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Overview
In this 7-week course, you will explore creative ways to effectively engage with children and young people in crisis.
Reflect on the effects of family break up, grief, and trauma such as child sexual abuse, and bullying. Learn how to apply meaningful counselling strategies to address issues that affect children and youth.
The Counselling Children and Youth course from SACAP will help you gain a better understanding of the ethics that govern working with children and youth.
Course Outcomes
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
- Define the nature of the counselling/therapeutic process when working with children and youth.
- Explore the benefits of play therapy in working with children.
- Apply age-appropriate strategies and techniques for managing loss amongst children and youth.
- Demonstrate an understanding of the effects of family break up, grief, and trauma such as child sexual abuse, and bullying and apply counselling strategies to address these issues.
- Review the therapeutic process.
Programme Structure
Over the course of seven (7) weeks, through videos, readings and discussions, you will explore the following topics:
Engage with appropriate skills and styles of communication when counselling children and youth.
Creative ways of using play therapy in counselling with children.
Explore the impact of divorce, separation, and grief on children and youth.
Engage with trauma with particular emphasis on various forms of child abuse and their effects.
Understanding negative behaviours such as anger, various forms of bullying and self-harm.
Explore the nature of the therapeutic process, presenting problems and all other processes related to it. Examine some of the ethical concerns/dilemmas involved in working with children and youth and the complexity of reporting child abuse.
Undertake a summative assessment that captures all the key learning outcomes for this course.
Key information
Duration
- Part-time
- 49 days
- Flexible
Start dates & application deadlines
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Language
English
Delivered
Online
- Self-paced, Semi-structured
- No Attendance
- Only feedback on assignments and exams, Continuous support with feedback on request
Disciplines
Psychology Sociology Counselling Psychology View 25 other Short Courses in Psychology in South AfricaAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
Other requirements
General requirements
This course is particularly valuable for parents, teachers, and those who work and engage with children and youth.
Technological requirements
- Access to Microsoft Word
- Google Chrome (recommended)
- Stable internet connection
Tuition Fee
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International
3500 ZAR/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 3500 ZAR for the full programme during 49 days. -
National
3500 ZAR/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 3500 ZAR for the full programme during 49 days.
Funding
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