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Counseling and Student PersonnelCredits
Theories of human development and the family cycle are presented as the basis for multi-contextual assessment, case conceptualization, and treatment skills when working with contemporary families.
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- Education and Training | Human Services
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An overview of professional issues for mental health counselors providing individual, couples, and family counseling, including certification/licensure, professional development, ethical guidelines, multicultural issues, and recent developments in theory, research, and practice.
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- Education and Training | Human Services
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Major theories of play therapy and play therapy techniques are reviewed and applied to a range of mental health, learning, and developmental needs of children. Readings, lectures, class demonstrations, and role-play experiences are included.
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- Education and Training | Human Services
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This course provides an overview of mental disorders and disabilities impacting children and adolescents, with particular attention devoted to early identification and intervention in a school setting.
Students through classroom and online experiences will learn the theoretical bases and therapeutic strategies for individual, group, and family interventions for play therapy theories including Ecosystematic, Developmental, Filial, Gestalt, Experiential, and Family Play Therapy.
Overview of theories of career development, career guidance, career choice, and decision-making. Career counseling interviews and assessment techniques are also emphasized.
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- Education and Training | Human Services
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Roles and functions of the professional school counselor in a school setting. Survey of comprehensive school counseling programs.
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- Education and Training | Human Services
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Nature and use of measurement tools in counseling with particular emphasis on representative standardized tests, norms, and basic research procedures.
Basic appraisal principles and applications of projective and objective personality assessment tools in counseling practice.
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- Education and Training | Human Services
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This course is designed to facilitate an understanding of today's college students through various theoretical perspectives including social identity development (i.e., racial, ethnic, gender, sexual orientation, spiritual, disability, and social class) as well as psychological, intellectual, and moral development. Special focus will be paid to recognizing the unique characteristics and issues faced by today's college students and applying theory to practice.
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- Education and Training | Human Services
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This course focuses on the professional school counselors' role within and use of data-driven practices to make informed, culturally responsive decisions while working in multi-tiered, multi-domain systems of support (MTSS) leading to evidence-based intervention and program accountability.
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- Education and Training | Human Services
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This course is designed to facilitate an understanding of current models and practices of assessment and program evaluation in higher education and student affairs, particularly regarding the process of assessing student learning and development. Models of organizational development and change, as well as the impact of campus environments on diverse student populations, will also be central to this course.
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- Education and Training | Human Services
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A review and analysis of major counseling theories coupled with empirical support and specific counseling theory techniques and theoretical case analysis.
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- Education and Training | Human Services
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Emphasis on knowledge and skill acquisition of advanced listening responses, helping interventions, and counseling strategies.
- Prerequisites:
- CSP 645
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- Education and Training | Human Services
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Overview of family theories and family functioning. Focus on techniques and skills to address issues of contemporary families.
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- Education and Training | Human Services
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Overview of major theories of marriage counseling; skill and strategies for effective marital counseling and case analysis.
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- Education and Training | Human Services
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Fundamentals of treatment plan development in counseling, with particular focus on the integration of personality assessment, intake interviewing and diagnostic classification data.
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- Education and Training | Human Services
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This course provides an introduction to the developmental, socio-cultural, and psychological issues unique to women and explores the ways in which such issues affect women's mental health. The course includes an introduction to the basic helping skills necessary to effectively respond to women's developmental and mental health needs.
This course will provide students with an awareness of best practices and current issues in the assessment of intellectual functioning. Students will receive training in the administration, interpretation, and responsible use of selected intellectual assessment measures.
The course provides an overview of identity building and professional skills related to advocacy, leadership, and school counselor supervision. The course will assess styles, provide models for consideration, and explore how to align these practices with positive student outcomes.
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- Education and Training | Human Services
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Major theories of group development are presented along with analysis of group notes, group techniques, and groups for special populations. An experiential component is included for experience in group processes.
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- Education and Training | Human Services
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Developmental needs and characteristics of children and adolescents. School guidance programs and interventions that respond to these needs.
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- Education and Training | Human Services
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This course will prepare students to effectively understand and utilize the results of research and will provide an understanding of the processes involved in the conceptualization, design, implementation, and reporting of research, including program evaluation research.
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- Education and Training | Human Services
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Skills and knowledge base of critical components of workshop design.
Individual study focusing upon a curricular or instructional topic under the direction of graduate faculty.