Course Description & Objectives:
Objectives:
- Students should be able to show knowledge of the basic counselling frameworks and skills
- Students should demonstrate practical skills in interview, assessment, counselling, assertiveness, conflict management and report writing
Content:
- What is counselling and why is it important in speech and language therapy?
- Counselling frameworks and styles
- Planning counselling sessions
- Interview, assessment and core skills in counselling
- Dynamics within the client - helper relationship
- Conflict management and assertiveness
- Influence and power in the professional context
- Role plays and case studies
- Ethics and confidentiality in the Ugandan context
- Report writing and documentation
- Balancing information giving / counselling / onward referral
