Unit 1: Introduction to Mental Health:
A. Approaches to mental health
B. Mental health related skills
C. Individual and environmental factors affecting mental health and well being
D. Programmes for promotion of mental health and well-being
Unit 2: Stress and coping skills for adjustment:
A. Selye’s model of stress
B. Sources and consequences of stress
C. Coping with stress
D. Enhancing coping skills for better adjustment
E. Role of parents and teachers in enhancing coping skills among children and
adolescents
Unit 3: Managing cultural diversity for adjustment:
A. Culture – meaning and characteristics
B. Cultural influences on adjustment
C. Managing cultural diversity
D. Role of culture in counselling
Unit 4: Mental health and Positive Psychology:
A. Positive psychology: Historical context and Relevance
B. Happiness and Wellbeing: Concept and Approaches
C. Strategies for enhancing happiness and subjective wellbeing
D. National Mental Health Policy of India, 2014 - Vision and goals
E. National Mental Health Policy of India, 2014 – Issues and Recommendations
F. The Mental Healthcare Act, 2017
- Teacher: Ahmad Abdullah
Unit 1: Career and Career development – Concept, Meaning and Theories:
A. Ginzberg et. al’s theory of Occupational choice
B. Holland’s Typological theories
C. Roe’s Personality theory
D. Trait factor theory
E. Super’s Developmental theory
F. Social Learning theory
Unit 2: Career Maturity and Career Patterns:
A. Career maturity – Concept and Influencing factors
B. Career maturity – Assessment
C. Career Patterns – Concept and Influencing factors
D. Career Patterns - Differences among men and women
Unit 3: Career Information: Nature, Dimensions, Sources and Evaluation:
A. Importance and Components of career information
B. Career information at primary, upper primary, secondary and senior secondary stage
C. Dimensions of career information – nature of work, working conditions, method of
entry, earnings, employment trends, educational and individual requirements of the
course
D. Sources of career information - primary and secondary, international, national, state
level and local level)
E. Types of career information – print, audio visual and electronic
F. Evaluation career information Material – need and criteria
Unit 4: Career development and Women:
A. Issues in women’s career development (sex differences, family & marriage,
occupational sex stereotypes and curricular provisions at school
B. Factors influencing career development in women (awareness, attitude, aspiration and
choice)
C. Theories of career development for women – Hackett and Betz’s, Gottfredson’s and
Astin’s theory
D. Intervention Strategies and Action Plans for Career development among women: Target
goals, Target groups (girls & boys, parents and community, employers and
Educationists, Target Strategies (sensitisation, policy provisions, orientation and
training of responsible stakeholders)
- Teacher: Ahmad Abdullah