COURSE UNIT TITLE

: COUNSELING WITH ADOLESCENTS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
PDR 5584 COUNSELING WITH ADOLESCENTS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 4

Offered By

Guidance and Psychological Counseling Non-Thesis (Evening)

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR DIĞDEM MÜGE SIYEZ

Offered to

Guidance and Psychological Counseling Non-Thesis (Evening)

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 counseling with adolescents
4   Use different counseling theories working with adolescents
5   Enhance counselingskills 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 Introduction
2 Ethic and legal issues in counseling adolescents
3 Attachment, trauma and adolescent development
4 The Counseling Process: Establishing a Therapeutic Alliance
5 Psychodinamic approaches
6 Humanistic Approaches
7 Cognitive-Behavioral Approaches
8 Family and Organizational Systems Approaches
9 Constructivist Approaches
10 Counseling strategies (symbolic, cognitive-behavioral, creative, psycho-educational)
11 Counseling With Young Adolescents (12-14)
12 Counseling With Older Adolescents (15-19)
13 project presentation
14 project presentation
15 project presentation

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.
Smith-Adcock, S., & Tucker, C. (Eds.). (2016). Counseling children and adolescents: Connecting theory, development, and diversity. SAGE Publications.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, discussion, presentation, brain storming and seminar are used

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

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 2 26
Preparing assignments 1 30 30
Preparing presentations 1 10 10
Project Final Presentation 1 3 3
Project Assignment 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 111

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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LO.24545323522
LO.34545342532
LO.45555333235
LO.55555335255