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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
PDR 5212	ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR AND COUNSELING	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	7

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	1. Understands the reasons of behavioral disorders
2	2. Classifies the disorders
3	3. Differentiates neuroses, psychosis
4	4. Relates personality disorders and addiction
5	5. Develops 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

Lecture, research, presentation, 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

Research, seminar and presentation

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

It is important to attend class and complete tasks on time.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

bahar.mete@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

It will be announced according to the course schedule.

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	43	43
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			165

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO	PO.1	PO.2	PO.3	PO.4	PO.5	PO.6	PO.7	PO.8	PO.9
LO.1	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
LO.2	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
LO.3	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
LO.4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
LO.5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5

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Description of Individual Course Units

Offered By

Level of Course Unit

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Course Objective

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

Recomended Optional Programme Components

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Assessment Criteria

Language of Instruction

Course Policies and Rules

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Office Hours

Work Placement(s)

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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