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CO101B: INTRODUCTION TO LISTENING SKILLS 1: INTRODUCTION TO LISTENING SKILLS (2020-2021)

Last modified: 02 Sep 2020 15:30


Course Overview

Our counselling and listening skills courses provide comprehensive training for use in many settings where effective communication is essential. This is also a suitable foundation for further training in the areas of counselling and psychotherapy. This is the first of four courses, that adhere to BACP's Counselling skills competence framework; ensuring high standards. BACP is the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy the largest professional body in the UK.

Course Details

Study Type Undergraduate Level 1
Term First Term Credit Points 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits)
Campus Aberdeen Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Mrs Susan Black

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

  • Either Programme Level 1 or Programme Level 2
  • Any Undergraduate Programme (Studied)

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

Are there a limited number of places available?

No

Course Description

  • Introduction to course – what is mental health?
  • Different arenas for the use of listening skills
  • Qualities and skills of an effective listener
  • Active Listening Skills
  • Ethical Framework - Confidentiality and contracting
  • UPR
  • Congruence
  • Empathy

Contact Teaching Time

Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.

Teaching Breakdown

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Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 30 August 2024 for 1st term courses and 20 December 2024 for 2nd term courses.

Summative Assessments

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Skills practice

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Formative Assessment

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Resit Assessments

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Weekly journal

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Course Learning Outcomes

Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
ConceptualUnderstandParticipants should have an awareness of some of the differences between support delivered face-to-face and through the use of technology.
ProceduralApplyParticipants should have a knowledge of, and be able to put into practice, the skills required to be an effective listener, including active listening skills and the core conditions of acceptance,
ProceduralEvaluateParticipants should have a basic awareness of the different areas where counselling skills may be used
FactualUnderstandParticipants should be able to demonstrate an understanding of what is meant by mental health.
ConceptualApplyParticipants should be able to discuss the importance of ethics and be able to explain confidentiality, contracting and boundary issues.

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