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CHCCSL004 — Research and apply personality and development theories

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14 assessable components: 3 elements (9 performance criteria), 2 performance evidence and 3 knowledge evidence requirements. An audit-defensible tool maps every question and task back to these — that mapping is the coverage matrix Auditori generates alongside the assessment.

Elements & performance criteria

1 Research theories of personality and human development

  • 1.1Identify and access sources of information on theories of personality and human development
  • 1.2Read and interpret information, distilling key themes and messages for counselling work
  • 1.3Document and organise information to support current and future practice

2 Link theories to own practice

  • 2.1Evaluate potential applications of personality and lifespan development theories in the counselling process
  • 2.2Analyse individual behaviour using theoretical concepts of personality and lifespan development
  • 2.3Assist clients to understand their personal history drawing on theoretical approaches
  • 2.4Draw on theories to address specific client issues and challenges

3 Update and maintain knowledge of theoretical trends

  • 3.1Identify and use opportunities to update and expand own knowledge of theory
  • 3.2Incorporate and integrate knowledge into own practice

Performance evidence

  • used critical thinking skills to evaluate information from a range of sources about the following personality and development theories: nature and nurture, genetic inheritance, lifespan development theories, Freudian concepts, Piaget’s stages of cognitive development, Erikson’s psychosocial stages, Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, Bowlby’s attachment theory
  • integrated at least 3 of the above theories into counselling work with at least 3 different clients.

Knowledge evidence

  • sources of information about personality and development theories
  • historical, current and emerging personality and development theories, including the key concepts and application to counselling practice, for the following: nature and nurture, genetic inheritance, lifespan development theories, Freudian concepts, Piaget’s stages of cognitive development, Erikson’s psychosocial stages, Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, Bowlby’s attachment theory
  • opportunities to update theoretical knowledge.

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