St. Mira’s College for Girls adds vocational courses to its curriculum

Courses like Diploma in Dance Movement Therapy, Certificate Course in Disabilities, and Certificate Course in Mindfulness Based Counseling have been added by St. Mira’s College for Girls to its curriculum.

St. Mira’s College for Girls affiliated to Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU) has added some vocational courses to its curriculum. Candidates who are interested in pursuing courses like Dance Movement Therapy, Disabilities, and in Mindfulness Based Counseling can check the details about the courses below.

Value Added Vocational Competence Courses

The programs on offer are uniquely designed so that the education sensitizes students to the value of service and sensitivity to others. The college has launched several Value added vocational competence courses which are skill-based training programs for helping professionals.  

• Diploma in Dance Movement Therapy

Dance/movement therapy, referred to as dance therapy or DMT, is a type of therapy that uses movement to help individuals achieve emotional, cognitive, physical, and social integration. Beneficial for both physical and mental health, dance therapy can be used for stress reduction, disease prevention, and mood management. St. Mira’s College has introduced a Diploma in Dance Movement Therapy. The course helps in acquainting the students with basic tenets of DMT, the various schools of thought in psychology that DMT draws from, the basic tools and techniques, leaning towards applicability of the subject, the know-how of how to apply the principles of DMT and develop some basic documentation skills for their work. The interns of the programme work with varied settings including old age homes and centres for children with special needs.

• Certificate Course in Disabilities: Awareness and Inclusion

Teaching about disability helps in breaking social barriers and allows a better, wholesome approach to inclusion of people with disabilities. St. Mira’s College for Girls has introduced a six weeks certificate course in Disabilities: Awareness and Inclusion. The introductory course is for those seeking to pursue careers in management, social work, education, administrative services etc. The course will help in acquainting the students with the types and terminologies in disability studies, the models of disabilities, the challenges involved in inclusion of people with disabilities and the advocacy and accessibility for people with disabilities.

• Certificate Course in Mindfulness Based Counseling – Listening with Embodied Presence

Mindfulness refers to being aware of your thoughts, feelings, and experiences in the present moment, and accepting them without judgment. It enables one to be a compassionate, accepting, and non-judgmental observer of them. Mindfulness-based therapies and methods are becoming increasingly popular with mental health and other healthcare professionals. St. Mira’s College conducts a nine-month duration course on ‘Mindfulness-Based Counseling – Listening with Embodied Presence’. The course helps in acquainting the students with listening space, inward, experiential understanding of the listening process and self-care, and an ability to listen in an intuitive way is highlighted along with the other skills of counselling that help the practitioner to respond in an attuned way. The course is open to students from non-psychology backgrounds as well. Due to the overwhelming response for the course we launched two batches simultaneously.

Candidates can apply online at the official website- stmirascollegepune.edu.in

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