COU203A Counselling Skills Exercise And Written Reflective Report Assessment – Australia.

Assessment Brief :
Subject code : COU203A
Title : Counselling Skills Exercise And Written Reflective Report
Length : 2000 words
Weighting : 40% (Counselling skills 20%, Written reflection 20%)
Learning outcomes addressed by this assessment: A, B, C
Assessment brief summary: Part A: 10 minute Transcript of a 30-minute face-to-face counselling session
1.Part A: Written report based on transcribed counselling skills exercise——
2.Part B: Written reflective report
Part B: Written reflection on your counselling skills based on the transcript
COU203A Counselling Skills Exercise And Written Reflective Report Assessment – Australia.

Assessment Description:
Part A: 10-minute transcript of a 30-minute face-to-face counselling session

Word length: NO WORD LENGTH / NOT APPLICABLE

The purpose of this assignment is to demonstrate the application of appropriate counselling skills and techniques that you have been exposed to in this unit.

Make a recording of a face-to-face counselling session of 30 minutes in duration. Transcribe 10 minutes of the recording and submit as an appendix to the assessment. Appendices are not included in the word limit. You will need to ensure that the transcription provides adequate material
to answer this part of the question. The transcription does not need to be consecutive. Please record the starting time and ending time of each element of the transcription.

While this may be a real life situation or a role-play scenario, the client should not be a member of your family nor a very close friend.

COU203A Counselling Skills Exercise And Written Reflective Report Assessment – Australia.

Part B: Written reflection on your counselling skills/techniques base on the transcript

Word length: 2000

The purpose of this part of the assignment is to demonstrate an ability to reflect on and assess your counselling skills and yourself as a therapist, including the ability to identify areas for improvement. Using examples drawn from a transcript of your counselling session you must demonstrate the use of generic skills in combination with one of the therapies studied in this unit. Please ensure that:

1. The ability to open the interview is demonstrated
2. The ability to assist client to explore the issue, set goals and determine course of action is demonstrated
3. The ability to apply person-centred skills demonstrated

In addition, this assessment requires you to critically evaluate your skills by addressing the following:

1. Where, in hindsight, do you feel you could have done or said something differently to be more effective, with examples of what you might have said or done differently?
2. Provide a brief outline of how you might continue to work with this client in future sessions.

The 2000-word reflection needs to be in academic essay form and fully referenced (see below). It should include references to theories that you translated into practice in the session.

What we want to see:
This assignment will incorporate a formal introduction, main points, section heading and a conclusion.

The work must be fully referenced with in-text citations and a reference list at the end. We recommend you work with your Academic Writing Guide to ensure that you reference correctly. You will find a link to this document on the main page of every unit, under the ‘Assessments’ section. Correct academic writing and referencing are essential tasks that you need to learn. We recommend a minimum of four references.

COU203A Counselling Skills Exercise And Written Reflective Report Assessment – Australia.

Researching: You can search for peer-reviewed journal articles, which you can find in the online journal databases and which can be accessed from the library homepage. Reputable news sites such as The Conversation online dictionaries and online encyclopedias are acceptable as a starting point to gain knowledge about a topic. Government departments, research institutes such as the National Health and Medical Research Council
(NHMRC), international organisations such as the World Health Organisation (WHO) and local not for profit organisations such as the Cancer Council are also good resources.

Formatting: The assessment MUST be submitted electronically in Microsoft Word format.Other formats may not be readable by markers. Please be aware that any assessments submitted in other formats will be considered LATE and will lose marks until it is presented in Word.