Unit Award Scheme

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

2. one theory that has informed the use of creative approaches, eg Freud, Jung, Winnicott or Melanie Klein

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

shown knowledge of

4. three alternative means of communication, eg play, story, art, drama, music, poetry, dance

5. one benefit for using creative approaches to support International New Arrival children, eg reduced issues caused by possible language barrier

6. why confidentiality is important in counselling children, eg building trust, building relationship, building a rapport

7. why confidentiality may need to be broken when counselling children, eg a safeguarding issue, abuse, risk of harm

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

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

demonstrated the ability to

10. explain confidentiality to a child

11. build a counselling or helping relationship

12. use creative approaches appropriately

13. use counselling skills.