Information Of Programmes

FACULTY OF EDUCATION / RPDAE 512 - GUIDANCE AND PSYCHOLOGICAL COUNSELING

Code: RPDAE 512

Course Title: PARENT EDUCATİON

Theoretical+Practice: 2+0

ECTS: 3

Year/Semester of Study

2 / Spring Semester

Level of Course

1st Cycle Degree Programme

Type of Course

Optional

Department

GUIDANCE AND PSYCHOLOGICAL COUNSELING

Pre-requisities and Co-requisites

None

Mode of Delivery

Face to Face

Teaching Period

14 Weeks

Name of Lecturer

FİKRİYE ALKIM ARI (alkimari@nevsehir.edu.tr)

Name of Lecturer(s)

FİKRİYE ALKIM ARI,

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

None

Objectives of the Course

The aim of this course is to inform students about improving communication skills between parents and children, and managing parent-child conflicts

Learning Outcomes	PO	MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1	PO-6 Supplies group or individual psychological counseling services, in the fields of vocational, individual and social, to the different age ranges and target audience, according to the needs. PO-10 Carries out crisis intervention and preventive counseling services. PO-16 Provides the teachers and families consultancy for the conduction of the guidance services.	Examination Performance Project
LO-2	PO-6 Supplies group or individual psychological counseling services, in the fields of vocational, individual and social, to the different age ranges and target audience, according to the needs. PO-7 Arranges and applies orientation programs considering the needs of the individuals. PO-10 Carries out crisis intervention and preventive counseling services. PO-11 Arranges counseling programs, develop and customize them according to the needs of the institution. PO-12 Constructs an objective communication without prejudice with the individual during the psychological counseling and guidance process. PO-16 Provides the teachers and families consultancy for the conduction of the guidance services. PO-17 Collaborates with the other colleagues, parents and the institutions in order to increase the effectiveness of the psychological counseling and guidance services. PO-27 Uses the most appropriate teaching strategies, methods and techniques considering students’ developmental characteristics, individual differences, characteristics and achievements of the subject area. PO-30 Identifies cultural and socio-economic characteristics of indivduals and socities. PO-32 Provides services in a way that integrates cognitive, behavioral, emotional, cultural and spiritual dimensions in the counseling process with individuals and groups.	Examination Performance Project
PO: Programme Outcomes MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
Language of acceptance, active listening, enhancing the effectiveness of I-messages, 12 communication blockers, no-lose" method
Weekly Course Content
Week	Subject	Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1	What is parenting?	Discussion Method, Lecture Method, Planned Group Work, Brainstorming, Q&A
2	Inconsistency between parents, creating a united front, accepting the child without accepting the behavior.	Discussion Method, Lecture Method, Planned Group Work, Brainstorming, Q&A
3	Communication with the child, listening to the child, language of acceptance, verbal and nonverbal communication, door openers, active listening.	Discussion Method, Lecture Method, Planned Group Work, Brainstorming, Q&A
4	Using the skill of active listening	Discussion Method, Lecture Method, Planned Group Work, Brainstorming, Q&A
5	Parent’s problems, solution message, you-message, I-message, enhancing the effectiveness of I-messages	Discussion Method, Lecture Method, Planned Group Work, Brainstorming, Q&A
6	Disguised you-messages, effective I-messages	Discussion Method, Lecture Method, Planned Group Work, Brainstorming, Q&A
7	Changing unacceptable behavior by changing the environment, arranging the environment, simplifying the environment	Discussion Method, Lecture Method, Planned Group Work, Brainstorming, Q&A
8	mid-term exam
9	Parent-child conflicts, parent-child power struggles	Discussion Method, Lecture Method, Planned Group Work, Brainstorming, Q&A
10	Parental power: is it necessary? can it be justified? what is authority? the limits of parental power and its effects on the child	Discussion Method, Lecture Method, Planned Group Work, Brainstorming, Q&A
11	The "no-lose" method for resolving conflicts	Discussion Method, Lecture Method, Planned Group Work, Brainstorming, Q&A
12	Parents' concerns and fears about the no-lose method	Discussion Method, Lecture Method, Planned Group Work, Brainstorming, Q&A
13	Making the "no-lose" method effective	Discussion Method, Lecture Method, Planned Group Work, Brainstorming, Q&A
14	Values and children's rights	Discussion Method, Lecture Method, Planned Group Work, Brainstorming, Q&A
15	How can parents prevent conflicts by changing themselves?	Discussion Method, Lecture Method, Planned Group Work, Brainstorming, Q&A
16	final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
Required Course instruments and materials

Assessment Methods
Type of Assessment	Week	Hours	Weight(%)
mid-term exam			%40
Other assessment methods
1.Oral Examination
2.Quiz
3.Laboratory exam
4.Presentation
5.Report
6.Workshop
7.Performance Project			%60
8.Term Paper
9.Project
final exam

Student Work Load
Type of Work	Weekly Hours	Number of Weeks	Work Load
Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice)	2	16	32
Outside Class
a) Reading	2	4	8
b) Search in internet/Library	2	4	8
c) Performance Project	2	6	12
d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report			0
e) Term paper/Project			0
Oral Examination			0
Quiz			0
Laboratory exam			0
Own study for mid-term exam	2	8	16
mid-term exam			0
Own study for final exam			0
final exam			0
			0
			0
Total work load;			76