Module 9: ICT based Counselling for Asylum Seekers, Refugees and Unaccompanied Minors

Karin Drda-Kühn – media k GmbH

Summary
  • Many asylum seekers, refugees and Unacompanied Minors suffer from posttraumatic stress disorder.
  • This can be a serious obstacle to integration.
  • Online offers are an opportunity to reach them for counselling and therapy.
  • The module explains the challenges counsellors and therapists have to cope with.
  • The module details what kind of qualification is needed for counsellors and therapists in online counselling for these clients.
  • The role of smartphones as consulting tools is described.

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Course code: TM109
Exercise Category: Modules
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Course Units

  • What‘s the state-of-the-art in research, practice and public perception in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) of asylum seekers, refugees and Unaccompanied Minors?
  • Some background information for you
  • Counselling and therapy of the target group might have different preconditions – why?image91.jpg
  • Reflecting on that will sensitize you for a special clients’ group
  • Even if you are an experienced and very well qualified counsellor/therapist, you might realize, that this clients’ group needs more and other preparation to be treated properly
  • As you are now aware of the special requirements of your clients’ group, you might agree that it is a challenging task to reach this group 
  • Online offers can be an option 
  • Advantages and disadvantages have to be considered in order to find out what is the best treatment for a client
  • Benefits might be on the individual, social, professional or economic level
  • The identification of benefits helps in raising public and professional awareness
  • Special conditions of the clients’ group might require special expertise 
  • This expertise is not necessarily a professional one, it might be a technical or social one
  • Acquiring this expertise might broaden your professional spectrum and give you a competitive edge

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