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FACULTY OF EDUCATION / RPDAE 404 - GUIDANCE AND PSYCHOLOGICAL COUNSELING

Code: RPDAE 404 Course Title: POST TRAUMATIC COUNSELING Theoretical+Practice: 2+0 ECTS: 3
Year/Semester of Study 4 / Spring Semester
Level of Course 1st Cycle Degree Programme
Type of Course Compulsory
Department GUIDANCE AND PSYCHOLOGICAL COUNSELING
Pre-requisities and Co-requisites None
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Teaching Period 14 Weeks
Name of Lecturer FARUK BOZDAĞ (faruk.bozdag@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s)
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
The aim of this course is to provide students with knowledge and skills about the post-traumatic psychological counseling process, its principles and techniques, the positive and negative effects of trauma, and appropriate intervention methods.

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 Possess knowledge about the definition, scope and types of trauma. PO-2 Explains the knowledge about the theories, approaches and basic concepts of psychological counseling and guidance.
PO-10 Carries out crisis intervention and preventive counseling services.
PO-29 Gains awareness about normal and abnormal behaviors and the dynamics of the behaviors of indivuals.
Examination
LO-2 Knows the reactions that children, adolescents, and adults may exhibit following trauma, as well as the factors that influence them. PO-2 Explains the knowledge about the theories, approaches and basic concepts of psychological counseling and guidance.
PO-10 Carries out crisis intervention and preventive counseling services.
PO-29 Gains awareness about normal and abnormal behaviors and the dynamics of the behaviors of indivuals.
Examination
LO-3 Knows the approaches and intervention methods to prevent the negative effects of trauma in humans. PO-2 Explains the knowledge about the theories, approaches and basic concepts of psychological counseling and guidance.
PO-5 Uses all the knowledge and skills which are necessary for establishing, lasting and ending the professional psychological counseling relationship with the individuals.
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-29 Gains awareness about normal and abnormal behaviors and the dynamics of the behaviors of indivuals.
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
LO-4 Understands the necessary psychological counselor qualifications and competencies to work with traumatized people. PO-2 Explains the knowledge about the theories, approaches and basic concepts of psychological counseling and guidance.
PO-5 Uses all the knowledge and skills which are necessary for establishing, lasting and ending the professional psychological counseling relationship with the individuals.
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-29 Gains awareness about normal and abnormal behaviors and the dynamics of the behaviors of indivuals.
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
LO-5 Expresses the individual, familial and social consequences of the trauma. PO-3 Explains the knowledge about the services, restraints and the associations with the other disciplines of the psychological counseling and guidance.
PO-10 Carries out crisis intervention and preventive counseling services.
PO-29 Gains awareness about normal and abnormal behaviors and the dynamics of the behaviors of indivuals.
Examination
LO-6 Possess knowledge about possible psychological disorders caused by trauma. PO-3 Explains the knowledge about the services, restraints and the associations with the other disciplines of the psychological counseling and guidance.
PO-10 Carries out crisis intervention and preventive counseling services.
PO-29 Gains awareness about normal and abnormal behaviors and the dynamics of the behaviors of indivuals.
Examination
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
Definition, scope and types of trauma (natural disasters, man-made traumas, proxy trauma, secondary trauma etc.); reactions that can be seen in children, adolescents and adults after trauma and the factors affecting them, individual, familial and social consequences of trauma, possible psychological disorders caused by trauma (post-traumatic stress disorder, acute stress disorder, etc.); approaches and intervention methods to prevent the negative effects of trauma in humans; qualifications and competencies of the counselor who will work with traumatized people.
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Trauma and traumatic reactions Lecture, question-answer, discussion
2 Theoretical approaches to trauma-related stress disorders Lecture, question-answer, discussion
3 Trauma and cultural context Lecture, question-answer, discussion
4 Secondary trauma Lecture, question-answer, discussion
5 Post-traumatic growth Lecture, question-answer, discussion
6 Types of trauma (Disasters) Lecture, question-answer, discussion
7 Types of trauma (Migration) Lecture, question-answer, discussion
8 mid-term exam
9 Loss and grief counseling Lecture, question-answer, discussion
10 Violence against children Lecture, question-answer, discussion
11 Trauma and school context Lecture, question-answer, discussion
12 Trauma counseling: Its nature, process, principles and techniques I Lecture, question-answer, discussion
13 Trauma counseling: Its nature, process, principles and techniques II Lecture, question-answer, discussion
14 Trauma counseling: Its nature, process, principles and techniques III Lecture, question-answer, discussion
15 Trauma counseling: Its nature, process, principles and techniques IV Lecture, question-answer, discussion
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 Erdur Baker, Ö., Aksöz Efe, İ. ve Doğan, T. (2021). Travma psikolojisi. Ankara: Pegem Akademi.
2 Savi Çakar, F. (2019). Travma psikolojik danışmanlığı. Ankara: Pegem Akademi.
Required Course instruments and materials
Smartboard, computer, projector, PowerPoint presentation, blackboard, pen, textbook.

Assessment Methods
Type of Assessment Week Hours Weight(%)
mid-term exam 8 1 40
Other assessment methods
1.Oral Examination
2.Quiz
3.Laboratory exam
4.Presentation
5.Report
6.Workshop
7.Performance Project
8.Term Paper
9.Project
final exam 16 1 60

Student Work Load
Type of Work Weekly Hours Number of Weeks Work Load
Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice) 2 14 28
Outside Class
       a) Reading 2 12 24
       b) Search in internet/Library 2 11 22
       c) Performance Project 0
       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 1 7 7
mid-term exam 1 1 1
Own study for final exam 1 7 7
final exam 1 1 1
0
0
Total work load; 90