Group Facilitation Skills

Course code CNSK 1515

Credit 2.5

Length 36.0 hours

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This course provides students with the tools and skills of group facilitation through both theoretical and experiential approaches.

Prerequisites

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What you will learn

  • • Stages of group development
    • Group member behaviours, conflicts, communication styles
    • Circular causality approach
    • Group facilitation skills
    • Conflict resolution skills
    • Reflective practice
    • Leadership styles
    • Professionalism in group facilitation
    • Working with group participants with addiction
    • Family Systems and its impact on the individual

How to register

This course is offered as part of a VCC program only.

Course schedules

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CRN# Duration Delivery Location
12146 January 20, 2026
to April 7, 2026
Lecture/Practical See full schedule

Online courses listed without scheduled meeting times can be completed on your own schedule.

CRN# Duration Delivery Location
22308 June 4, 2026
to August 20, 2026
Lecture/Practical VCC Downtown Campus See full schedule

Online courses listed without scheduled meeting times can be completed on your own schedule.

Contact us

If you have any question, please email at advising@vcc.ca.

Additional information

PLAR will be assessed by the Department according to standardized practice and using one or more of the following components: Challenge Exam, Demonstration, Interview, or External Evaluation

† This information is intended as a guideline only. Program and course details are subject to change with the approval of VCC's Board of Governors.

Indigenous Territory Acknowledgment

VCC is located on the traditional territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) peoples, and we acknowledge our privilege to be here.