Pre-requisite Course(s)

COUN200 Theories & Systems in Counselling and Psychotherapy

Course Aims

This course aims to equip students with necessary counselling knowledge and skills when working with children below age of 12. The course intends to train students attend to the psychological characteristics of different developmental stages of children and acquire practical counselling skills and techniques to support children individually or in group setting. The course also aims to enhance students’ clinical and ethical sensitivity when working with child clients.

1. Identify the developmental issues and needs of children;

 

2. Evaluate major theoretical approaches of child counselling;

 

3. Formulate child cases with appropriate theoretical frameworks;

 

4. Demonstrate effective engagement and counselling skills working with child cases;

 

5. Apply a range of tools, e.g. sand tray, art, puppetry, clay, storytelling when working

    with child cases.