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Intro To Counseling 2003
This course was designed to teach basic counseling skills to youth and adults enrolled in an adult education course titled Introduction To Counselling Skills.The structure is based on Prochaska and DiClementi's TranstheoreticalModel/Stages of Change. The outlines and activities listed here are flexible and are meant to be modified given the needs and skill levels of any particular class.

The information presented in these pages is taken from my notes and is not always edited and proof read to the traditional level of publication.

Permission is freely granted to use and modify any of these materials. If you use any or all of this curriculum, I would likr to hear your experiences, both positive and negative. Please email counseling @youthwork.com.

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Course Outline	Course Handouts
Session 1 - Overview Session Outline Challenge Report	Session 2 - Precontemplation (1): Open Ended Questions Session Outline Values Interview XYZ Counseling Agency Challenge Report
Session 3 - Precontemplation (2): Active Listening Session Outline Body Language Activity Summary Confidence Cooperation Defensiveness Frustration Insecurity Nervousness Openness Active Listening Role Plays Client 1 Client 2 Client 3 Client 4 Client 5 Client 6 Challenge Report	Session 4 - Precontemplation (3): Open Ended Questions and Active Listening Practice Session Outline Active Listening Example Active Listening Practice Child Elderly Person Homeless Person Parent Substance Abuse Teen Communications Mistakes Challenge Report
Session 5 - Precontemplation (4): I Messages and Problem Ownership Session Outline I Messages Practice I Messages Role Plays Role Play 1 Role Play 2 Role Play 3 Role Play 4 Role Play 5 Role Play 6 Problem Ownership Worksheet Challenge Report	Session 6 - Contemplation Session Outline Warm Up Role Plays Cooperator Disrupter Passive Problem Solver Positive Feedback Exercise Self-Efficacy Rating Scale Contemplation Role Plays Adolescent Assertiveness Exercise Gay Person Sexually Active Person Job Change Life Change Smoker Challenge Report
Session 7 - Ready For Action - Problem Solving Session Outline Problem Solving Practice Diet Elderly Person High School Student Parent Challenge Report	Session 8 - Ready For Action - Groups 1 Session Outline Group Problem Solving Role Play Facilitator Members Tangram Pictures Tangram Solutions Wordles Wordles Hints Wordles Answers Challenge Report
Session 9 - Ready For Action - Groups 2 Session Outline Leadership Quiz Challenge Report	Session 10 - Action Session Outline Action Role Plays Counselor Instructions Adult Ed Diet Drinker Volunteer Harm Reduction Values Clarification Principles of Harm Reduction Challenge Report
Session 11 - Maintenance and Relapse Management Session Outline Relapse Management Worksheet Maintenance Plan Worksheet Maintenance Role Plays Lifestyle Change Client Lifestyle Change Counselor Teen Client Teen Counselor DHS Client DHS Counselor Maintaining Change Awareness Activity Challenge Report	Session 12 - Relapse Session Outline Personalizing Relapse Relapse Overview Relapse Role Plays Counselor Cheat Sheet Alcoholism Anger Management Assertiveness Diet Job Change Smoker Challenge Report
Session 13 - Putting It All Together Session Outline Stages of Change Review Role Plays Health - Client Health - Counselor Parenting - Client Parenting - Counselor Substance Abuse - Client Substance Abuse - Counselor	Session 14 - Class Choice This class can be used for catch up and/or for a topic of the students' choice Some Possible Topics More work on one of the stages Working with specific populations (children, youth, elderly, health care, mental health) Counseling Theories (Reality Therapy, Adventure Based Counseling, MI/MET)
Session 15 - Celebration and Evaluation This is planned by the students and usually includes food and some type of closure activity