COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PSYCHOLOGICAL COUNSELING WITH ADOLESCENTS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
PDR 6047 PSYCHOLOGICAL COUNSELING WITH ADOLESCENTS COMPULSORY 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Guidance and Psychological Counseling

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR DIĞDEM MÜGE SIYEZ

Offered to

Guidance and Psychological Counseling

Course Objective

To provide learners with a framework for understanding adolescent struggles and using different techniques to counsel adolescents.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Describe contemporary perspectives, concerns, and questions raised about adolescence.
2   . Use a variety of techniques and tools to counsel adolescents.
3   Use the creative strategies counselign with adolescents
4   . Use different counseling theories working with adolescents
5   Enhance cousneling techniques skills that using working with adolescents

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Understanding adolescents
2 Counseling adolescents: Integrative perspectives.
3 Ethic and legal issues in counseling adolescents
4 Adlerian approaches
5 Person-centered approaches
6 Cognitive behavioral and behavioral approaches
7 Rational emotive and behavioral approaches
8 Midterm, rehearsal, evaluation
9 Case studies: different approaches
10 Counseling strategies (symbolic, cognitive-behavioral, creative, psycho-educational)
11 Micro skills
12 Interventions for internalizing problems in adolescents
13 Case study: Internalizing problems
14 Interventions for typical developmental problems
15 Final

Recomended or Required Reading

Carlson, J., Lewis, J. (2007). Counseling the adolescent: individual, family and school interventions.5th ed. USA: Love Publishing Company.
Golden, L.B. (2001).Case Studies in Child and Adolescent Counseling. 3rd Edition. USA: Prentice Hall
Pledge, D.S (2003). Counseling Adolescents and Children: Developing Your Clinical Style. USA: Brooks Cole.
Vernon, A. (2002). What works when with children and adolescents: a handbook of individual counseling techniques.USA: Research press.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, discussion, brain storming and seminar

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + FIN * 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + RST * 0.40


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

didem.siyez@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 4 52
Preparation for final exam 1 25 25
Preparation for midterm exam 1 25 25
Preparing assignments 3 15 45
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 190

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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