School: Arts and Humanities

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Group Supervision 2
  • Unit Code

    COU6432
  • Year

    2024
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Ms Karen J ANDERSON

Description

This unit runs concurrently and is an adjunct to learning in the Field Placement 2 unit COU6425. In addition to supervision by the agency supervisor students are required to participate in reflective group supervision on campus, conducted by the ECU Field Placement Coordinator/Clinical Supervisor or an ECU Clinical Supervisor. Students will be required to present case material from their placement agency, discuss and reflect on their skill development, their experience of application of theory to real world practice, and reflect on their personal experiences to the case material. The emphasis of the placement is on individual, couple, family and/or group counselling and psychotherapy. This unit has a compulsory attendance requirement. In keeping with the Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia (PACFA) stipulations, students need to have practiced necessary skills/competencies in the classroom to a satisfactory level before going out into the field. A minimum of 80% class attendance is therefore required.

Non Standard Timetable Requirements

Concurrent to the unit COU6425 Field Placement 2, students attend on campus reflective group supervision.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 4 units from COU6424, COU6428, COU6429, COU6430

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Apply theoretical and ethical frameworks and clinical skills to work with a diversity of couple and family clients considering a range of social contextual, cultural and organisational factors.
  2. Contribute in a professional manner to clinical case discussions within the forum of the on-campus group supervision.
  3. Explicate an assessment process and formulate an ethical intervention plan utilising theoretical approaches taught in the course, based on clinical work with a couple or family and with inclusion of individual needs across the lifespan.
  4. Practice with knowledge of Federal and State Ethical Code requirements and within relevant professional standards of practice.
  5. Present prepared clinical material for group process with a focus on consideration of relational and interpersonal dynamics.

Unit Content

  1. Assessment (including risk assessment), and formulation of components of clinical case material derived from couples, families, individual and/or group counselling.
  2. Group process of reflection on clinical material presented by peers, with a focus on relational processes such as transference, countertransference, projection, parallel process triangulation, and other unconscious processes in systemic practice.
  3. Students to plan, prepare, and present clinical case material derived from placement experience relating to couples, family, individual and/or group counselling and psychotherapy.
  4. Knowledge and application of Federal and State ethical codes of practice, legal requirements and professional standards of practice.
  5. Synthesis of clinical therapeutic approaches for diverse populations and organisational contexts.

Learning Experience

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU's LMS

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 213 x 3 hour workshopNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

The emphasis of the unit will be on clinical supervision and reflective practice in a small group context. Students will present to the group transcript material from their own clinical practice sessions, with facilitated discussion as the tool enabling focused individual and group supervision.

Assessment

GS2 GRADING SCHEMA 2 Used for Undifferentiated Pass/Fail units inc. practical units or work-integrated learning

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

Due to the professional competency skill development associated with this Unit, student attendance/participation within listed in-class activities and/or online activities including discussion boards is compulsory. Students failing to meet participation standards as outlined in the unit information may be awarded an I Grade (Fail - incomplete). Students who are unable to meet this requirement for medical or other reasons must seek the approval of the unit coordinator.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescription
Participation ^Reflective Group supervision
Presentation ^Reflective Group supervision
Case Study ^Written Case Study

^ Mandatory to Pass


Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Assessment

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. Informal vivas may be conducted as part of an assessment task, where staff require further information to confirm the learning outcomes have been met. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

Academic Integrity

Integrity is a core value at Edith Cowan University, and it is expected that ECU students complete their assessment tasks honestly and with acknowledgement of other people's work as well as any generative artificial intelligence tools that may have been used. This means that assessment tasks must be completed individually (unless it is an authorised group assessment task) and any sources used must be referenced.

Breaches of academic integrity can include:

Plagiarism

Copying the words, ideas or creative works of other people or generative artificial intelligence tools, without referencing in accordance with stated University requirements. Students need to seek approval from the Unit Coordinator within the first week of study if they intend to use some of their previous work in an assessment task (self-plagiarism).

Unauthorised collaboration (collusion)

Working with other students and submitting the same or substantially similar work or portions of work when an individual submission was required. This includes students knowingly providing others with copies of their own work to use in the same or similar assessment task(s).

Contract cheating

Organising a friend, a family member, another student or an external person or organisation (e.g. through an online website) to complete or substantially edit or refine part or all of an assessment task(s) on their behalf.

Cheating in an exam

Using or having access to unauthorised materials in an exam or test.

Serious outcomes may be imposed if a student is found to have committed one of these breaches, up to and including expulsion from the University for repeated or serious acts.

ECU's policies and more information about academic integrity can be found on the student academic integrity website.

All commencing ECU students are required to complete the Academic Integrity Module.

Assessment Extension

In some circumstances, Students may apply to their Unit Coordinator to extend the due date of their Assessment Task(s) in accordance with ECU's Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000001386.

Special Consideration

Students may apply for Special Consideration in respect of a final unit grade, where their achievement was affected by Exceptional Circumstances as set out in the Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000003318.

