FALL 2009
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CNGC 501 - Orientation to Counseling
(1.5 credits)
This course provides students who intend to work in the counseling profession with an orientation to the field of counseling. Students will be exposed to various employment opportunities and settings in the counseling profession through a combination of classroom experiences and a field-based learning component. Students will acquire hands-on experience in the field working with their potential population of interest. Students will complete a total of 15 hours of field-experience in addition to attending lectures. Central to this course will be an ongoing self-evaluation of the students’ attitudes, values and interpersonal skills for choosing counseling as a potential profession. The student will be provided with an overview of the core requirements and competencies necessary to becoming a professional counselor. Threaded throughout this course are: competencies in technology, professionalism and multiculturalism.
SPRING 2010
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CNGC 500 - Research and Evaluation
(3 credits)
This course is designed to help prepare counselor education students who intend to work in PreK-12 or higher education settings, and who may also be seeking licensure as a School Social Worker/School Adjustment Counselor, or School Counselor as practitioner-scientists. The purpose of this course is to provide a framework for counselors to evaluate the efficiency of research studies that have implications for the practice of counseling. Students will become familiar with research methods, statistical analysis, needs assessment and program evaluation as it relates to the counseling profession. Students will be exposed to ethical and legal considerations, diversity and equity as it relates to conducting research in counseling.
CNGC 529 - Multicultural Counseling
(3 credits)
This skill-based course will further develop the students’ working knowledge and basic competency in multicultural counseling theory and application. The course will focus on the counselor on both a professional and personal level. Additionally, the course will examine salient client population-specific issues related to the life experiences and world view of the culturally different client and how such experiences impact on the counseling relationship and therapeutic process. Underlying values and assumptions associated with widely used traditional counseling interventions and their appropriateness with disenfranchised populations will be explored. Traditional and nontraditional culturally-consonant counseling approaches will also be discussed.
CNGC 539 - Introduction to Career Counseling
(3 credits)
This course will review concepts, issues, trends and tools as they relate to career development. It is designed to consider the role of the professional counselor in the career decision-making process embedded within lifestyle and life-stage factors. Topics will include, but not be limited to, career development theory, career assessment tools, interest, skills and personality inventories, career resource materials, technology and the implementation of career counseling strategies.
SUMMER 2010
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CNGC 520 - Group Experience
(0 credit)
This is a confidential, small-group experience provided by the department. This non-graded, eight-session activity will be facilitated by a licensed clinician who is not a member of the faculty and will provide counselors-in-training with direct experience as a member of a group.
CNGC 528 - Counseling and Development
(3 credits)
This course will introduce the counselor education student who intends to work in PreK-12 setting, and who may also be seeking licensure as one or more of the following: School Social Worker/School Adjustment Counselor, or School Counselor, to counseling theory and practice in the context of human development, culture and other contextual factors. Diversity will be broadly defined and include, but not be limited to ethnicity, race, spirituality, gender, SES and sexual orientation. The major counseling theories will be examined with respect to their overall worldview, underlying value systems and related compatibility with mainstream and disenfranchised populations, their perspective on human development and clinical application.
CNGC 560 - Special Topic: Creativity in Counseling
(3 credits)
This variable-credit course provides students with an opportunity for in-depth exploration of a current topic in school counseling. Relevant theory will be discussed, as well as concerns related to multiculturalism and diversity, technology and ethical issues.
CNSC 515 - Ethical/Legal Issues in School Counseling*
(3 credits)
This course will provide school counselors with a comprehensive examination of pertinent ethical issues and laws. A brief overview of the judicial system covering federal, state, and district policies will be covered as it pertains to school counselors. Course topics will include individual and institutional rights and responsibilities, communication privileges, malpractice liability, Americans with Disabilities Act, due process, IDEA, FERPA, 504, standards of practice, and ethical codes of the American School Counselor Association and the American Counselor Association.
FALL 2010
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CNGC 538 - Group I: Theory and Process of Group Interaction
(3 credits)
Group I is an experiential course designed to provide students who intend to work in PreK-12 setting, and who may also be seeking licensure as one or more of the following: School Social Worker/School Adjustment Counselor or School Counselor, with the opportunity to co-facilitate, participate, observe and analyze group process. Emphasis will be placed on the synthesis of leadership, membership and purpose, as well as the evaluation of the appropriateness of various types of groups and counseling applications.
CNSC 516 - Foundations in School Counseling*
(3 credits)
The course is intended to provide students with an understanding of the theory and practice of school counseling specific to K-12 school settings. This course will seek to increase awareness of the framework and rationale for a comprehensive school counseling program as delineated by the ASCA National Model as well as the MASCA Model and MA DESE competencies. Students will examine the missions, domains, goals and standards/competencies as they relate to the delivery system in the school context. In addition, students will examine delivery systems by evaluating counseling curriculums, individual student planning, responsive services, system reports and accountability.
CNSC 524 - Applied School Counseling*
(3 credits)
This course is designed to teach basic counseling and delivery skills to the School Counselor working in K-12 educational settings. Students will utilize a developmental framework to employ counseling skills in the delivery of guidance curriculums, individual planning, responsive services and system support. Students will continue to learn how to integrate professional ethics, legal standards, technology, developmental theories and multicultural competencies in the practice of school counseling.
CNSC 526 - Consultation/Collaboration in School Counseling*
(3 credits)
This course is intended to provide students with an understanding of the theory and practice of consultation specific to school counselors within the K-12 school settings. This course will provide students with a framework for implementing consultation and collaboration models, as well as understanding the facilitation factors necessary in any type of school consultation. Consultation theory, consultation/collaboration methods and current research regarding the delivery of indirect (consultation) services will be addressed in the context of working with a variety of constituencies. Students will learn how to use consultation and collaboration models to assist school counselors when working with individual, group, and programmatic assessment of growth, and developing intervention strategies as part of the ASCA delivery systems in the schools.
SPRING 2011
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CNGC 585 - Capstone Seminar in Counseling
(3 credits)
This course is designed to actualize the student’s original capstone plan in conjunction with course work and experience that culminate in a portfolio. The course is a capstone experience for graduating students in the school counseling program. The focus is to develop a portfolio that synthesizes and demonstrates mastery in the competencies critical to the functioning of the professional counselor. The capstone experience is designed to produce a portfolio that crosses and integrates theoretical domains and experience with fabrics related to the effective practice of counseling. This eclectic portfolio will include various projects such as writing, research technology, publications, presentations at conferences or other similar professional activities.
CNSC 523 - School Counseling: Psychopathology & Development*
(3 credits)
This course is an examination of child and adolescent psychological development as well as the clinical issues encountered in today’s school settings. In this course, students will examine psychological theories of development, developmental issues and crises, and learn a basic understanding of the DSM classification system and symptoms of psychopathology specific to the delivery of services as delineated in the ASCA and MASCA Models.
CNSC 580 - Advanced Applied School Counseling 5-12*
(3 credits)
This course includes a minimum of 100 hours of field experience at a middle school or high school setting and is designed to provide the advanced counseling student with an opportunity to further examine and effectively apply counseling theory to practice and demonstrate this ability during the required pre-practicum experience. Students will actively work with clients in the role of counselor under the direct supervision of a professional counselor at an approved site. Emphasis will be placed upon the application of counseling techniques to the adolescent population and the further refinement of a student’s personal counseling style and self-awareness. Maximum use of clinical supervision, audio/video tape, role-play and observation will be made. Moreover, overarching issues such as multiculturalism, psychological development, technology and context, will be integrated throughout this course.
*all classes directly related to my field of study - School Counseling 5-12