High Peer Counseling 1
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Number of Credits
0.5
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Estimated Completion Time
1 Semesters
Description
Dive into the mysteries of the mind, where you'll explore your basic needs, ways to effectively communicate your emotions, and skills to sharpen your decision-making ability. Discover ways to connect with others through effective listening techniques, conflict resolution strategies, and leading with empathy. By the time you're done, you’ll understand why you and your peers uniquely respond the way you do and develop approaches to help yourself and others navigate life’s ups and downs.
Follow the link below for the Department of Education description for this course:
Module One: Awareness
-Maslow’s hierarchy of needs
-Technology needs
-Meeting basic needs
-Short and long-term consequences of unmet needs
-Changing needs
-Emotional literacy
-Assertive communication
-Empathy and its hurdles
-Emotional intelligence
Module Two: Action
-Situational, environmental, chemical, and technological factors
-Adaptive and maladaptive responses to stress
-Survival instincts to stress, including fight, flight, freeze, and fawn
-Problem-focused coping strategies
-Emotion-focused coping strategies
-Decision-making process
-Factors influencing individual decisions
-Group decision-making
-Stress and its impact on the brain
Module Three: Connection
-The communication model
-Stages of active listening
-Open-ended versus closed questions
-Nonverbal communication
-Empathy and sympathy
-Leadership versus management
-Leadership styles and when to use them
-Confidentiality and when it’s important to tell a trusted adult
-Ethical communication
-Setting boundaries, practicing self-care, and building resilience
Module Four: Resolution
-Causes of conflict
-Thomas-Kilmann Conflict Model
-Signs of escalating conflict
-When to intervene and not to intervene
-Conflict resolution process
-Brainstorming strategies
-Evaluating solutions
-Personality traits
-Stages of team development
-Team building activities
-Team celebrations
Besides engaging students in challenging curriculum, the course guides students to reflect on their learning and evaluate their progress through a variety of assessments. Assessments can be in the form of practice lessons, multiple choice questions, writing assignments, projects, research papers, oral assessments, and discussions. This course will use the state-approved grading scale. Each course contains a mandatory final exam or culminating project that will be weighted at 20% of the student’s overall grade.***
***Proctored exams can be requested by FLVS at any time and for any reason in an effort to ensure academic integrity. When taking the exam to assess a student’s integrity, the exam must be passed with at least a 59.5% in order to earn credit for the course.