Fundamentals of Child and Adolescent Therapy Pdf notes

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TOPIC ONE: INTRODUCTION TO CHILD AND ADOLESCENT THERAPY
Definitions
Physiological changes at adolescence.
Psychological changes at adolescence.
Adolescence through history.
Why children are counseled differently from adults.
How children / adolescents are different from adults.
Interventions helpful for working with teenagers.
TOPIC TWO: HISTORICAL BACKGROUND AND CONTEMPORARY
IDEAS ABOUT COUNSELING CHILDREN
Different time periods
1880 – 1940- Early pioneers developed underlying concepts.
1920-1975 – Various theories of child development were proposed.
1940-1980 – A number of humanistic/ existential therapeutic
approaches were developed.
TOPIC THREE: LEVELS OF GOALS IN CHILD AND ADOLESCENT
COUNSELING
Level 1 goal- Fundamental goals
Level 2 goal- Parents goals
Level 3 goals-Counselor‘s goals
Level 4 goals-Child‘s goals

TOPIC FOUR: COMMON ISSUES REQUIRING COUNSELINF AMONG
CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS
Issues that children bring to counselors.
Issues adolescents bring for counseling, i.e.:
Academic
Behavioral
Family
Social etc.
TOPIC FIVE: THE CHILD – COUNSELOR RELATIONSHIP
Need for core conditions.
Attributes of the child counselor relationship.
Influence of these attributes on the parent – counselor relationship.
Desirable attributes for a child counselor.
TOPIC SIX: THE PROCESS OF CHILD AND ADOLESCENT COUNSELING
Main stages in the process of child and adolescent counseling:
Stage 1: Initial assessment phase.
Stage 2: Therapy for the child.
Stage 3: Review of therapeutic outcomes.
Stage 4: Termination.

TOPIC SEVEN: CHILD THERAPY TECHNIQUES
Play Therapy
Art Therapy
Music Therapy
Bibliotherapy
Story Telling Therapy
Drama Therapy
TOPIC EIGHT: COMMUNICATING TO CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS
Why take time to communicate? Communicating with children at different ages:
Infants: birth to 12 months
Toddlers:12 to 36 months
Pre-schoolers:3 – 6 years
School age: 6-12
Adolescents: 12-18years
What adolescents require from parents?
How to encourage adolescent communication
Communicating effectively with adolescents.

TOPIC NINE: APPLICATION OF COUNSELING THEORIES IN CHILD
AND ADOLESCENCT THERAPY
Personal Centered Therapy.
Non-directive play therapy.
Gestalt Therapy.
Gestalt Therapy with use of media and fantasy.
Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy ( REBT)
Neural Linguistic Programming (NLP)
Reality Therapy.
Narrative Therapy.
Time Limited Play Therapy.
Integrative Psychotherapy