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Overview
What you will learn
Participants of the Counselling Children and Adolescents course offered by Singapore University of Social Sciences will learn and apply both theoretical and technical components of child and adolescent psychotherapeutic work across a common structural-procedural psychotherapeutic process.
Learning Outcomes
- Analyse developmental issues in childhood and adolescents.
- Discuss familial, cultural and special needs concerns of children and adolescents.
- Examine ethical and professional issues in counselling children and adolescents.
- Assess and conceptualise problems presented by children and adolescents.
- Assemble a variety of different counselling approaches to working with children and adolescents.
- Design appropriate therapy plans following formulation of a case.
- Apply basic foundational psychotherapy skills in counselling children and adolescents.
- Compare and contrast the theoretical basis of different approaches
- Improve the use of non-verbal approaches to counselling children and adolescents through practice.
- Develop ability to justify personal preference for a counselling approach.
- Evaluate the usefulness of integrative models in counselling children and adolescents.
Programme Structure
The program focuses on:
- Problems in children and adolescents
- Developmental Constructs and Principles
- Attachment across lifespan
- Ecological approach to counselling children and adolescents
- Familial, Cultural, Special Needs, Ethical, and Professional Concerns
- Intake Assessments for children and adolescents
- Case formulation and treatment planning
- Ethical considerations when counselling children and adolescents
- Recognising problems in children and adolescents
- Treating problems in children and adolescents
- Working with bereaved children
- Therapy Models (Family Therapy, Behaviour Therapy)
- Different psychotherapy approaches to counselling children and adolescents
- Other problems that may warrant treatment: physical child abuse; foster care; separation and divorce
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 4 days
Start dates & application deadlines
- Starting
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Language
English
Delivered
Blended
Disciplines
Counselling Psychology View 4 other Short Courses in Counselling Psychology in SingaporeAcademic 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.
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Other requirements
General requirements
- Degree in counselling, and at least 1 year experience in counselling and currently doing counselling work
- Degree in related fields (psychology, social work and education), completed the 5 foundational modules, at least 3 year experience in counselling and currently doing counselling work at an SSA
- Master in Psychology or Master in Social Work, at least 3 year experience in counselling and currently doing counselling work at a SSA and completed the foundational module Practicum: Specialised Counselling Skills
Work experience
- at least 1 year experience in counselling and currently doing counselling work
- at least 3 year experience in counselling and currently doing counselling work at an SSA
Tuition Fee
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International
2400 SGD/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 2400 SGD for the full programme during 4 days. -
National
2400 SGD/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 2400 SGD for the full programme during 4 days.
Living costs for Singapore
1878 - 3880 SGD /month
Living costs
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