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Issues for Special Population Groups

Unit Code: HAYC420

Duration	Contact Hours	Campus	Prerequisite	Corequisite
1 Semester	24	Hawthorn	HAYC411 Foundations of Counselling 1Foundations of Counselling 1 HAYC413 Foundations of Counselling 2Foundations of Counselling 2	Nil

Credit Points: 12.5 Credit Points

Related Course/s:

A unit of study in the Graduate Diploma of Social Science (Human Services - Counselling)) and Master of Social Science (Human Services - Counselling).

Aims & Objectives:

This unit of study provides a theoretical complement to the experiential work covered in Advanced Counselling. Students are introduced to a number of special issues related to working with clients from different population groups. The unit of study aims to prepare students to apply their counselling skills in a variety of settings and problems areas.

Teaching Methods:

Lectures and Seminars.

Assessment:

This is a graded unit of study

Written Assignment (40-60%)
Written Essay (40-60%)

Attendance to at least 10 classes (hurdle requirement)

Generic Skills Outcomes:

Written and oral communication skills
Research skills
Problem solving skills
Communication skills
Ability to tackle unfamiliar problems
Ability to work independently and in a team

Content:

Topics include:

• Counselling children and adolescents
• Couple counselling
• Counselling families
• Counselling mandated clients
• Suicide interventions
• Considering victims of abuse and/or perpetrators
• Working with men
• Counselling gay men and lesbian women
• Cross-cultural counselling
• Counselling using the internet (E-Therapy)

Reading Materials:

Reading materials set in class.