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Counselling & Psychology

the child and recommend a treatment strategy. Special counselling models and techniques
like play therapy, art therapy, behavioural therapy, narrative therapy and storytelling tech-
niques are introduced to equip students with the necessary tools to work with children either
as individuals or in groups. In addition, students are sensitized to effect children’s changes
through alliance with parents and utilizing familial resources.

COUN 360 Adolescent Counselling
1 Term; 3 Credits

Counselling adolescents is different from counselling adults. This course aims to ac-
quaint students with knowledge of theoretical and practical issues in working with adolescents.
It will facilitate the students to examine concepts from different theories in working with
adolescents. Areas of concern such as the biological development, personality development,
identity formation and social challenges faced by the adolescent are addressed. Different
theories, intervention strategies, methods of assessment and clinical techniques both for
counselling adolescent individuals and groups are introduced throughout the course. In
addition, knowledge about specific problems such as juvenile delinquencies, drug use, and
adolescent suicide are also included.

COUN 370 Counselling Students with Special Education Needs
1 Term; 3 Credits

There is a fourfold purpose in this course: first, government’s current policies for
students with special education needs (SENs) will be examined; second, services provided in
educational and counselling contexts to students with SENs will be introduced; third, the
assessment, education and treatment policies for the 3-Tier Intervention model will be
addressed; and fourth, issues related to working with parents, professionals and
para-professionals catering to the needs of students with SENs will be discussed.

COUN 380 Addiction Counselling
1 Term; 3 Credits

This course is an introduction to the basic principles and knowledge of counselling for
addictive behaviour and provides a broad understanding of the scope of practice and
functions of an addiction counsellor. Various dimensions of the phenomenon of addiction are
examined within a biopsychosocial perspective. Students obtain an overview of a broad
spectrum of addictive behaviour emphasizing but not restricted to substance abuse. Issues
regarding etiology, treatment, and prevention of several types of addictive behaviour are
addressed.

COUN 390 Gerontological Counselling
1 Term; 3 Credits

This course prepares students to become advocates for positive, respectful and well-
ness-enhancing attitudes towards the elderly. It also teaches skills and techniques on
providing professional counselling services to enhance self-sufficiency in the elderly. Major

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