Syllabus: Dip HCare

Programme details for the Diploma in Health Care

Courses Presented in This Programme

The Dip. HCare includes the following compulsory courses:

• Health Care Skills & Techniques
• Marriage & Family Health Care
• Social Psychology
• Basics of Health

Duration of the Programme

This programme has a minimum learning duration of eight months before the qualification certificate can be issued. The maximum learning duration is normally two years.

Prerequisites

Completion of the Cert HCare or having been granted the status of a Cert HCare qualification through the process of recognition of prior earning (RPL), as confirmed by the CU Senate.

Single courses may be enrolled for to complete other qualifications. In such cases the student must consider that the courses were planned and selected sequentially by CU to serve as foundational knowledge for the more advanced courses.

Health Care Skills & Techniques

Credits: 16

Synopsis. For introductory courses in Counseling, Psychotherapy, social work, and Intervention Therapy.

Using the metaphor of a journey, this highly interactive course takes students, step-by-step through the acquisition of basic skills and advanced techniques for effectively helping their future clients through the challenges of contemporary life. The straightforward aproach, clearly-stated instructions, and numerous practice exercises prepare students to effectively integrate assessment data, plan treatment, and implement strategies for a wide range of clients. Coverage encompasses the full complement of commonly used techniques, from basic "building block" skills to the therapeutic "mega skills" that can truly engender client growth.

Outline. The following aspects are reflected in this course:

• Helping as a Personal Journey
• The Nuts and Bolts of Helping
• The Therapeutic Relationship
• Helping Someone Who is Different
• Invitational Skills
• Reflecting Skills: Paraphrasing
• Reflecting Skills: Reflecting Feelings
• Reflecting Skills: Reflecting Meaning and Summarizing
• Challenging Skills
• Assessment and the Initial Interview
• Goal-Setting Skills
• Solution Skills
• Outcome Evaluation and Termination Skills
• Curative Factors and Advanced Skills

Marriage & Family Health Care

Credits: 19

Synopsis. For upper level undergraduate or beginning graduate level marriage and family counseling courses offered through counselor education, child and family studies, and psychology departments.

This course has been thoroughly updated to reflect a current and in-depth look at the field of family therapy. It retains its unique approach of leading the student developmentally from understanding how families function to using therapeutic techniques that will help them change. Extremely organized, this course offers comprehensive coverage of all major theories of family therapy. It is organized in a logical, developmental format:

• Understanding Families,
• Therapeutic Approaches to Working with Families,
• Special Populations in Family Therapy, and
• Professional Issues and Research in Family Therapy.

Outline. The following aspects are reflected in this course:

• I. UNDERSTANDING FAMILIES
• Individual and Family Life Cycles
• Healthy and Dysfunctional Characteristics of Families
• II. THERAPEUTIC APPROACHES TO WORKING WITH FAMILIES
• Rationale and History of Family Therapy
• The Process of Family Therapy
• Psychodynamic and Bowenian Family Therapies
• Experiential Family Therapy
• Behavioral and Cognitive-Behavioral Family Therapies
• Structural Family Therapy
• Strategic and Systemic Family Therapies
• Solution-Focused and Narrative Family Therapies
• III. SPECIAL POPULATIONS IN FAMILY THERAPY
• Working with Single-Parent Families
• Working with Remarried Families
• Working with Culturally Diverse Families
• Working with Substance-Related Disorders, Domestic Violence, and Child Abuse in Families
• IV. PROFESSIONAL ISSUES AND RESEARCH IN FAMILY THERAPY
• Ethical, Legal, and Professional Issues in Family Therapy
• Research and Assessment in Family Therapy

Social Psychology

Credits: 22

Synopsis. This Social Psychology course has motivated students to take social psychology out of the classroom and into their lives. It has now been combined with a free, online source of relevant and timely articles on social psychology.

With a research approach, it provides many opportunities for students to go beyond the course content and learn more about social psychology from articles in leading social science journals, popular magazines, and the New York Times.

Outline. The following aspects are reflected in this course:

• The Field of Social Health Care: How We Think About and Interact with Others
• Social Perception: Understanding Others
• Social Cognition: Thinking About the Social World
• Attitudes: Evaluating the Social World
• Aspects of Social Identity: Self and Gender
• Prejudice: Its Causes, Effects, and Cures
• Interpersonal Attraction: Initial Contact, Liking, Becoming Acquainted
• Close Relationships: Family, Friends, Lovers, and Spouses
• Social Influence: Changing Others' Behavior
• Prosocial Behavior: Helping Others
• Aggression: Its Nature, Causes, and Control
• Groups and Individuals: The Consequences of Belonging
• Social Health Care in Action: Applications to Law, Medicine, and Organizations

Basics of Health

Credits: 19

Synopsis. The course provides students with the tools they need to make healthy, lifelong behavior changes, along with updated and timely understanding of health issues. Drawn up by a health educator who knows where students' interests lie, the course aims to address the health topics of primary concern to today's students.

Outline. The following aspects are reflected in this course:

• Promoting Healthy Behavior Change
• Psychosocial Health: Being Mentally, Emotionally, Socially, and Spiritually Well
• Managing Stress: Coping with Life's Challenges
• Violence and Abuse: Creating Healthy Environments
• Healthy Relationships and Sexuality: Making Commitments
• Birth Control, Pregnancy, and Childbirth: Managing Your Fertility
• Licit and Illicit Drugs: Use, Misuse, and Abuse
• Alcohol, Tobacco, and Caffeine: Daily Pleasure, Daily Challenges
• Nutrition: Eating for Optimum Health
• Managing Your Weight: Finding a Healthy Balance
• Personal Fitness: Improving Health through Exercise
• Cardiovascular Disease: Reducing Your Risk
• Cancer: Reducing Your Risk
• Infectious and Noninfectious Conditions: Risks and Responsibilities
• Life's Transitions: The Aging Process
• Environmental Health: Thinking Globally, Acting Locally
• Consumerism: Selecting Health Care Products and Services
• Complementary and Alternative Medicine: New Choices and Responsibilities for Healthwise Consumers

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