Who should attend
This program is suitable for people working in areas such as education, community work, nursing and allied health professions, youth clubs or sporting associations or are looking to work in these areas.
What you will learn
- Key factors in adolescent counselling
- Differences with counselling adults
- Adolescent development - biological, psychological and cognitive
- Challenges of adolescence - sleep, peer groups, alcohol and drugs and the internet
- Risk factors and protective factors for adolescence
- Mental health issues including anxiety, depression and suicide
- Micro skills of counselling - what to say
- Counselling theories
- Ethical issues in counselling adolescents
- Self care and burnout prevention for counsellors.
Learning outcomes
- Demonstrate enhanced professional knowledge and understanding of adolescent social and intellectual learning, development and the challenges facing adolescents today including requirements in the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers.
- Use a range of basic counselling skills with young people.
- Demonstrate knowledge of a range of counselling theories and techniques which are effective for use with young people.
- Understand the issues facing young people today and the risk and resilience factors in their lives.
- Apply a practical understanding of mental health issues common in adolescents, and recognise and manage these.
- Understand the legal and ethical issues involved counselling youth.
Recognition
On successful completion of the course, you will receive a Certificate of Completion from the Faculty of Education, Monash University.
Program structure
Course length
Online program: one 2-hour online class per week over nine weeks.
Independent study
Participants will engage in approximately 10 hours of readings and activities per week throughout the program.
You will require internet access and a laptop, computer or other device that will enable you to join a virtual classroom and access an online learning portal. Your chosen device requires a camera, microphone and sound.
