EDCE 685 - Counselling Pre-Practicum (B)

Institution:

Gonzaga University

Subject:

COUNSELOR EDUCATION

Description:

Through this course, students develop skills, techniques, and the process critical to counseling. The historical development of counseling theories will be discussed with an exploration of affective, behavioral, and cognitive theories; essential interviewing and counseling skills that assist the student in creating appropriate professional boundaries therapeutic relationships, establish appropriate counseling goals, design intervention strategies, evaluate client outcome, and successfully terminate the counselor-client relationship. Students will learn and begin to personalize a general framework for understanding and practicing counseling and consultation. EDCE 685 Pre-Practicum requires 100 hours of field placement work during the Fall semester immediately preceding the Spring semester EDCE 686 Practicum. Those 100 hours shall be a combination of experiences including such activities as: orientation, shadowing, co-counseling (if permitted). In general, the Pre-practicum placement is a time to get acclimated to the agency placement, learning the protocols, paperwork requirements, and other needs. Students may begin to accrue supervised hours. With Program Director approval and Site-supervisor permission, some experience may be applied to the direct contact hours criteria-generally done during EDCE 686 Practicum in the Spring semester (or 250 total hours). This course serves as a pre-requisite to Counseling Practicum (EDCE 686). Fall.

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.gonzaga.edu

Phone Number:

(509) 328-4220

Regional Accreditation:

Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

Calendar System:

Semester

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