COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR AND COUNSELING

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ELECTIVE

Offered By

Guidance and Psychological Counseling

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR BAHAR METE OTLU

Offered to

Guidance and Psychological Counseling

Course Objective

Within the scope of this course, students are aimed to learn abnormal behaviors and appropriate counselling approaches to these disorders.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Understand the reasons of the behavioral disorders
2   Classify the disorders
3   Differenciate neuroses, psychosis
4   Relate personality disorders and addiction
5   Develop appropriate counseling approaches to the disorders

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Abnormal behavior, definition, history
2 Theoretical approaches to abnormal behavior
3 Anxiety disorders
4 Post-traumatic stress disorder
5 Depression
6 Manic disorder
7 Personality disorders
8 Personality disorders and addiction
9 Childhood disorders
10 Depression and suicidal behavior in children and adolescents
11 Different theoretical individual counseling approaches (behaviorist, cognitive)
12 Different theoretical individual counseling approaches (psycholanalitic)
13 Different theoretical individual counseling approaches (Gestalt, Rogerian)
14 General review, course evaluation
15 Final presentations

Recomended or Required Reading

Vance L. Austin, V. L. & Sciarra, D. T. (2022). Çocuk ve Ergenlerde Duygusal ve Davranışsal Bozukluklar. (Çev. Ed. Mustafa Özekes). Ankara: Nobel Yayıncılık.
Kaner,S. (2014). Duygusal ve Davranışsal Bozukluğu Olan Çocukların ve Gençlerin Özellikleri (Olgular Ilaveli) Nobel Yayıncılık: Ankara.
Yüksel-Şahin, Fulya (2019). Psikolojik Danışmanlar Için El Kitabı (Genişletilmiş 3. Baskı). Ankara: Nobel Yayıncılık.
Coleman, J. (1984). Abnormal Psychology and Modern Life. Pearson Scott Foresman.
Ilgili tezler ve makaleler
Related theses and articles

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Homework and presentation, lecture, question-answer,discussion

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 ASG ASSIGNMENT
2 PRS PRESENTATION
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE ASG * 0.50 + PRS * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

homework and presentation

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

bahar.mete@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 15 3 45
Preparing assignments 1 35 35
Preparing presentations 1 40 40
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 162

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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LO.3515555555
LO.4515555555
LO.5515555555