Princ. of Helping Relationship

Course description

Students explore the qualities embedded in an effective professional helping relationship. They focus on understanding and applying active listening skills, including attending, questioning, paraphrasing, and empathic reflection. Emphasis is placed on the values which form the basis of client-centred, strengths-based, and ecological approaches, including respect, genuineness, empathy, and empowerment. Students explore the concept of reflective practice and begin to incorporate this into their development as a social service worker (SSW)

Students registering for credit courses for the first time must declare a program at the point of registration. Declaring a program does not necessarily mean students must complete a program, individual courses may be taken for skill improvement and upgrading.

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