Counseling young people with depression requires special considerations and approaches that differ from those used with adults. Here are some key aspects that make it unique , all of which are covered on this course:

Developmental Understanding

Family Involvement

Building Trust and Rapport

School Collaboration

Legal and Ethical Considerations

Technology and Social Media

Prevention and Early Intervention

Stigma and Awareness

Integrating Play and Creativity

Focus on Strengths and Potential

All of the above topics are covered plus:

Age-appropriate interventions

Challenges faced

How these challenges may be addressed

And that is just the first section of the course!

The second section includes:

Intro

Cognitive behavioural therapy

Play therapy

Art therapy

Narrative therapy

Solution focused brief therapy (a therapeutic approach that emphasizes finding solutions in the present time and exploring one's hopes for the future, rather than focusing on past problems. )

Family therapy

Mindfulness and relaxation techniques

Developmental understanding

Emotion identification

Monitoring and adaptation

Use of technology

How can a child identify emotions

Parental support

The listening game

Colouring mindfully

Bubble breathing

But the above only details the lectures.

In addition to lectures there are Case Studies + Discussion Questions. The aim of the Discussion Questions is...to encourage discussion! That means a heavy emphasis is placed on posting in the Q/A .

Accreditation

The Oxford Diploma is accredited by the Oxford School of Learning. To achieve the Diploma all the homework, all the Case Studies have to be done and discussed. Then, if the student feels that s/he meets the criteria for the Diploma a statement is made in the Q/A.

Then INDEPENDENT ASSESSORS come in and assess the claim.

Therefore everyone who achieves the Diploma has really worked hard, learned a lot, shared a lot.

That's why it is a Diploma of Achievement - fewer than 30 out of 243,000 students have achieved it!