Working with Families and Adolescents
This unit offers a theoretical overview of how to work with families living with adolescents. It explores issues related to working with adolescents, as well as the impact this work may have on the family system. Providing an in-depth examination of the interplay between adolescent development and the family system, it looks at a range of developmental issues that may present in counselling.
Learning Outcomes
- Analyse the impact of the family system on the adolescent
- Critique theories of adolescent development
- Identify and discuss common presenting issues for families living with adolescents
- Assess parenting and attachment styles in families and adolescents
- Explore the importance of roles within the family
- Identify and monitor the legal and ethical issues involved in working with families and adolescents
- Produce an integrative theoretical framework for working with families living with adolescents
Content Areas
- Adolescents Within the Family System
- Theories of Adolescent Development: Physical and Sexual Development
- Theories of Adolescent Development: Cognitive Development
- Theories of Adolescent Development: Social, Emotional and Moral Development
- Distinguishing Between Individual and Systemic Issues
- Issues Facing the Family with Adolescents
- Issues Facing Adolescents
- Special Issues: Schooling and Career Choice
- Special Issues: Teenage Abuse and Neglect
- Special Issues: Relationship Breakdown
- The Legal System and Your Work
- Developing an Integrated Model for Working with Families and Adolescents
Unit Duration and Workload
This unit involves a total of 36 hours of face to face delivery or self-directed study including educator contact in flexible delivery modes, generating a further 120 hours of self-study per unit including research and related study activities, including assessment. This translates as 13 hours per week for the unit.