Working with Children and Young People
PostgraduateTAS-KHA6182025
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- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 14 weeks
- Start dates
- 24 Feb 2025
- Loan available
- HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP available
Working with Children and Young People
About this subject
Upon successful completion of this subject, the student should be able to:
- Describe the theories of child development and normal development trajectories
- Identify common disorders of childhood and adolescence
- Evaluate the process of attachment in children and its role in development
- Evaluate the impact of the experience of trauma and illness on development
- Implement the knowledge and skills for engaging children and adolescents in therapy
- Child Development 1
- Child Development 2
- Child Development 3
- Theoretical frameworks
- Attachment
- Trauma and loss
- Mood disorders
- Developmental disorders of childhood
- Problems with behaviour
- Eating and health behaviours
- Crisis and risk
- Children and adolescents in context
- Legal and ethical issues
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.
- Child Attachment Scenario and Short Answer Questions (40%)
- Case Study Analysis/Essay (40%)
- Case Scenario and Skills Task (20%)
- Practice Skills Log Sheet (0%)
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Entry requirements
Part of a degree
To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:
Core
- TAS-COU-GDI-2025 - Graduate Diploma in Counselling
Prior study
You must either have successfully completed the following subject(s) before starting this subject, or enrol in the following subject(s) to study at the same time or prior to this subject:
Additional requirements
- Other requirements - Teaching Arrangement: 2 x 3-hr workshops per semester and 3 hrs of independent learning (self-directed learning activities) per week
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.
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Student feedback
6 student respondents between 27 May - 17 June 2024.
83%of students felt the study load was manageable
100%of students felt this subject helped them gain relevant skills
Related degrees
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
Graduate Diploma in Counselling
PostgraduateTAS-COU-GDI