Helping Skills

Course Description

Skills useful for facilitating helping relationships. Practical model for counseling and learning about helping by practicing the helping skills. Prerequisite: Advanced undergraduates in appropriate major.

Syllabus

Student Learning Outcomes, Goals, Objectives:

Students successfully completing this course will be able to:

  • Recognize and reflect on their own self-awareness and interpersonal patterns.

  • Demonstrate core helping skills, including active listening, empathy, and effective communication.

  • Apply interpersonal skills and self-awareness in creating a safe, collaborative learning environment.

Course Grading Information:

Activity/Performance Measure

Points

Percentage/Points

SLOs

Attendance & Professional Engagement

50

17%

1, 2, 3

Skills Practice Participation

50

17%

2, 3

Reflections

60

20%

1, 3

Cultural Curiosity & Perspective Project

55

18%

1, 3

Facilitated Learning Activity (Group)

55

18%

1, 2, 3

Counseling Experience or Alternative Paper

30

10%

1, 2, 3

Total

300

100%

Grading Scale

Percentage

Letter Grade

≥ 93.0%

A

90.0-92.9%

A-

87.0-89.9%

B+

83.0-86.9%

B

80.0-82.9%

B-

77.0-79.9%

C+

73.0-76.9%

C

70.0-72.9%

C-

60.0-69.9%

D

<60.0%

F

Attendance/Participation:

Regular attendance is essential for your professional development and our interactive skill practice. You are permitted up to three (3) excused absences without a direct penalty to your grade.

Course Materials Purchased by the Students:

No course materials are required.

Scholarly Perspectives

This course engages diverse scholarly perspectives to develop critical thinking, analysis, and debate and inclusion of a reading does not imply endorsement.