COURSE UNIT TITLE

: GRIEF COUNSELING

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
AED 5105 GRIEF COUNSELING ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Family Education and Counselling

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR FATMA EBRU IKIZ

Offered to

Family Education and Counselling

Course Objective

Gain familiarity with several theoretical approaches to grief counseling

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Understand the grief process
2   Define and formulate concrete, well informed plans of assessment and coping with loss
3   Develop an understanding of effective helping skills in grief counseling
4   Conceptualize the ethical issues in grief counseling
5   Enhance personal growth

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Basic concepts of grief, crisis and trauma
2 Types of grief and reactions according to age
3 Theories explaining grief
4 Theories explaining grief
5 interview skills
6 interview skills
7 psychological first aid skills
8 Midterm
9 loss and grief counseling for children and adolescents
10 loss and grief counseling for children and adolescents
11 grief support programs article review
12 trauma counseling
13 Unresolved grief and helping
14 Case presentations
15 Final

Recomended or Required Reading

Worden, J.W.(1989) Grief Counseling and grief therapy.NY:Tavistock Publication.
Volkan,N.D. & Zintl,E. (2008)Kayıptan sonra yaşam.(Çev:M.Kocadere &I.Vahip).Izmir:Meta Basım.
FIRDEVS SAVI ÇAKAR ( edt) TRAVMA PSIKOLOJIK DANIŞMANLIĞI , PEGEM AKADEMI

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Article review, seminar presentation, case presentation, discussion and application, video watching

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTEG MIDTERM GRADE
2 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTEG * 0.40 + FCG * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTEG * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

exams and presentations

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

YOU MUST ATTEND THE COURSE AND THE REQUESTED WORK SHOULD BE DONE ON TIME

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

ebru.ikiz@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

wednesday at noon

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 4 52
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 123

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10
LO.15353312111
LO.25353312111
LO.35353322121
LO.45353312151
LO.55353312111