should be fully committed to your studies.