Course Coordinator: Jaklin Eliott
Phone: +61 8313 3855
Email: jaklin.eliott@adelaide.edu.au
Location: Level 11, 178 North Terrace

Learning and Teaching Team
Phone: +61 8 8313 0148
Email: postgrad_enq@adelaide.edu.au
Location: Level 7, 178 North Terrace

1	Describe the underlying theories and core ideas of narrative approaches to counselling and psychotherapy
2	Critically appraise research studies related to the clinical application of narrative therapy, and an appreciation of the evidence base to narrative therapy, its clinical applications, its strengths and limitations in practice
3	Discuss the ethical and political concerns regarding counselling that are specifically raised within the narrative community of practice
4	Identify the relevance of narrative approaches to specific areas of counselling practice
5	Provide information to clients regarding the nature of narrative therapy
6	Describe and critique the variety of techniques and approaches used in narrative practice
7	Practice narrative therapy appropriately in counselling
8	Describe and appropriately apply narrative approaches to different age groups and populations
9	Identify a range of resources regarding narrative approaches
10	Critically reflect on their own development of a narrative approach to counselling

The required readings will be made available to participants via MyUni.

White, M. (2007). Maps of narrative practice. New York: Norton.

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3.3.1 MyUni
All students enrolled in a postgraduate coursework program have access to a Postgraduate Coursework Student Centre on MyUni. This course is available on MyUni at www.adelaide.edu.au/myuni/ .
Please check the website regularly as it may contain announcements that are relevant to your study in the course. If you would like the opportunity to network with other students, you can use the Communication features in the site:
· Discussion Board – Users can post discussion items and reply to other posts. Note: If you would like to have a specific Discussion Board Forum created, please send your request to jaklin.eliott@adelaide.edu.au
· Send Email – This feature enables users to send email to fellow students.
· Group Pages – Groups enable Users to collaborate with each other. Groups usually consist of a smaller group of Users in a course or organisation, such as study groups or project groups. From a Group Page, users may send email, exchange files, enter discussion forums or enter collaboration sessions.
Note: Only members of a particular Group can access the Group communication features (discussion forums, email, etc.). If you would like to have a specific Group Page created, please send your request to jaklin.eliott@adelaide.edu.au . For example, Group Pages can be created to include students living in the same geographical area or students working for the same organisation.
Please note that you also have access to individual MyUni sites for EACH course you are enrolled in. Please check the sites regularly as they may contain important announcements that are relevant to your study in the course.

3.3.2 Access Adelaide
Access Adelaide is the name of the online service that allows you to access and, in some cases, amend your records. It can be found at: https://access.adelaide.edu.au/sa/login.asp.
You can log into Access Adelaide to view:
· your enrolment details for any term
· your academic results
· your unofficial academic transcript
· your personal details
· the fees, charges and payments on your University account · your exam schedule
· your graduation eligibility details.
As a student you can:
· change your address and telephone details (please inform the Discipline as well)
· change your password
· set a password clue to help you remember your password.

3.3.3 Student email
It is important that you set up your student email and check it regularly. Information from your course coordinator and student administration will be sent to you at your University of Adelaide email address. It is your responsibility to check your email. You will need your student number located on your student card to log in. http://webmail.adelaide.edu.au/

3.3.4 Computers
Where can I use a computer in the University?
Computing facilities are provided to students by the University, and there are several suites of computers available, including at the Barr Smith Library and in Hub Central. The University web site has a list of computer labs at: http://www.adelaide.edu.au/technology/yourservices/learning-teaching/student-suites/

3.3.5 Internet access
The University provides a free dial-up service to students without the need for a commercial ISP account. This service is available at the cost of a local call to students residing within Adelaide (please refer to your telecommunications provider for confirmation of call costs). Students residing outside these numbers can dial into the University at STD call rates (www.adelaide.edu.au/its/desktop/dialup/). Postgraduate Coursework students will receive a University Funded Quota of 500Mb.

 This course will begin with a four day intensive program of interactive learning. Teachers will use illustrations from their own work along with structured exercises and group discussion as a way of supporting participants to engage with narrative practice. The emphasis will be on developing skills in using the narrative approach and how this might apply in a variety of settings. On the foundation of the study of narrative ideas and their philosophical/theoretical background, and skills-based learning, students are encouraged to connect their study to their own work and areas of interest, and to develop their own narrative ways of working.

The learning from the initial face-to-face workshop will be extended through submission of critical analysis of and reflections on provided readings. A narrative conversation that participants conduct with a client or colleague will be recorded and transcribed, and used as the basis for an assignment focussing on the use of ‘narrative mapping’.

