2018-2019 Academic Catalog 
    
    Apr 20, 2024  
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SHS 114 - Counseling and Interviewing Skills



5.0 Credits
Identify values, knowledge, and competencies necessary to engage and sustain helping relationships and to identify and clarify consumer concerns and goals. Stresses effective use of interpersonal communication skills through class participation, reflective exercises, and role play simulations.
Course-level Learning Objectives (CLOs)
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

  1. Demonstrate the use of a variety of interpersonal communication skills to establish a therapeutic alliance, support client self disclosure, and move the process of counseling forward.
  2. Identify and demonstrate components of the stages of the helping process and the skills necessary for listening.
  3. Identify how cultural factors may influence the helper’s interactions with clients.
  4. Describe how to collect and assess information, including history, life challenges, and goals, and use this information to support clients in achieving identified goals.
  5. Explain how to assess the severity of a client’s issues and/or concerns.
  6. Demonstrate comprehension of motivation and change theory and its significance in shaping the goals and methods used in working with clients or consumers.



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