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CATALOG INFORMATION
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Discipline and Nbr:
DIET 191 | Title:
COUN SKILLS HEALTHCARE |
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Full Title:
Counseling and Group Facilitation Skills in Healthcare |
Last Reviewed:3/9/2020 |
Units | Course Hours per Week | | Nbr of Weeks | Course Hours Total |
Maximum | 3.00 | Lecture Scheduled | 3.00 | 17.5 max. | Lecture Scheduled | 52.50 |
Minimum | 3.00 | Lab Scheduled | 0 | 6 min. | Lab Scheduled | 0 |
| Contact DHR | 0 | | Contact DHR | 0 |
| Contact Total | 3.00 | | Contact Total | 52.50 |
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| Non-contact DHR | 0 | | Non-contact DHR Total | 0 |
| Total Out of Class Hours: 105.00 | Total Student Learning Hours: 157.50 | |
Title 5 Category:
AA Degree Applicable
Grading:
Grade or P/NP
Repeatability:
00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
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Catalog Description:
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This is a survey and practical application course of interview and counseling techniques appropriate for professionals in Nutrition, Fitness, and Health Sciences, with an emphasis on health promotion. Theoretical focuses include Client Centered approach, Motivational Interviewing, Transtheoretical Model of Behavior change, Acceptance Based Counseling and other theories of motivation.
Prerequisites/Corequisites:
Recommended Preparation:
Eligibility for ENGL 100 or ESL 100 or equivalent
Limits on Enrollment:
Schedule of Classes Information
Description:
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This is a survey and practical application course of interview and counseling techniques appropriate for professionals in Nutrition, Fitness, and Health Sciences, with an emphasis on health promotion. Theoretical focuses include Client Centered approach, Motivational Interviewing, Transtheoretical Model of Behavior change, Acceptance Based Counseling and other theories of motivation.
(Grade or P/NP)
Prerequisites:
Recommended:Eligibility for ENGL 100 or ESL 100 or equivalent
Limits on Enrollment:
Transfer Credit:
Repeatability:00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
ARTICULATION, MAJOR, and CERTIFICATION INFORMATION
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Certificate/Major Applicable:
Both Certificate and Major Applicable
COURSE CONTENT
Student Learning Outcomes:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:
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1. Utilize appropriate counseling skills and techniques to conduct a client interview and/or to facilitate discussion in an interactive group setting.
2. Perform a counseling assessment and develop a client treatment plan.
3. Identify different theories of counseling and appropriate applications for each.
Objectives:
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At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:
1. Demonstrate knowledge of and apply theoretical perspectives in human development, human
behavior, helping theory and an awareness of the values and behaviors of diverse cultures.
2. Apply effective communication skills and techniques in the counseling session.
3. Define the elements that constitute an effective counseling/group session including
assessment, problem solving and appropriate referrals.
4. Combine information gathered during assessment into clear and concise written chart notes,
both formal and informal.
5. Integrate information gathered during assessment to support clients with solutions for problem
solving for health promotion and behavior change.
6. Evaluate cues that require referrals to more highly skilled professionals.
Topics and Scope
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I. Theoretical Perspectives
A. Foundations of Counseling
1. Carl Rogers
2. Abraham Maslow
3. Brief and/or Motivational Interviewing
4. Transtheoretical Model of Behavior change
5. Acceptance based counseling
B. Helping Theory
1. Foundations of helping and relationship building
2. Issues of diversity in helping relationships
3. Ethical considerations in helping relationships
II. Counseling Techniques
A. Basic communication skills
1. Active listening
2. Reflecting
3. Paraphrasing
4. Other skills including appropriate techniques and theory application relating to diverse
groups and goals of group for promoting health behavior change.
B. Strategies of helping
1. Non-judgment strategies and cues
2. Challenges, triggers, setting limits
III. Motivational Interviewing Skills - Individual and Group
A. Assessment skills
1. Open-ended questions, body language and queues
2. Problem solving
3. Socratic questioning, leveraging the audience, creating insight
4. Engaging and evoking
5. Affirmations
6. Reflections
7. Summaries
B. Goal setting - Setting specific, realistic goals
C. Evaluation - Measuring progress and next steps
D. Writing case notes - Style and necessary elements
E. Referrals - Appropriateness and process
Assignments:
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1. Approximately 20-40 pages per week of reading
2. Weekly written homework assignments of two to five pages
3. Recorded counseling sessions demonstrating specific motivational interviewing skills
transcribed and summarized
4. Two written summaries of active listening logs
5. Case notes summary of multi-session counseling experience
6. In class demonstrations of counseling techniques
7. Journal entries on counseling topics and self-reflections (7-10)
8. Group facilitation project and demonstration
Methods of Evaluation/Basis of Grade.
Writing: Assessment tools that demonstrate writing skill and/or require students to select, organize and explain ideas in writing. | Writing 10 - 25% |
Written homework, active listening log summaries and journal entries | |
Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills. | Problem Solving 30 - 45% |
Active listening logs, case notes summary | |
Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams. | Skill Demonstrations 45 - 60% |
In class demonstrations of counseling techniques, group facilitation demonstration and recorded counseling sessions | |
Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams. | Exams 0 - 0% |
None | |
Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories. | Other Category 0 - 0% |
None | |
Representative Textbooks and Materials:
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Motivational Interviewing in Nutrition and Fitness. Clifford, Dawn and Curtis, Laura. The Guilford Press. 2015 (classic)
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