2021-2022 Course List

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.

Roles and functions of the professional school counselor in a school setting. Survey of comprehensive school counseling programs.

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.

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.

This course is designed to facilitate an understanding of assessment and program evaluation in higher education and student affairs, particularly with regard to the process of assessing student learning and development. The study of physical, social, and organizational campus environments, as well as the impact of campus environments on diverse student populations, will also be a focus of the course.

A review and analysis of major counseling theories coupled with empirical support and specific counseling theory techniques and theoretical case analysis.

Emphasis on knowledge and skill acquisition of advanced listening responses, helping interventions, and counseling strategies.

Prerequisites:

CSP 645

Overview of family theories and family functioning. Focus on techniques and skills to address issues of contemporary families.

Overview of major theories of marriage counseling; skill and strategies for effective marital counseling and case analysis.

Fundamentals of treatment plan development in counseling, with particular focus on the integration of personality assessment, intake interviewing and diagnostic classification data.

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.

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.

Developmental needs and characteristics of children and adolescents. School guidance programs and interventions that respond to these needs.

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.

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.

Supervised integrative practicum experiences. Admission by prior application.

Prerequisites:

CSP 618 Introduction to Mental Health Counseling. CSP 645 Counseling Procedures and Skills I, CSP 665 Counseling Theories, CSP 666, Counseling Procedures and Skills II, CSP 673 Group Counseling

Supervised integrative practicum experiences. Admission by prior application.

Supervised integrative internship experiences. Admission by prior application.

Supervised integrative internship experiences. Admission by prior application.

Supervised integrative practicum experiences. Admission by prior application.