Encounter SkillsLaajuus (5 cr)

Objectives

After completing the study unit, the student is able to
- understand the significance of meeting in counselling contexts and build dialogical interaction during the counselling
- take students’ situations into account and respect them in the counselling situation
- acknowledge varying and surprising situations and apply the counselling to them
- provide counselling with respect to students’ developmental stages
- acknowledge and respect the diversity of students in counselling contexts
- take cultural characteristics into account in counselling.

Content

What is dialogical counselling?
- How does the background of the person receiving guidance affect the counselling?
- How is individuality taken into consideration in counselling?
- How does the diversity of the persons receiving guidance affect the implementation of the counselling?

Assessment criteria, pass/fail

The student passes the study unit if they have demonstrated competencies described in the learning outcomes. If the student has not achieved the learning outcomes or supplemented their competencies in the manner agreed on, they will fail the study unit. The grounds for the assessment criteria are described in the document ‘Pedagogical principles in Professional guidance counsellor education’. The assessment criteria are derived from the learning outcomes presented in the implementation plan for the study unit.