Course

Unit 1

Human Development and Behaviour: Stages in mental development: Pre-natal, Infancy and Babyhood, Early childhood, Late Childhood, Puberty, Adolescence, Adulthood; Personal growth milestones and resilience, Learning theories; Social Perception – attitude, prejudice, stereotyping, group behaviour; Indian scriptures on human development, Western and Indian theories of development. Shodasha Samskaras and Four ashrams of life

Unit 2

Parenting and Adolescence :

Effective parenting, Parenting Styles, Positive parenting, Understanding the emotional and behavioural problems of children and adolescents, AI emotion analysis tools. Psychosocial interventions

Unit 3

Psycho-Social care:

Conceptual clarity, definition, significance, scope of psycho-social care in professional social work, Identification of Psycho-social needs, individual, family and societal levels, Psycho-social intervention among individuals, groups and community level. Skills and techniques in providing psycho-social care

Unit 4

Psycho-Social care:

Conceptual clarity, definition, significance, scope of psycho-social care in professional social work, Identification of Psycho-social needs, individual, family and societal levels, Psycho-social intervention among individuals, groups and community level, Psychosocial care plan for disaster-affected families, Skills and techniques in providing psycho-social care, Ethics in psychosocial care.

Unit 5

Counselling Concepts and Stages:

Concept and definition, elements, characteristics, goals, Historical evolution as a profession, Scope and Significance, Client Counsellor Relationship, Client facing displacement or discrimination, Skills in counselling, Qualities of a counsellor, characteristics of the client, Values and professional ethics in counselling, checklist for a counselor. Dos and Don’ts in counselling. Lay counselling. Stages in counselling, AI chatbot for counselling training.Ethical issues of use of AI in Counselling

Unit 6

Techniques and Settings: Techniques of Counseling, Healthy Defense Mechanisms, Counseling in various settings, focus on strengths and resources of the client

Text Books / References

Textbooks:

1. Ashford, J.B, Lecroy, C.W. & Lortie, K.L Human Behavior in the Social Environment: A Multidimensional Perspective. (2nd Edition) Belmont, CA, Wadsworth/ Thomson Learning 2001.  
2. Baron, Robert A. ‘Psychology’, New Delhi: Prentice- Hall of India 2004.  
3. Hurlock, Elizabeth ‘Developmental Psychology: a life Span Approach’, New Delhi: Tata McGraw Publishing Company Ltd 2003.

Suggested Readings:

1. IASC (2007). ‘Guidelines on Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Emergency Settings’  [Online].http://www.who.int/mental_health/emergencies/guidelines_iasc_mental_health_psych osocial_june_2007.pdf [Accessed 31st September 2010]  
2. Sekar, K., Parthasarathy, K., Muralidhar, D., & Chandrasekar Rao, M. (eds.) (2007) ‘Handbook of Psychiatric Social Work’. 1st edition. Nimhans publications.
3. Sitholey, P., Agarwal, V., & Vrat, S. (2013). Indian mental concepts on children and adolescents. Indian Journal of Psychiatry, 55(Suppl 2), 277-282. Retrieved from [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3705696/]  
4. Srivastava, C., Dhingra, V., Bhardwaj, A., & Srivastava, A. (2013). Morality and moral  development: Traditional Hindu concepts, Indian Journal of Psychiatry, 55(Suppl 2), 283-287. Retrieved from [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3705697/]

This course has been contextualized and embedded in the broader perspective of life span development and conceptualization of psychosocial care. s. It gives awareness about social and psychological problems faced in general and prepares the student to face everyday challenges by exposing him/her to coping strategies as a professional social worker.

Course Objectives:

1. To impart knowledge of the basic concepts and various perspectives of psychology
2. To gain in-depth understanding of the concept of lifespan development, which encompasses the growth and learning of humans from conception to death.
3. To understand the psycho-social care and needs, Intervention, and techniques.
4. To attain skills of interaction with supervisory and managerial personnel in terms of training, counseling and problem-solving relationships.

Course outcomes:

• CO1: Demonstrate an understanding of study procedures of children’s learning abilities.
• CO2: Show the knowledge of human development period and environment in their planned and healthy behaviour. 
• CO3: Familiarize with the psycho-social need and interventions strategies.
• CO4: Understand the concepts, stages, techniques and settings of counselling.

Skills:

• Develop skills in providing psychosocial care in different settings
• Acquire skills in counselling

CO-PO Mappings