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Title
Describe ways of managing and coping with change
Level
2
Credits
2
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to describe:
responses to change; external factors that influence how
change is experienced; and personal strategies for coping with
change.
Classification
Core Generic > Self-Management
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
Definition
External factors are factors that are outside the control of an individual.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Describe responses to change.
Range
events may include but are not limited to – birth, death, change in relationships,
change in employment, achievement, failure, moving house, migration, natural
disasters;
evidence of at least three.
This unit standard is
Evidence requirements
expiring
1.1
Experience of events involving self or others that trigger change are described
in terms of their significance.
1.2
Responses to events are described in terms of the effects on self-esteem,
emotions and stress.
Range
1.3
responses may include but are not limited to – acceptance,
exploration, denial, resistance.
Responses to events are described in terms of their effect on wellbeing.
Range
effects may include but are not limited to – time, progress,
emotions, stress, physical effects, resolution;
evidence of three.
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4258 version 6
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Outcome 2
Describe external factors that influence how change is experienced.
Range
evidence of two factors is required.
Evidence requirements
2.1
External factors that assist individuals to experience change positively are
described.
2.2
External factors that inhibit individuals from experiencing change positively are
described.
Outcome 3
Describe personal strategies for coping with change.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Strategies for coping with change that assist with the positive management of
change are described.
3.2
Positive consequences of the strategies employed to cope with change are
described.
3.3
The effectiveness of the strategies employed to cope with change to minimise
negative consequences of change are described.
This unit standard is
expiring
This unit standard is expiring. Assessment
against the standard must take place by
Replacement information
This unit standard and AS90327 have been replaced by
AS91236.
the last date for assessment set out below.
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
24 May 1995
31 December 2014
Revision
2
20 March 1998
31 December 2014
Review
3
26 September 2001
31 December 2014
Review
4
16 July 2010
31 December 2014
Review
5
17 November 2011
31 December 2014
Rollover
6
24 October 2014
31 December 2019
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SSB Code 130301
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NZQA Expiring unit standard
4258 version 6
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Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0023
This CMR can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Please note
Providers must be granted consent to assess against standards (accredited) by NZQA,
before they can report credits from assessment against unit standards or deliver courses
of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be granted consent to assess against standards by
NZQA before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.
Providers and Industry Training Organisations, which have been granted consent and
which are assessing against unit standards must engage with the moderation system that
applies to those standards.
Requirements for consent to assess and an outline of the moderation system that applies
to this standard are outlined in the Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR). The
CMR also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations wishing
to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for tutors
and assessors, and special resource requirements.
This unit standard is
expiring
NZQA National Qualification Services
SSB Code 130301
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016