Extracurricular / Short Courses

• Play Therapy with the Traumatised Child
• Short Course in Employee Assistance Programmes 
• Short Course in HIV and AIDS Counselling & Management
• Certificate Programme in HIV and AIDS: Stigma mitigation
• Short Course: Management and Administration in the Social Service Professions
• Short Course:  Life Skills in the Workplace
• Advanced short course on Employee Assistance Programmes
• Short course on Employee Wellness

  PLAY THERAPY WITH THE TRAUMATISED CHILD

Aim:

• To enable professionals to understand the child according to her/his developmental level and to communicate with the child in her/his own language (play)
• To introduce different play techniques as skills in assessment and in therapy with the traumatised child

Course structure and objectives:
Delegates should be able to:

• know the historical background of the use of play and play therapy techniques in working with children;
• understand child development;
• communicate with and make contact with the child client and understand the significance of play;
• apply certain play therapy techniques in working with children;
• establish a relationship with the child as a client ;
• apply certain play therapy techniques with the sick, physically disabled and abused/molested child.

Scheduled dates for 2013:

To be announced.

Course leader:

Dr M P le Roux
Tel. 420-5321
E-mail: liana.leroux@up.ac.za

Contact person:

Agathe Deacon at CE at UP
E-mail: agathe.ce@up.ac.za 

SHORT COURSE ON EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAMMES

Aim:

• To equip EAP-co-ordinators with the necessary knowledge and skills in order to promote the EAP in their work environments

Course structure and objectives:
Delegates should be able to:

• define and to contextualise the EAP;
• understand the rationale and functions of the EAP;
• know and apply the standards of an EAP;
• understand the role of the EAP-co-ordinator;
• distinguish between EAP and Organisational Development;
• know the EAP and the law;
• do supervisory training within EAP-context;
• understand the therapeutic component of the EAP;
• market the EAP and formulate a marketing plan;
• evaluate the EAP;
• design an evaluation procedure.

Scheduled dates for 2013:

 

Course leader:

Prof L S Terblanche
Tel. 420-3292
Fax. 420-2093
E-mail: lourie.terblanche@up.ac.za

Contact person:

Agathe Deacon at CE at UP
E-mail: agathe.ce@up.ac.za
 

ADVANCED SHORT COURSE IN EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAMMES (EAPs)

• To provide delegates having a solid base in the EAP field, with advanced knowledge on the commercial components of the EAP. Delegates are equipped to focus on the business aspects of managing their EAPs.

• Administer EAP administration;
• Understand the business component of the EAP;
• Apply different pricing models in the EAP field;
• Design strategies for Return of Investment.

SHORT COURSE ON EMPLOYEE WELLNESS

Aim:

• To provide delegates with advanced knowledge on Employee Wellness Programmes. Delegates should have professional training and be tasked to promote wellness in the workplace.

• Conduct a wellness survey;
• Build a business case for wellness;
• Gain management support;
• Serve as a role model;
• Integrate services and efforts;
• Monitor and celebrate success.

SHORT COURSE IN HIV and AIDS COUNSELLING AND MANAGEMENT (presented in conjunction with the Centre for the Study of AIDS, UP)

Aim:

• To empower counsellors with knowledge and skills to intervene in the challenging field of HIV/AIDS

Course structure and objectives:
Delegates should be able to:

• demonstrate knowledge of the basic facts of HIV/AIDS;
• demonstrate knowledge and skill in pre- and post-test HIV-counselling;
• understand the concept of living positively;
• manage HIV/AIDS in the workplace;
• understand the psychosocial impact on those infected or affected by HIV/AIDS and the role of long-term counselling;
• demonstrate an understanding of the needs of a person at the “end of life” stage.

Scheduled dates for 2013:

To be announced.

Course leader:

Dr C L Carbonatto
Tel: 420-2410
Fax: 420-2093
E-mail: charlene.carbonatto.up.ac.za

Contact person:

Agathe Deacon at CE at UP
E-mail: agathe.ce@up.ac.za

 

CERTIFICATE PROGRAMME IN HIV and AIDS: PRACTICAL STRATEGIES FOR STIGMA MITIGATION (Presented in conjunction with the Centre for the Study of AIDS, UP)

Aim:

• The course aims to impact on the effects of HIV/AIDS-stigma in the workplace

Course structure and objectives:
Delegates should be able to:

• demonstrate a theoretical understanding of HIV/AIDS-stigma;
• demonstrate insight in the importance of addressing HIV/AIDS-stigma in the workplace;
• explore key issues involved in policy and programme development, implementation and monitoring;
• demonstrate effective stigma mitigation strategies in the workplace;
• apply the practical tools and training exercises for stigma mitigation.

Scheduled dates for 2013:

To be announced.

Course leader:

Dr C L Carbonatto
Tel: 420-2410
Fax: 420-2093
E-mail: charlene.carbonatto.up.ac.za

Contact person:

Agathe Deacon at CE at UP
E-mail: agathe.ce@up.ac.za


SHORT COURSE: "BETWEEN THE BALANCE SHEETS"
(presented in collaboration with the Centre for the Study of AIDS, UP)

Aim:

• to present a package of courses to strengthen and invigorate workplace HIV/AIDS response

Course structure and objectives:

"Each one tell one" - HIV/AIDS Peer Education in the Workplace

"Telling tales" - HIV/AIDS: Practical Strategies for Stigma Mitigation

" Lay it all out: - HIV/AIDS Counselling and Management

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Scheduled dates for 2013:

To be announced.

Course leader:

Dr C L Carbonatto
Tel: 420-2410
Fax: 420-2093
E-mail: charlene.carbonatto.up.ac.za

Contact person:

Agathe Deacon at CE at UP
E-mail: agathe.ce@up.ac.za


 

SHORT COURSE: MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION IN THE SOCIAL SERVICE PROFESSIONS

 Aim

To provide delegates representing the social service professions with the necessary managerial skills.

Course structure and objectives
Delegates should be able to understand:

• the ethics of management;
• the managerial functions; 
• compile and analyse reports in the context of social services;
• financial principles related to income and balance sheets. 

• Explore their level of well-being
• Identify stressors and how to manage them
• Decrease frustrations
• Enhance communication skills
• Identify conflict management strategies
• Increase self-knowledge
• Develop a balanced lifestyle
• Increase self-assertiveness
• Improve productivity and success