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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
An introduction to the principles of family systems theory and their applications in family therapy practice. Included are family life cycle development, stages of relationships, premarital assessment, marriage enrichment, intervention strategies, divorce adjustment, and issues such as codependency, single-parent families, and child, spouse, and elderly abuse. Specific techniques for conducting marriage and family therapy will be presented along with considerations of current issues and ethical practices. Students completing the course at the 7700 level will complete additional assignments.
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3.00 Credits
This course will provide student counselors with the knowledge and skills necessary to conduct career counseling aimed at providing clients insight and direction related to their vocational goals. Students will examine theories of career development, sources of occupational and educational information, life-style and career decision-making processes, assessment instruments and program development.
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed to introduce the counselor trainee to the many aspects of counseling which are important to specific considerations for persons of a race, ethnicity, nationality, gender, sexual orientation, age, or physical disability different from her or his own race, ethnicity, nationality, gender, sexual orientation, age, or physical disability.
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed to prepare students to respond effectively in critical situations, and to help counsel clients who are experiencing crisis events in their lives. Students will learn that crises interventions are founded on theory and be able to apply that theory to crisis intervention techniques. Special attention will be paid to counseling approaches for use with circumstantial and developmental life crisis.
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3.00 Credits
The course will provide an introduction to current concepts relative to the school counseling profession. Practical application of concepts within the diverse range of school environments will be covered. Structuring and implementation of a feasible, comprehensive school counseling program will be emphasized. Students completing this course at the 7780 level will complete additional course requirements.
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3.00 Credits
The practice of community counseling will be discussed as well as the most current issues and practices for community work in the 21st century. Special emphasis will be placed on the practice of diversity, ethics, and the role of the counselor as a change agent and advocate. This course will include planning and implementing productive community counseling programs, providing students with a basic understanding of the role of the community counselor, service offered by community agencies and information regarding the settings in which they are offered. Students completing this course at the 7790 level will complete additional course requirements.
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed to provide students with an opportunity to develop a knowledge base regarding the nomenclature and criteria imperative in the analysis and diagnosis of mental disorders. The student will also have an opportunity to become acquainted with treatment suggestions and crises intervention techniques. Students completing this course at the 7800 level will complete additional course requirements.
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3.00 Credits
This is a didactic/experiential course providing beginning counselors with the knowledge necessary to: 1) develop and administer a comprehensive counseling program in school or community settings, and 2) develop the skills necessary to function as a consultant in psycho-educational and organizational settings.
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3.00 Credits
This course is specifically designed to function as a specialty course in the graduate counselor training program. The course experience provides an overview of the strategies, methods, and knowledge necessary for the effective identification and treatment of a broad range of addictive behaviors. The course will examine the biological, psychological, sociological, and behavioral components of addiction. As such, the course will focus on such issues as drug effects, assessment and diagnosis, counseling interventions, effects on family functioning and family interventions, relapse prevention, change maintenance strategies, primary prevention programming, and the related research.
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3.00 Credits
This course is advanced study in theoretical techniques and interventions in counseling. Experiential in nature, the course will help students integrate diagnostic, case conceptualization and treatment planning skills, and review empirically-supported treatments and best practices for measuring client outcomes in a managed care context.
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