COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SOLUTION FOCUSED COUNSELING FOR CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
PDR 5157 SOLUTION FOCUSED COUNSELING FOR CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Guidance and Psychological Counseling

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR DIĞDEM MÜGE SIYEZ

Offered to

Guidance and Psychological Counseling

Course Objective

To provide learners with a framework for learning the stages of solution focused counseling and using solution focused counseling working with children and adolescents.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Build on and expand existing knowledge, in relation to solution focused counseling within the group.
2   Become familiar with the stages of solution focused counseling
3   Use solution focused techniques
4   Enhance their skills in supporting children and adolescents in setting achievable
5   Use to the ways that the brief solution approach can promote

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction
2 Basic assumptions in solution focused counseling.
3 Before the first session
4 first session
5 after the first session
6 depression and solution focused counseling.
7 anxiety and solution focused counseling.
8 substance problems and solution focused counseling.
9 eating disorders and solution focused counseling.
10 suicide and solution focused counseling.
11 psychotic disorders and solution focused counseling.
12 grief, other problems and solution focused counseling.
13 case presentation
14 case presentation
15 case presentation

Recomended or Required Reading

Berg, I.K, Szabo, P. (2005). Brief coaching for lasting solutions. USA: Norton.
de Shazer, S. (1994). Words were origanally magic. USA: Norton.
Sharry, Y. (2001). Solution focused group work. USA: Sage
Sklare, G.B. (1997). Çözüm odaklı kısa süreli piskolojik danışma. (Çev. D.Siyez). Ankara: Pegem akademi.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, discussion, role play and seminar

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 PRJ PROJECT
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 PRS PRESENTATION
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE PRJ * 0.40 + ASG * 0.40 + PRS * 0.20


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 12 3 36
Preparing assignments 0 0 0
Preparation for final exam 0 0 0
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 4 48
Preparing assignments 1 25 25
Preparing presentations 1 10 10
Project Preparation 1 20 20
Project Final Presentation 1 3 3
Final 0 0 0
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 142

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9
LO.1111513511
LO.2111513511
LO.3111513511
LO.4111513511
LO.5111513511