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School: Arts and Humanities

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Group Supervision 2
  • Unit Code

    COU6432
  • Year

    2024
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Ms Karen J ANDERSON

Description

This unit runs concurrently and is an adjunct to learning in the Field Placement 2 unit COU6425. In addition to supervision by the agency supervisor students are required to participate in reflective group supervision on campus, conducted by the ECU Field Placement Coordinator/Clinical Supervisor or an ECU Clinical Supervisor. Students will be required to present case material from their placement agency, discuss and reflect on their skill development, their experience of application of theory to real world practice, and reflect on their personal experiences to the case material. The emphasis of the placement is on individual, couple, family and/or group counselling and psychotherapy. This unit has a compulsory attendance requirement. In keeping with the Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia (PACFA) stipulations, students need to have practiced necessary skills/competencies in the classroom to a satisfactory level before going out into the field. A minimum of 80% class attendance is therefore required.

Non Standard Timetable Requirements

Concurrent to the unit COU6425 Field Placement 2, students attend on campus reflective group supervision.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 4 units from COU6424, COU6428, COU6429, COU6430

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Apply theoretical and ethical frameworks and clinical skills to work with a diversity of couple and family clients considering a range of social contextual, cultural and organisational factors.
  2. Contribute in a professional manner to clinical case discussions within the forum of the on-campus group supervision.
  3. Explicate an assessment process and formulate an ethical intervention plan utilising theoretical approaches taught in the course, based on clinical work with a couple or family and with inclusion of individual needs across the lifespan.
  4. Practice with knowledge of Federal and State Ethical Code requirements and within relevant professional standards of practice.
  5. Present prepared clinical material for group process with a focus on consideration of relational and interpersonal dynamics.

Unit Content

  1. Assessment (including risk assessment), and formulation of components of clinical case material derived from couples, families, individual and/or group counselling.
  2. Group process of reflection on clinical material presented by peers, with a focus on relational processes such as transference, countertransference, projection, parallel process triangulation, and other unconscious processes in systemic practice.
  3. Students to plan, prepare, and present clinical case material derived from placement experience relating to couples, family, individual and/or group counselling and psychotherapy.
  4. Knowledge and application of Federal and State ethical codes of practice, legal requirements and professional standards of practice.
  5. Synthesis of clinical therapeutic approaches for diverse populations and organisational contexts.

Learning Experience

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU's LMS

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 213 x 3 hour workshopNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

The emphasis of the unit will be on clinical supervision and reflective practice in a small group context. Students will present to the group transcript material from their own clinical practice sessions, with facilitated discussion as the tool enabling focused individual and group supervision.

Assessment

GS2 GRADING SCHEMA 2 Used for Undifferentiated Pass/Fail units inc. practical units or work-integrated learning

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

Due to the professional competency skill development associated with this Unit, student attendance/participation within listed in-class activities and/or online activities including discussion boards is compulsory. Students failing to meet participation standards as outlined in the unit information may be awarded an I Grade (Fail - incomplete). Students who are unable to meet this requirement for medical or other reasons must seek the approval of the unit coordinator.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescription
Participation ^Reflective Group supervision
Presentation ^Reflective Group supervision
Case Study ^Written Case Study

^ Mandatory to Pass


Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Assessment

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. Informal vivas may be conducted as part of an assessment task, where staff require further information to confirm the learning outcomes have been met. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

Academic Integrity

Integrity is a core value at Edith Cowan University, and it is expected that ECU students complete their assessment tasks honestly and with acknowledgement of other people's work as well as any generative artificial intelligence tools that may have been used. This means that assessment tasks must be completed individually (unless it is an authorised group assessment task) and any sources used must be referenced.

Breaches of academic integrity can include:

Plagiarism

Copying the words, ideas or creative works of other people or generative artificial intelligence tools, without referencing in accordance with stated University requirements. Students need to seek approval from the Unit Coordinator within the first week of study if they intend to use some of their previous work in an assessment task (self-plagiarism).

Unauthorised collaboration (collusion)

Working with other students and submitting the same or substantially similar work or portions of work when an individual submission was required. This includes students knowingly providing others with copies of their own work to use in the same or similar assessment task(s).

Contract cheating

Organising a friend, a family member, another student or an external person or organisation (e.g. through an online website) to complete or substantially edit or refine part or all of an assessment task(s) on their behalf.

Cheating in an exam

Using or having access to unauthorised materials in an exam or test.

Serious outcomes may be imposed if a student is found to have committed one of these breaches, up to and including expulsion from the University for repeated or serious acts.

ECU's policies and more information about academic integrity can be found on the student academic integrity website.

All commencing ECU students are required to complete the Academic Integrity Module.

Assessment Extension

In some circumstances, Students may apply to their Unit Coordinator to extend the due date of their Assessment Task(s) in accordance with ECU's Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000001386.

Special Consideration

Students may apply for Special Consideration in respect of a final unit grade, where their achievement was affected by Exceptional Circumstances as set out in the Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000003318.

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