Personal growth training

Course: Social Work

Structural unit: Faculty of Psychology

Title
Personal growth training
Code
ВБ 11.01
Module type
Вибіркова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
First
Year of study when the component is delivered
2021/2022
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
6 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
5
Learning outcomes
LO 1, LO 2, LO 3, LO 4, LO 5, LO 9, LO 10, LO 11, LO 15, LO 17, LO 18, LO 19, LO 20, LO 21, LO 22 The full list of learning outcomes of the educational program is given in the section "Programme Profile".
Form of study
Full-time form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
Knowledge: procedures and rules of group training; methods of congruent interpersonal communication; means of self-analysis and self-knowledge; personal characteristics that determine congruent behavior; conditions of personal growth of the client. Skills: establish and maintain psychological contact with a partner in communication; organize yourself to solve life's problems; have the means to self-regulate the emotional state; behave adequately in difficult situations of interaction with partners
Course content
The purpose of the discipline is to master the techniques of self- and mutual knowledge, expanding and deepening the experience of congruent interaction in the group, gaining more self-confidence, ability to act adequately in difficult situations of communication with clients and colleagues. The main tasks of studying the discipline are: the development of adequate and flexible self-esteem as the most important component of personality; creating conditions for students to gain personal experience of introspection and self-knowledge; increasing the level of congruence as a condition of positive personal development; developing confidence and psychological readiness to perform professional duties.
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
Slobodânûk I. A. Osnovy kliênt-centrovanoï terapiï. Navčalʹnyj posibnyk. Kyïv: Navčalʹno-metodyčnyj centr «Konsorcium iz udoskonalennâ menedžment-osvity v Ukraïni», 2012. 136 s. Current psychotherapies (11th ed.). / Wedding, D., & Corsini, R. J. (Eds.). Belmont, CA: Brooks/Cole, 2019. 656 p.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Training, group interaction, interactive lecture, practical lesson, group discussion
Assessment methods and criteria
1. Independent work on creative and reproductive exercises – up to 10 points for each 2. Keeping a reflexive diary – 10 points 3. Participation in group discussions – up to 5 points for each 4. Modular test – up to 15 points Final evaluation in the form of a test – up to 40 points The number of points: • 1-34 corresponds to the grade "unsatisfactory" with the obligatory re-study of the discipline; • 35-59 corresponds to the assessment of "unsatisfactory" with the possibility of retake; • 60-64 corresponds to the assessment "satisfactory" ("sufficient"); • 65-74 corresponds to the assessment "satisfactory"; • 75 - 84 corresponds to the assessment of "good"; • 85 - 90 corresponds to the assessment "good" ("very good"); • 91 - 100 corresponds to the rating "excellent" To obtain an overall positive grade in the discipline, the score for the test may not be less than 24 points, the minimum number of points of admission to the test 36 points
Language of instruction
Ukrainian

Lecturers

This discipline is taught by the following teachers

Sergey Mykolaiovych Khoruzhiy
Department of Social Work
Faculty of Psychology
Oleksii Leonidovych Vernik
Department of Social Work
Faculty of Psychology

Departments

The following departments are involved in teaching the above discipline

Department of Social Work
Faculty of Psychology
Department of Social Work
Faculty of Psychology