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 (in Finnish)
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
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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