After completion of SAPS Level 1, 2 and 3 an individual can start OPF tailored for individuals who aspire to become counsellors, facilitators, trainers, life coach etc…

Personality Structure and Function
– Ego States & Transactions

Summary of Transaction Analysis
– Strokes
– Basic Life Position
– Games
– Scripts

Diagnostics
– DSM 4
– Psychometrics

Counselling Protocol
– 1, 2 ,3.

Different Schools of Thought
– Client – centred theory by Carl Roger
– Gestalt Theory by Frederick Perls
– Psychodrama by J. Moreno
– Transactional Analysis by Eric Berne
– Psychoanalytic Theory of Sigmund Freud
– Eric Erickson’s theory on stages of development along with
– Abraham Maslow’s theory of Hierarchy of Needs and
– Existential Humanistic Theory

Applications
– Individual, Group, Marital, Family
– Play therapy …
– Suicide Prevention

Psychopharmacology
– Concept, Applications, Assessment

Assessment and Diagnosis of Child
– Observation and study of child
– Different Psychological Issues
– Report and Discussions with Parents

Curriculum and Developing Study material
– Developing interventions for sensory, motor and cognitive intelligence

Awareness Programs
– How to conduct parent awareness programs
– How to conduct sessions of review and reflection on child’s progress

Applications
– Play therapy
– Summer Camps
– Day Care

Assessment with help of Matrices
– Profile Mapping
– Assessment of organisational climate
– Assessment of Teams

Diagnostics
– Concept
– Behavioural, Psychosomatic, chemical Dependencies

Facilitation Techniques
– Training Games
– Simulative Exercises
– Role Plays
– Debrief process
– Adventure Sport activities