EUN667 Personal School Counselling Approaches
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| Unit code: | EUN667 |
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| Prerequisite(s): | EUN684 or EUN666 or LCN636 or EUQ640. EUN684 can be studied in the same teaching period as EUN667. |
| Equivalent(s): | LCN618 |
| Assumed Knowledge: | It is assumed that students understand educational practices in education settings and have practitioner experiences within a related education field or support profession. |
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Timetable | Details in HiQ, if available |
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| CSP student contribution | $592 |
| Domestic tuition unit fee | $3,468 |
| International unit fee | $4,740 |
Unit Outline: Semester 2 2026, Online
| Unit code: | EUN667 |
|---|---|
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Pre-requisite: | EUN684 or EUN666 or LCN636 or EUQ640. EUN684 can be studied in the same teaching period as EUN667. |
| Equivalent: | LCN618 |
| Assumed Knowledge: | It is assumed that students understand educational practices in education settings and have practitioner experiences within a related education field or support profession. |
Overview
This unit provides an exploration of major counselling approaches relevant to the schooling context. Understanding these counselling approaches is crucial for school counsellors as it enables them to address diverse student needs, apply appropriate interventions to problem situations, and create tailored counselling plans. The unit also delves into ethical considerations, including the use of GenAI, and emphasises the importance of cultural sensitivity in counselling. By understanding these counselling approaches, school counsellors can enhance their professional practice, ensuring they provide support to students while navigating the complexities of the school environment.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Apply counselling approaches to demonstrate professional practice.
- Critically reflect on counselling sessions to improve practice.
- Critique counselling plans produced by generative AI and discuss the ethical implications for school counselling practice.
- Design and justify school counselling plans for students from diverse communities and cultures.
Content
This unit includes the following topics:
- Major theories of counselling deemed to be helpful in the schooling context
- Application of major theories of counselling to problem situations
- The relevance of major theories of counselling for your future practice
- Ethical issues underpinning counselling, including the ethics of using GenAI
- Creating counselling plans within the school context
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives in school counselling
- Promoting wellbeing for all ages through school counselling
Learning Approaches
In this unit you will learn by engaging in the following:
- lectures (live and recorded)
- tutorials (online)
- online learning materials
- peer and group discussions
The unit adopts a practice-based learning approach to demonstrate and apply counselling approaches within the school setting.
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
Feedback in this unit is provided to you in the following ways:
- a range of formative exercises discussed and undertaken throughout the unit
- feedback from peers as you investigate and discuss issues raised throughout the unit
- comments about summative assessment work included with your grade.
Assessment
Overview
There are two assessments in this unit:
- Counselling session and reflection - You will demonstrate one of the major counselling theories discussed in this unit and apply your understanding of the theories to reflect on your experience.
- Counselling Plan - This task draws on your learning about designing counselling plans and the use of GenAI in school counselling to produce counselling plans for student cases.
Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Counselling session and reflection
You will produce a video recording of yourself undertaking a counselling session that demonstrates one of the major counselling theories discussed in the unit. You will also write a critical reflection of your counselling session.
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
Assessment: Counselling Plan
You will produce counselling plans for provided student cases. You will begin by using a GenAI tool to produce the plans, and then annotate it with your critiques, suggested improvements and justifications. You will submit the annotated GenAI plans, the final updated and improved counselling plans and a discussion of the benefits and risks of using GenAI in your work as a school counsellor.
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
Academic Integrity
Academic integrity is a commitment to undertaking academic work and assessment in a manner that is ethical, fair, honest, respectful and accountable.
The Academic Integrity Policy sets out the range of conduct that can be a failure to maintain the standards of academic integrity. This includes, cheating in exams, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion and contract cheating. It also includes providing fraudulent or altered documentation in support of an academic concession application, for example an assignment extension or a deferred exam.
You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.
Breaching QUT’s Academic Integrity Policy or engaging in conduct that may defeat or compromise the purpose of assessment can lead to a finding of student misconduct (Code of Conduct – Student) and result in the imposition of penalties under the Management of Student Misconduct Policy, ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.
Requirements to Study
Requirements
Access to internet and video recording equipment.
Resources
The following resource materials will be used throughout this unit.
Resource Materials
Reference book(s)
Corey, G. (2023). Theory and practice of counseling and psychotherapy (11th ed). Cengage: CA, USA.
Risk Assessment Statement
During this unit, you will discuss sensitive topics with your peers that may have significant impact and meaning to you, your peers and/or your teaching team. The teaching team will aim to create a supportive and safe environment for all students enrolled in the unit. They will also support you to develop the appropriate skills to engage in these conversations in an appropriate and respectful manner to ensure a positive experience for all students. If you are concerned that the content of a unit may impact your completion of the course, please see the unit coordinator. You can also access free student counselling through QUT Counselling via the QUT Student Homepage.
Course Learning Outcomes
This unit is designed to support your development of the following course/study area learning outcomes.EU75 Master of Education (School Guidance and Counselling)
- Discuss, evaluate, and integrate advanced discipline-specific knowledge related to professional educational practice and research.
Relates to: ULO1, Counselling session and reflection - Reflect on and reflexively analyse own practice, integrating theoretical frameworks to improve professional knowledge and practice.
Relates to: ULO2, Counselling session and reflection - Critically analyse and evaluate complex activities, contexts and phenomena related to professional practice and scholarship in the discipline of education.
Relates to: ULO3, Counselling Plan - Design and justify innovative solutions to authentic problems of educational practice, drawing on discipline-specific knowledge and skills to lead and influence positive change.
Relates to: ULO4, Counselling Plan