Self and Others: Wellness
Overview
The following global ideas guide the design and delivery of this course:
- Personal wellness is an essential component of the human services practitioner.
- One’s personal state of wellness (or lack of) influences one’s ability to deliver services to others.
- Wellness is a holistic concept that encompasses the body, mind and spirit of the individual.
- Wellness is an ongoing process enhanced by self-awareness, education and personal growth.
- Wellness is a choice, involving self-awareness, values clarification and self responsibility.
- Wellness extends beyond the individual to include the interdependent nature of human beings.
- Wellness includes group work, team building, decision making and how to deal with stress.
- Lectures
- Group work
- Experiential classroom activities
- Student presentations
- Guest speakers
- Audio-visual presentations
- On-line activities
This course will conform to Douglas College policy regarding the number and weighting of evaluations.
A variety of assessment methods will be used, including, but not limited to:
- Personal Wellness Plan
- Field Research
- Group Wellness Presentation (Wellness Experiences)
- Participation
- Self-evaluation
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Demonstrate ability to care for self in the domains of physical, emotional, social, intellectual and spiritual wellness.
- Demonstrate basic self-awareness.
- Develop understanding of stress management.
- Develop reflective writing skills.
- Work effectively as a team member, especially in encouraging colleagues’ wellness.
TBA
Requisites
Prerequisites
No prerequisite courses.
Corequisites
No corequisite courses.
Equivalencies
No equivalent courses.
Course Guidelines
Course Guidelines for previous years are viewable by selecting the version desired. If you took this course and do not see a listing for the starting semester / year of the course, consider the previous version as the applicable version.
Course Transfers
These are for current course guidelines only. For a full list of archived courses please see https://www.bctransferguide.ca
Institution | Transfer Details for CFCS 1120 |
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University of the Fraser Valley (UFV) | No credit |