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Become a specialist in the nuances of working with children, young people and families, and have a positive impact on your community. This is a qualifying specialisation – students from a non-counselling background can study this postgraduate counselling degree. Graduates of this specialisation meet the educational requirements for entry into the counselling profession. Gain the required knowledge to work in relationship, family, child and youth counselling, as well as child abuse prevention and intervention. This degree provides you with the opportunity to undertake a substantial research project or choose to do a smaller capstone project to further your research skills. Most of the Master of Counselling courses are undertaken online to allow greater flexibility to fit study into your life. To enhance your practice, you’ll attend mandatory residential schools at UniSQ Ipswich campus to meet the required number of hours of face-to-face instruction. Develop your applied skills further utilising our telehealth system simulations and working with the community and alongside clinical supervisors in UniSQ&#39;s Psychology and Counselling clinics in Toowoomba and Ipswich.

Become the expert counsellor families trust during challenging times. You’ll analyse counselling frameworks in Australia. This accredited postgraduate counselling degree includes on-campus learning and clinical experience.

Master of Counselling (Child, Youth and Family Therapy)

Lifespan Growth and Motor Development

In this subject students will explore issues related to counselling with children and adolescents. Consideration is given to developmental issues, attachment, disorders of childhood and adolescence, chronic illness and disability. Strategies for intervention will also be addressed including engaging children in therapy and the therapeutic needs of children and adolescents facing specific problems. Child protection issues will also be explored. This subject is designed to equip students with basic knowledge with regard to child and adolescent functioning and practical skills for the delivery of child and adolescent counselling models.

Working with Children and Young People

This subject was previously known as ECHX824 Early Child Development Research and Practice.
This subject is designed to extend students&#39; knowledge of child development with a particular emphasis on approaches to understanding and measuring child development, considerations for quality in childcare, and evaluation of children&#39;s environments. Recent research studies of child development, especially in relation to prior-to-school settings, will be used as a major resource for examining contemporary theory and research in child development. Students will analyse research to develop their skills in using evidence-based approaches in teaching, to inform policy, and evaluate programs within prior-to-school settings.

Extend your knowledge of child development. Consider the measurement of child development, quality in childcare, and evaluation of children's environments. Analyse research to develop your skills in using evidence-based approaches to teaching

Early Childhood Development Research and Practice

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