COURSE UNIT TITLE

: HELPING THE HELPER

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
AED 5529 HELPING THE HELPER ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Family Education and Counselling Non-Thesis (Evening)

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR RUKIYE GÜNSELI YILDIRIM

Offered to

Family Education and Counselling Non-Thesis (Evening)

Course Objective

The purpose of this lesson is to inform participants about the problems that helpers may experience and to evaluate what they should do to solve these problems.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Family counseling services will serve to carry out their own social bonds,
2   Knows Personal development of the participants,
3   Explaıns Mental and emotional processes.
4   The participant knows what precautions should be taken to avoid these problems during the professional process.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Problems experienced by helpers
2 What is help to those who help
3 Burnout
4 Compassion fatigue
5 Fear of Compassion
6 Compassion Satisfaction
7 Resilience
8 secondary traumatic stress
9 vicarious trauma
10 Mobbing
11 Moral distres
12 self-reflection
13 empathy
14 case reports
15 final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Glanz MD, Johnson JL.(1999). Resilience and Development: Positive Life Adaptations. New York: Kluwer Acad./Plenum
2.Green BL. (1996).Traumatic stress and disaster: mental health effects and factors influencing adaptation. In: Mak FL, Nadelson C, editors. International Review of Psychiatry. Washington, DC: Am. Psychiatr. Press.
3.Ironson GH(1992). . Job stress and health, New York: Lexington.
4.Karasek RA(1990)., Theorell TG. Healthy Work. New York: Basic Books.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Presentation, group work, drama, case study, discussion

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FINS FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.10 + FINS * 0.60
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.10 + RST * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Students are evaluated through presentations, assignments and exams.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

gunseli.yildirim@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Wednesday 12.00-13.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
theoretical 13 3 39
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 25 25
Preparing assignments 1 10 10
Preparing presentations 1 5 5
Pre Class Self Study 13 7 91
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 194

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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