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For Learning Outcomes for CCP630 Human Development Across the Lifespan

 Learning Outcomes for CCP550 Rogerian Person Centered McKnight:

1.  To explore, examine, discuss, review, and practice the person-centered or client-directed therapy of Carl Rogers’ in order to understand and learn his theoretical concepts and effectively utilize them
2.  To help students understand the etiology, conceptualization, and some fundamental issues of this model/approach and its chief architect
   
3.  To practice and apply some of these concepts/approaches (less favored term is
      “techniques”) to the actual clients or cases of the students of this course
4.  To help provide the foundation for the student’s learning and understanding of
     psychotherapy and various aspects of the therapeutic enterprise


Knowledge Outcomes:
Course will present

1)  Theoretical (or conceptual) framework of Carl Rogers’ Client-Centered
 Therapy;
2)  Practical application or uses of this model;

3)  Design & origin of this model, and some contributing factors to its development;

4)  Exposure to Rogers’ own writings in his book On Becoming a Person in order to learn directly from him about his conceptual framework and practice.

Skill Outcomes:

1) will learn what and how to use Rogers’ definition of “empathy” in the therapy session with a client

2) will learn how to use “unconditional positive regard” in the therapy session with a client
3) will learn to practice “congruence” (or genuineness) in the therapy session with a client

4) will learn and practice ways to show or communicate warmth to a client in the therapy session

5) will learn and practice how to listen to a client without being judgmental or evaluating the client in critical or harsh ways __________________________________________________________________

Attitudinal Outcomes:

1) an appreciation for this model and how to effectively use it

2) an appreciation for continuous self-examination of role & function in therapy process and work with clients, a process which this model encourages or demands

3) an appreciation for human beings and a positive (or constructive) view of human nature

4) an appreciation for another theoretical model or design that is different from the Freudian, psychoanalytical, behavioral, or other models

5) an appreciation for the client and his/her circumstances without being judgmental

Behavioral Outcomes:
Improvement in understanding and practicing empathy, unconditional positive regard, and    congruence (genuineness) in therapy with clients and in understanding and practicing other client-centered therapeutic concepts.