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Individual and Group Counseling Skills (5 cr)

Code: AH00BU05-3014

General information


Enrollment

01.07.2022 - 04.09.2022

Timing

01.08.2022 - 31.12.2022

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Faculty of Health Care and Social Services (LAB)

Campus

Lappeenranta Campus

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Seats

0 - 45

Degree programmes

  • Bachelor's Degree Programme in Social Services

Teachers

  • Sanna-Leena Mikkonen
  • Jenni Jukkala-Kylliäinen

Scheduling groups

  • Luennot 1 (Size: 0. Open UAS: 0.)
  • Verkkoluento 1 (Size: 0. Open UAS: 0.)
  • Harjoitukset 1 (Size: 0. Open UAS: 0.)

Groups

  • HLPRSOS22S

Small groups

  • Luennot 1
  • Verkkoluento 1
  • Harjoitukset 1

Learning outcomes

The student is able to
- identify and describe group phenomena
- plan, implement and evaluate goal-oriented individual and group counseling
- try out different methods of active interaction
- identify digital counseling methods
- document the working methods of a supervisor

Implementation and methods of teaching

The course is for Social Services students only. It is part of the studies of the Social Pedagogical Guidance Competence module. The course consists of the following:
a) Local teaching on Lpr's campus/online workshops and preparation for them (1 credits)
b) Literature assignment (1 credit)
c) Functional guidance assignment (1 credit)
d) Working on the competence folder "I as a councellor/group leader" -assignment (2 credits)

Timing and attendance

The course duration: weeks 44-50
Passed performance requires active attendance (at least 80% of the teaching hours) and participation in the planning, implementation and evaluation of group-leading assignments as well as participation in reading circle (literature assignment)

Learning material and recommended literature

Self-searched literature on group and infvidual guidance/counceling

Working life cooperation

Planning, implementing and evaluating the group counceling/guidance assignment for secondary school students.

Learning environment

Classroom live teaching at the LPR campus.
Moodle.

Student time use and work load

5 credits is 135 hours of student work.

Contents

-What is counceling?
-Individual counceling: Methods of active interaction. The stages of targeted individual guidance. The counceling process.
-Group counceling: Group dynamics, group processes, group development phases, group structures and role relationships.
-Forms of online guidance/counceling in social and health care services
-Goal-oriented group counceling : planning, implementation and evaluation.

Assessment criteria

Passed - to be supplemented - Failed
The evaluation criteria in Moodle.

Assessment scale

Approved/Failed

Failed (0)

Failed: The student has not reached the H3 level

Assessment criteria: assessment scale failed/approved

Learning outcomes of the course
The student is able to
- identify and describe group phenomena
- plan, implement and evaluate goal-oriented individual and group counseling
- try out different methods of active interaction
- identify digital counseling methods
- document the working methods of a supervisor