The workload for this course is equivalent to 12 hours per week over a semester. Full attendance is required at the interactive workshop. The workshop and accompanying reading will require at least 30 hours in the initial week.

Topic	Lecture
Introduction to the Narrative Metaphor	Stories as vehicles for meaning Multi-storied experience Taking a non-expert position
Responding to problem stories through Externalising Conversations	Distinguishing between Internalised and Externalised ways of thinking. The Statement of Position map of practice for responding to problem stories.
Rich story development of preferences	Developing personal agency through story development. Making links with neuro-science and storying
Explorations of intentional understandings of identity	Distinguishing between strucuralist and non-structuralist accounts of identity
Absent but implicit	The absent but implicit pathway to preferred stories of self. Responding to trauma.
Discourse and deconstruction	The social, relational and political context of experience.
Remembering conversations	Contributing to a sense of membership, using the “club of life” metaphor Barbara Myerhoff.
Scaffolding conversations	Supporting people to step from what is ‘known and familiar’ to what is possible to know. Taking the story forward. Lev Vygostky
The social and relational construction of identity	Outside witness practice
Responding to violence and abuse using a narrative frame	Exploring concepts of accountability Resistance and capture

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Assessment Task	Assessment Type	Weighting	Learning Outcome(s) being addressed
Essay: critical reflection/analysis	Summative	30%	1-3, 6, 8-10
Participation	Summative	10%	1-10
Structured analysis ('mapping exercise') of narrative interview	Summative	60%	1-10

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Critical analysis of narrative practice (1500-2000 words: 30%)
Each participant is expected to submit a critical analysis of selected reading on narrative practice. The aim of the analysis is to consider the implications of narrative approaches for therapeutic practice. These readings and further instructions will be available on MyUni.

Recording and structured analysis of a narrative interview (2500-3000 words: 60%)
To demonstrate competence with interviewing skills and familiarity with narrative philosophy and practice, students will conduct and record a narrative interview, subjecting this interview to a structured analysis according to standard narrative ‘mapping’ practice. An information and consent form regarding the recording and further use of the interview will be provided to students for the interviewee to sign. Further instructions will be available on MyUni.

Participation (10%)
Students are expected to attend and participate in seminar/workshops according to group and program norms. Further details will be made available on MyUni.

Extensions
All extensions for assignments must be requested, at the latest, by the last working day before the due date of submission.   Extensions will generally be granted only on medical or genuine compassionate grounds.  Supporting documentation must be  provided at the time a student requests an extension.  Without documentation, extensions will not be granted.  Late requests for  extension will neither be accepted nor acknowledged.

Only the Course Co-ordinator(s) may grant extensions.

Supporting documentation will be required when requesting an extension. Examples of documents that are acceptable include: a  medical certificate that specifies dates of incapacity, a police report (in the case of lost computers, car & household theft etc.), a letter from a Student Counsellor, Education and Welfare Officer (EWO) or Disability Liaison Officer that provides an assessment of  compassionate circumstances, or a letter from an independent external counsellor or appropriate professional able to verify the student’s situation.  The length of any extension granted will take into account the period and severity of any incapacity or impact  on the student.  Extensions of more than 10 days will not be granted except in exceptional circumstances.

Late submission
Marks will be deducted when assignments for which no extension has been granted are handed in late.

All assignments, including those handed in late, will be assessed on their merits.  In the case of late assignments where no  extension has been granted, 5 percentage points of the total marks possible per day will be deducted.  If an assignment that is 2  days late is awarded 65% on its merits, the mark will then be reduced by 10% (5% per day for 2 days) to 55%.  If that same  assignment is 4 days late, the mark will be reduced by 20% (5% per day for 4 days) to 45%, and so on.

The School of Public Health reserves the right to refuse to accept an assignment that is more than 7 days late.

Assignments submitted after the due date may not be graded in time to be returned on the listed return dates.

Students submitting examinable written work who request (and receive) an extension that takes them beyond the examination  period are advised that there is no guarantee that their grades will be processed in time to meet usual University deadlines.

Resubmission
If a student is dissatisfied with an assessment grade they should follow the Student Grievance Resolution Process  <https://www.adelaide.edu.au/student/grievance/process/>.  Students who are not satisfied with a particular assessment result should raise their concerns with Course Co-ordinator(s) in the first instance.  This must be done within 10 business days of the date of notification of the result.  Resubmission of any assignment is subject to the agreement of the Course Co-ordinator(s) and  will only be permitted for the most compelling of reasons.