Counselling Children and Adolescents at QLS Level 3
Entry requirements: No prior qualification needed
Award achieved: ABC Awards and Certa Award Certificate of achievement at QLS Level 3
This course is suitable for those currently working with children or looking to pursue a career in counselling, providing unique insight into the behaviour and psychology of children.
The course is designed for people who wish to gain an understanding of the role of a Child and Adolescent Counsellor, and provides a good understanding of how to counsel children and adolescents.
Previous counselling experience is an advantage but not essential.
Contents
Unit 1: Understanding the Relationship between Counsellor and Client
Listening skills
Vocabulary of Counselling
The Initial Interview
Unit 2: Child Counselling Skills
Active listening
Observation
Opening up and sharing experiences
Children’s emotions
Unit 3: An Insight into Child Development
Babies from birth to twelve month, emotional & social development
Children from twelve to eighteen months, emotional & social development
Children from eighteen to twenty four months, emotional & social development
Children from twenty four to thirty six months, emotional & social development
Children from thirty six months to fifty months, emotional & social development
Children from fifty months to five years, emotional & social development
Children from five to six years, emotional & social development
Children from six to eight years, emotional & social development
Children from eight to twelve years, emotional & social development
Children between twelve to sixteen years, emotional & social development
Antenatal
Prenatal
Postnatal
Accidents
Breakdown of relationships/marriages
Culture
Environment
Learning Difficulties
Loss or Bereavement
Behaviour
Unit 4: Behavioural Psychology and Fears and Phobias
Behavioural Psychology
Fears and phobias
Unit 5: Child Abuse
What is Physical Abuse?
Accidental injuries
Non-accidental injuries
What is Emotional Abuse?
Sexual Abuse
Protecting a child from Sexual Abuse
Neglect
Unit 6: Bullying
What constitutes Bullying?
Feelings
Who is affected?
The Victim
The Bully
Unit 7: Grief and Bereavement
Typically normal grief
Inhibited grief
Delayed grief
Chronic grief
Unit 8: Dysfunctional Families
Deficient parents
Abusive parents
Physical Abuse
Alcoholic parents
Unit 9: Play Therapy
Toys and Play equipment
Feelings
Imaginary environment
Study Method
The course is designed for study by distance learning at work or at home. Students receive course manual, assignments and study guide plus tutor support by mail and email. You can start at any time and plan your studies over a period of up to one year from the time of enrolment.
Course Duration
Students may register at any time and have a full year to complete their studies. The course will take around 100 hours of study to complete.
Assessment
Each unit is followed by a written assignment (comprising a portfolio of evidence of learning), which is submitted and then marked by your tutor.
Course Endorsement
At the end of this course successful learners will be given the option to receive a Certificate of Achievement from the Quality Licence Scheme and a Learner Unit Summary (which lists the components the learner has completed as part of the course).
The course has been endorsed under the Quality Licence Scheme. This means that Kendal Publishing Ltd has undergone an external quality check to ensure that the organisation and the courses it offers, meet defined quality criteria. The completion of this course alone does not lead to a regulated qualification* but may be used as evidence of knowledge and skills gained. The Learner Unit Summary may be used as evidence towards Recognition of Prior Learning if you wish to progress your studies in this subject. To this end the learning outcomes of the course have been benchmarked at Level 3 against level descriptors published by Ofqual, to indicate the depth of study and level of demand/complexity involved in successful completion by the learner.
The course itself has been designed by Kendal Publishing Ltd to meet specific learners’ and/or employers’ requirements which cannot be satisfied through current regulated qualifications. The Quality Licence Scheme endorsement involves robust and rigorous quality audits by external auditors to ensure quality is continually met. A review of courses is carried out as part of the endorsement process.
The Quality Licence Scheme is part of the Skills and Education Group , a charitable organisation that unites education and skills-orientated organisations that share similar values and objectives. With more than 100 years of collective experience, the Skills and Education Group’s strategic partnerships create opportunities to inform, influence and represent the wider education and skills sector.
The Skills and Education Group also includes two nationally recognised awarding organisations; Skills and Education Group Awards and Skills and Education Group Access. Through our awarding organisations we have developed a reputation for providing high-quality qualifications and assessments for the education and skills sector. We are committed to helping employers, organisations and learners cultivate the relevant skills for learning, skills for employment, and skills for life.
Our knowledge and experience of working within the awarding sector enables us to work with training providers, through the Quality Licence Scheme, to help them develop high-quality courses and/or training programmes for the non-regulated market.
*Regulated qualification refers to those qualifications that are regulated by Ofqual / CCEA / Qualification Wales
