Duration: 400 hours

PURPOSE OF THE PROGRAM
The purpose of the program is to provide training and training on these specific subjects, both theoretically and at the level of practical skills. The topics that will be presented include the content and stages of adult counseling, professional development, self-knowledge, factors and barriers to professional decision-making, preparation for entry into the labor market, the use of psychometric tools, etc.
In addition, issues related to Counseling and Vocational Guidance for children and adolescents, guiding students in their professional development and school career, solving problems and difficulties, and making decisions in order to integrate them into the modern labor market social and economic development.

TARGET AUDIENCE
• To teachers who work or are going to work in Lifelong Learning Centers and Lifelong Learning Structures.
• To Adult Trainers.
• To school and career guidance counselors.
• To graduates of Humanities Departments,
Social Sciences, Psychology, Economics and Science.
• To parents.
• To special educators.
• To mental health professionals.
• Undergraduate and postgraduate specialty students who can teach in Lifelong Learning Structures.
• To Sociologists, Psychologists, Social Workers and other scientists of different directions and specialties.
• To those who are active in the field of formal education and adult education.

WHY DO I FOLLOW IT?
• Attended by the Youth and Lifelong Learning Foundation (IEDIBIIM), SDE (Second Chance Schools), DIEK (Public Vocational Training Institutes), (VETCs) Lifelong Learning Centers etc.
• Seriously considered for employment in Private Educational Organizations (Level 2 CRMs, IEKs, Private Schools, Colleges, Tutorials, etc.).

TOPICS
• Professional Adult and Student Counseling
• The main theories of counseling and career guidance – professional development
• The Career Guidance Advisor
• The Challenges of Professional Advisors
• Counseling Process Methodology
• Ways to gather information and diagnose needs – Contracting
• Consulting Techniques and Skills
• Methods of providing counseling and guidance
• Basic principles of counseling methodology
• Main interviewing techniques
• Psychometric Tests and Questionnaires
• Theories of Counseling Psychology and Applications in Counseling
• Professional Development Theories and Applications in Professional Counseling
• Counseling and career guidance functions (Self-knowledge – Self-concept, Information, Decision-making, Attachment, Transition, Adaptation – Satisfaction etc.)
• Factors (social, economic, psychological) and professional decision-making
• The process of professional and personal development of the individual
• Labor market and education and training structures
• Students’ Emotional and Educational Problems – Counseling and Guidance
• Counseling for Vulnerable Social Groups
• Job search techniques
• Curriculum vitae and cover letter
• Personnel interviewing techniques
• Basic principles of writing and presenting Professional Counseling Reports
• Principles of developing an individual action plan.
• Counseling and Career Practice – Exercise exercises
• The Role of Information and Communication Technologies in Professional Counseling for Children and Adolescents
• Problems and challenges in the Career Guidance profession. Ethics and Ethics
• Code of Conduct-General principles – obligations to ensure the quality of the consultant’s profession
• Research Methodology for issues related to Student Development

METHODOLOGY
The training seminar offers:
• Continuous feedback of questions, questions and clarifications by the responsible trainer by email.
• Includes a textbook, additional educational material, audiovisual material, scientific articles, dissertations, doctoral theses and related literature.
• The final evaluation of the seminar includes the preparation of the final work, the implementation of short educational activities and self-assessments per thematic unit of the seminar.