Counseling Young Children and Parents

Paper Code: 
ECE 333
Credits: 
4
Contact Hours: 
120.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 
This course will enable the students to :
- Identify the problems of young children.
- Communicate with parents.
- Plan counseling session.
Unit I: 
Contents
1. Case study of a Child with special needs/children in need of care and protection
2. Interviewing parents to identify difficulties in rearing children with special need.
3. Preparing educational/informational material for children with special needs
4. Visits to institutions dealing with Children with special needs/ children in need of care
and protection -Preparing a blue print
5. Planning counseling session for the family having Children with special needs
 
Essential Readings: 
Axline, V. M. (1947). Play therapy. New York: Ballantine Books.
Brammer, L. M. (1985). The helping relationship: Process & skills. New Jersey: Prentice-Hall.
Hackney, H. & Cormier, L
. S. (1979).Counseling strategies and objectives. New Jersey: Prentice Hall.
Thornburg, H.E. (1975). Contemporary Adolescence: Readings. Belmont: Wadsworth.
Hetherington, E. M. & Parke, R. D. (1979). Child psychology: A contemporary viewpoint. N.Y.:
McGraw-Hill
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