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Counselling Young Children
Paper Code:
ECE 332
Credits:
2
Contact Hours:
60.00
Max. Marks:
100.00
Objective:
This course will enable the students to :
- Understand the meaning, nature and scope of guidance
- Understand the meaning of and the need for group guidance
- Appreciate the need for guidance
- Develop acquaintance with various techniques of group guidance
- Become acquainted with the skills and qualities of an effective counselor.
Unit I:
- Counseling: concept
- Types of counseling
- Personality and background of counselor
- Ethical aspects of counseling
Unit II:
- Child in need of care and protection: meaning
- Abused children
- Counseling needs of above children
Unit III:
- Children's problems and their Identification- Behavioral Problems, Personality Disorders, Problems such as depression, low self esteem, anxiety etc
- Defense mechanisms used by children
Unit IV:
1. Counseling strategies to build rapport and client dialogue
- Attending and encouraging
- Restating
- Paraphrasing
- Reflecting
- Perception checking
- Summarizing
2. Counseling strategies for data gathering
- Questioning
- Probing
3.Strategies to add depth and enhance relationship
- Self disclosure
- Confrontation
- Responding to non-verbal Behaviour
- Documentation
Unit V:
1.Counseling interviews: Concept and meaning
- Purpose of counseling interviews
- Interviewing Behaviour: Verbal and Non-verbal
- Interviewing process
- Principles for effective interview
2. Group counseling
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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