Unit Award Scheme
110610 COUNSELLING CHILDREN AND CREATIVE APPROACHES
In successfully completing this unit, the Learner will have | Evidence needed | |
|---|---|---|
acquired an understanding of | ||
| 1 | three reasons why creative approaches are used for working with children, eg play is nurturing, working on a child’s level, helps a child to process feelings they may not understand | Student completed work |
| 2 | one theory that has informed the use of creative approaches, eg Freud, Jung, Winnicott or Melanie Klein | Student completed work |
| 3 | how one of the above theories has informed creative approaches in therapy, eg Freud’s free association, Jung’s dream theory or collective conscious, Winnicott’s transitional space or Melanie Klein’s Projective Identification | Student completed work |
shown knowledge of | ||
| 4 | three alternative means of communication, eg play, story, art, drama, music, poetry, dance | Student completed work |
| 5 | one benefit for using creative approaches to support International New Arrival children, eg reduced issues caused by possible language barrier | Student completed work |
| 6 | why confidentiality is important in counselling children, eg building trust, building relationship, building a rapport | Student completed work |
| 7 | why confidentiality may need to be broken when counselling children, eg a safeguarding issue, abuse, risk of harm | Student completed work |
| 8 | how creative approaches are more child centered, eg working at a child’s level, age appropriate, give a child the ability to express themselves | Student completed work |
| 9 | one neuroscientific explanation for the use of creative approaches with children, eg recovery from brain damage including trauma, builds a connection between emotion, cognition, mind and body | Student completed work |
demonstrated the ability to | ||
| 10 | explain confidentiality to a child | Student completed work |
| 11 | build a counselling or helping relationship | Student completed work |
| 12 | use creative approaches appropriately | Student completed work |
| 13 | use counselling skills. | Student completed work |
All outcomes recorded on an AQA Summary Sheet
Approved 13 June 2018Level - Level Two