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Overview
What you will study
- The Counselling on Ageing Family Issues course offered by Singapore University of Social Sciences will help participants to explore and understand their thoughts and feelings, and be able to identify and deal with the diverse issues experienced in a family.
- Bowen Family Systemic Theory will be taught to help one’s family work together better and keep anxieties low. Caregiver Family Therapy (CFT) will be introduced to participants as CFT is a treatment model that offers a framework for addressing the complex needs and issues of families.
- One of its components is Self-Care. Hence, the Biopsychosocial Model will be used to help participants to manage stress and prevent burnout while attending to the needs of the elderly and family caregiving issues.
Learning Outcomes:
- To build stronger relationships and communicate more effectively through self-awareness and counselling
- To understand common issues of the elderly, such as loneliness, isolation, poor health, intergenerational, and learn interventions to deal with these issues
- To understand challenges faced by caregivers and manage the dynamics of parties involved in the caregiving process
- To help families to face family issues with strength using Caregiver Family Therapy
- To understand and apply Bowen Family Systemic Theory to promote understanding and calm reflections within the family context
- To recommend ways to manage anxiety and stress in caregiving
Programme Structure
The program focuses on:
- Values act as guides to one’s behaviour. Values clarification helps an individual to understand his/her own values and the family value systems
- Application of gerontological counselling including appropriate counselling approaches, as interventions to deal with family issues
- Caregiver Family Therapy processes include naming the problem, role structuring and caregiver self-care
- Awareness of local healthcare systems supporting the elderly and their families such as community services, Individual Care Plan, Lasting Power of Attorney, and Mental Capacity Act
- Bowen Family Systems Theory: emotional system regulation, family dynamics and multigenerational issues
- Biopsychosocial Model to support good mental health of both the elderly and their caregivers
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.
Student insurance
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- Additional medical costs (i.e. dental)
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- Home contents and baggage
- Accidents
- Legal aid
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Other requirements
General requirements
- Degree in related fields (e.g. counselling, psychology, social work, gerontology, sociology) and currently working/volunteering in the social service sector
- This programme is for social service professionals, as well as family caregivers who are or will be caring for the elderly.
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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