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CCE-841 PEER SUPPORT AND SUPERVISION
Campus C3A
Programs PG
Session Fall Semester 2016
Course Title PEER SUPPORT AND SUPERVISION
Course Code CCE-841
Credit Hours 2+1
Pre-Requisutes CCE-801,802
Course Objectives
  • To provide students with theoretical understanding and experiential learning of peer support and supervision
  • Enabling students to design peer support programme and implementation strategies for providing supervision to counsellors
Detail Content
  • The course will cover introduction and exploration of peer support and supervision, theories and approaches, ethics and issues involved in providing peer support and supervision.
  • It will also explore the planning strategies and evaluation of the programmes developed to provide peer support and supervision to the career counsellors.
  • Counsellors will be giving opportunities to critically reflect on their practices and to develop their professional abilities in view of the constructive feedback received from peers and supervisors.  
Course Outcomes
  • Assess the need of providing peer support and supervision
  • Identify and apply appropriate approaches of peer support and supervision
  • Recognize ethical issues involved in offering peer support and supervision
  • Develop work plans for providing peer support and supervision sessions
  • Monitoring and evaluation of support work
Text/Ref Books
  • Cowie, H. and Wallace, P. (2000) Peer Support in Action. London: Sage.
  • Dryden, W. and Thorne, B. (1991) Training and Supervision for Counselling in Action. London: Sage.
  • Dryden, W., Horton, I. and Mearns, D. (1995) Issues in Professional Counsellor Training. London: Cassell.
  • Reid, L. H. & Westergaard, J. (ed.) (2006) Providing Support and Supervision. London: Routledge.
Time Schedule
Faculty/Resource Person Lecture – Ms Saeeda Khanum (MS)