GUIDANCE AND PSYCHOLOGICAL COUNSELING (TURKISH) PROGRAMME COURSE DESCRIPTION
Name of the Course Unit	Code	Year	Semester	In-Class Hours (T+P)	Credit	ECTS Credit
YAŞAM DÖNEMLERİ VE UYUM PROBLEMLERİ	PDR303	3	6	3+0	3.0	3.0

Objectives and Contents
Objectives of the Course Unit	The aim of this course is to enable students to understand mental health, criteria for distinguishing abnormalities, developmental characteristics of life periods and adaptation problems seen, preventive and interfering strategies in counseling service.
Contents of the Course Unit	To be able to comprehend the basic concepts, principles and historical development related to mental health, to understand the developmental characteristics of life periods and adaptation problems, to be able to explain normality criteria for mental health, to integrate mental health theories with the profession and the requirements of national education, to explain preventive and interfering strategies in psychological counseling service.
Contribution of the Course Intending to Provide the Professional Education	Students recognize the characteristics of childhood, adolescence, young adulthood, middle ages and old age development periods, adaptation problems and ways to deal with these problems.