DISCO Platform

Modules

Module 1 - Summary

Online Communication

Career guidance via digital platforms requires different communication skills than in-person IAG. 

This module provides training in areas such as:

  • Active listening 
  • Empathy 
  • Non-verbal communication in a digital context 
  • Different forms of online communication (e-mail, chat, video conferencing),
  • How to keep clients’ engagement at high standards 
  • Boundary-setting in the context of online or blended guidance.

Module 1 - Activities

Module 1 – Activity 9: Netiquette

Module 1 – Activity 8: Communicating Effectively Using Different Formats

Module 1 – Activity 7: Deciding the Most Appropriate Approach for Face To Face and Online Guidance

Module 1 – Activity 6: Advantages and Disadvantages of Online Communication

Module 1 – Activity 5: Which question to ask in which phase

Module 1 – Activity 4: How to Build trust in a career guidance situation

Module 1 – Activity 3: How to evoke trust or mistrust as a career counsellor

Module 1 – Activity 2: How to get started

Module 1 – Activity 1: Chat guidance

Module 2 - Summary

Designing Blended Guidance Formats

This module is made for guidance counselors who want to improve how they plan and deliver online or blended guidance services. It’s all about making sure your guidance services meet the needs of different people and fit with the goals of guidance. The module focuses on understanding who you’re helping, what your goals are, and how to meet people’s needs. It’s hands-on, giving counselors the tools and strategies they need to create and run guidance services that really make a difference and are easy for people to use. Whether you’re moving your services online or improving what you already have, this module will teach you the skills you need to handle the challenges of modern career guidance.

Module 2 - Activities

Module 3 - Summary

Digital resources and tools

We’ve crafted this module to support your counselling journey by diving headfirst into the digital realm.

Discover the secrets of online and blended counselling with a toolbox of digital resources to enhance your daily practice. From diagnostic exercises to SWOT analysis, break through barriers with Mentimeter, Padlet, Google Forms and Canva. Explore collaboration and presentation tools like MS Teams, Zoom and WebEx to raise the level of your consulting practice through active learning exercises.

Gear up, Disco Readers! The future of counselling is digital, and Module 3 is your ticket to ride the wave. Let’s transform counselling into an epic, tech-infused adventure!

Module 3 - Activities

Module 4 - Summary

Safety & Regulations in Blended Guidance

This module focuses on competencies related to GDPR and data protection principles, data retention and responding to data breaches. It also covers copyright and creative commons matters when accessing online resources. The module includes a total of five learning activities, which are based on a number of different methods: role play, research, group reflection, etc.

Module 4 - Activities