社会科学 心理学及辅导

Psychology is the study of human’s behaviour, performance, and mental operations. It also refers to the application of the knowledge, which can be used to understand social phenomenon, treat mental health problems, and improve education, employment, and relationships, etc. The subject lies at the intersection of applied, educational, and theoretical science.
 
The objectives of this short course are (1) to introduce participants to the field of psychology; (2) to describe how various psychological approaches contribute to our understanding of everyday life settings; and (3) to apply the knowledge from these studies to our own personal and professional lives.

Applied psychology is the use of theory and findings in psychology to solve practical problems in important areas of the human environment, including education, health, the workplace, and so on. This programme is designed to help participants apply cutting-edge theory to real-world situations. It is made up of different registered psychologists and other related specialists to deliver a powerful curriculum that explores a range of human behaviors, including how to motivate individuals and organizations, how to assess and improve performance and how to pursue healthy lives.

本研究生文凭课程面向教师、治疗师、社会工作者和健康相关专业人士，为他们提供实践经验、系统性培训和提供让有兴趣和合资格的学生逐步迈向成爲澳洲音乐治疗协会注册音乐治疗师的环境。

完成该课程后，学生应该能够：

1. 获得使用音乐作为媒介的初步技能，以激发儿童客户的积极健康和教育改变；
2. 能够使用基本方法完成音乐治疗师的训练任务；和
3. 在与儿童客户合作的适当实践道德标准范围内学习治疗计划或方法的基本设计和评估。

The 18-month programme is designed as a professional training of counsellors who specialize in Buddhist Counselling.  It is a pioneering programme with vision and practicality that signifies the birth of a recognized profession of Buddhist Counsellors who have reached professional competence in the provision of individual and group counselling services, counselling visits, Buddhist homiletics, and meditation guidance in hospitals, homes for the aged, and other community settings.

本课程为学生提供全面的社会科学培训，旨在促进个人成长和职业发展。它为学生在辅导或心理学方面奠定坚实的基础，为他们日后在这些领域进行深造做好准备。

应用社会科学高级文凭设有两个专业方向：辅导学和心理学。根据所选择的方向，学生在成功完成课程后将获颁发应用社会科学高等文凭（辅导学）或应用社会科学高等文凭（心理学）。
 

本證書課程深入介紹正向心理學的核心原則與理念，讓學員既能掌握其哲學基礎，也能了解實務應用。學員將通過研究及實踐，學習這門學科的重要理論與方法。課程中的正向心理學練習，不僅有助提升心理健康，更能強化學員的心理韌性，增強及豐富心理資本。

The programme aims to introduce students to the professional terms and concepts consistent with the research literature in Applied Positive Psychology. It will also explore and encourage students to experiment on how to apply the fundamental core knowledge of character strengths, emotional intelligence, and growth mindset to unleash their potentials for personal growth and to facilitate positive relationships with others. Graduates who meet the criteria set by the International Positive Psychology Association (IPPA) may be eligible for professional membership in the association (https://ippanetwork.org/membership-overview).

On completion of the programme, students should be able to
 

1. critically analyse the theories and historical underpinnings of applied positive psychology;
2. describe the aims and scope of applied positive psychology;
3. evaluate the concept of character strengths and identify their own character strength; and
4. apply the principles, strategies and skills of applied positive psychology to enhance their mental health well-being.

This programme enables mental health practitioners to gain practical knowledge about the foundations, the basic philosophies, history of development and research evidence of Mindfulness-based Psychotherapy and its effectiveness. It integrates the mindfulness paradigm into mental health and explores ways to incorporate mindfulness into therapeutic work for clients with mental health concerns. By learning specific skills in Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy and Mindfulness-based Psychotherapy, it promotes continuous professional development of students to apply this evidence-based intervention appropriately for helping people with different mental health issues. Finally, it allows reflective practice on the benefits and limitations of this approach and ethical concerns and risk management in its application.
 

現代社會中，全面提升生活品質已成為普遍追求。無論是職業發展、領導能力，還是個人成就與幸福，都成為大家關注的焦點。您是否渴望幫助他人發揮潛能，或在工作與生活間找到平衡？這個人生教練高等證書正是為此而設。
 
因應香港人生教練需求的迅速增長，我們特別開設了這個課程。本課程在資歴架構下獲得認可(資歴架構第4級)，融合實用技巧、理論基礎和應用正向心理學，既適合初學者，也滿足進階的從業者需求。
 

本课程介绍音乐治疗的基本知识、概念及技巧。为对这门学科有兴趣之学员提供学习机会。课程内容涵盖音乐治疗理论及课堂应用两部份。
授课形式包括课堂讲授、技巧示范、个案研究、小组讨论及模拟实习等。

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教育局實施特殊教育政策的主要目標，是鼓勵有特殊教育需要的兒童盡量在普通學校接受教育。本學院特別為各級教師、學校行政人員、家長及相關人士（學校社工、教學助理）提供相關的支援及培訓，課程理論與實務並重。