School: Medical and Health Sciences

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Addiction Studies: Counselling Skills 1
  • Unit Code

    ADS3252
  • Year

    2018
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Stephen Jason BRIGHT

Description

This unit teaches students how to use generic counselling skills. The specific counselling techniques required for the alcohol, tobacco and other drug (ATOD) field are also covered.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 1 units from ADS2253

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded ADS5303

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Apply motivational interviewing strategies in role plays of counselling.
  2. Demonstrate an ability to use goal setting, problem solving and relapse counselling in role plays of counselling.
  3. Demonstrate skills in reflective listening, probing, empathy, unconditional positive regard, paraphrasing, and summarising.
  4. Demonstrate the components of a counselling session.
  5. Explain the rationale for teaching counselling skills for ATOD counselling to general health, human service and criminal justice workers as well as specialist ATOD workers.
  6. Explain why motivational interviewing can be understood as a broad approach to counselling as well as a specific technique.

Unit Content

  1. Significance of clinical supervision.
  2. Counselling skills for working with culturally diverse ATOD clients.
  3. Motivational interviewing.
  4. Generic counselling skills.
  5. Assessment and case formulation skills.

Learning Experience

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU Blackboard.

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 113 x 3 hour seminarNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lecturers, seminars, audio visual materials, case studies, demonstrations, small group discussions and on-line resources.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
PresentationCounselling Skills Role Play45%
ReportAssessment and Formulation40%
Reflective PracticeReflective Practice15%

Core Reading(s)

  • Marsh, A., Dale, A., & O'Toole, S. (2013). Addiction counselling: Content and process. (2nd ed.). Melbourne, Victoria: IP Communications.

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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School: Medical and Health Sciences

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Addiction Studies: Counselling Skills 1
  • Unit Code

    ADS3252
  • Year

    2018
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Stephen Jason BRIGHT

Description

This unit teaches students how to use generic counselling skills. The specific counselling techniques required for the alcohol, tobacco and other drug (ATOD) field are also covered.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 1 units from ADS2253

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded ADS5303

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Apply motivational interviewing strategies in role plays of counselling.
  2. Demonstrate an ability to use goal setting, problem solving and relapse counselling in role plays of counselling.
  3. Demonstrate skills in reflective listening, probing, empathy, unconditional positive regard, paraphrasing, and summarising.
  4. Demonstrate the components of a counselling session.
  5. Explain the rationale for teaching counselling skills for ATOD counselling to general health, human service and criminal justice workers as well as specialist ATOD workers.
  6. Explain why motivational interviewing can be understood as a broad approach to counselling as well as a specific technique.

Unit Content

  1. Significance of clinical supervision.
  2. Counselling skills for working with culturally diverse ATOD clients.
  3. Motivational interviewing.
  4. Generic counselling skills.
  5. Assessment and case formulation skills.

Learning Experience

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU Blackboard.

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 113 x 3 hour seminarNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lecturers, seminars, audio visual materials, case studies, demonstrations, small group discussions and on-line resources.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
PresentationCounselling Skills Role Play45%
ReportAssessment and Formulation40%
Reflective PracticeReflective Practice15%

Core Reading(s)

  • Marsh, A., Dale, A., & O'Toole, S. (2013). Addiction counselling: Content and process. (2nd ed.). Melbourne, Victoria: IP Communications.

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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