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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
This course is an exploration of mental illness across different ages. It includes the study of the classification, etiology, and treatment of psychopathology and personality disorders which are present across the lifespan, as well as an examination of the current Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of the American Psychiatric Association (DSM-IV-TR). Students will explore diversity issues that may influence the diagnosis and treatment process.
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed for those focusing on a mental health counseling degree and is intended to help these students develop a conceptual knowledge and effective professional skill for work with couples and families. Emphasizing systems theory, this course examines foundation theories as well as models and methods of intervention with couples and families.
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3.00 Credits
This course focuses on school counselors in K-12 settings as they work with students in context that include parents, administrators, and teachers. Students will be able to articulate the standards-driven nature of the curriculum, learning theory, instructional practice, and inclusion and explain how they relate to each other and define the work of teachers. Students will learn about specially designed curriculum necessary to deal with all types of students, including those with disabilities, special needs, and those who are gifted.
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3.00 Credits
This course covers the nature, development, and management of school counseling programs, and differences between elementary and secondary school contexts. Students will learn to assess, plan, and integrate the elements of a comprehensive school counseling program that reflects the programmatic and ethical standards of the ASCA, including services that foster personal, social, education, and career development in students. Consideration will be given to the use of both formative and summative data disaggregation and analysis to ascertain the success of program elements.
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3.00 Credits
This course provides students with an understanding of career development theories and decision making models, career information resources, career planning, and career counseling processes. The course also addresses the special issues concerning legal and ethical standards in career counseling, multicultural issues and gender bias, the mutual impact of career and cultures, as well as an appreciation for career trends across the lifespan.
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3.00 Credits
This course focuses on approaches that have been developed for thorough counseling with premarital couples. Students will also be introduced to selected counseling models which seek to identiry and describe both normal (functional) and abnormal (dysfunctional) marital and coupling patterns throughout the family life cycle and with couples from diverse backgrounds. A variety of possible interventions useful in the assessment and treatment of couples will be examined. Emphasis will be on utilizing the resources, strengths, and creative change generating capacities of the couple in moving toward a set of mutually agreed upon goals.
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3.00 Credits
This course centers on contemporary (e.g., solution-focused, narrative, constructivist, etc.) and integrative (multi-systemic, metaframeworks, etc.) theories and models of marriage, couple and family counseling. A focus will be on understanding appropriate modalities for family assessment and treatment including the development of one's theoretical basis for practice and responsible use of integrative techniques.
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3.00 Credits
This course provides students with theoretical and experiential understandings of group development and dynamics. A focus will be on principles of group dynamics, developmental stage theories, group member roles and behaviors, leadership styles, theories of group counseling, types of groups and professional preparation standards for group leaders. In order to facilitate self understanding, a critical component to becoming a professional counselor, students will spend 10 hours as a member of a group during the course and will reflect upon that experience.
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed to teach students assessment techniques and tools commonly used in marriage and family counseling. Focus will be given to assessment of different dimensions of functioning- behavioral, emotional, psychological, personality and spiritual among children, adolescents, adults, couples, and family functioning. Special emphasis will be given to understanding the intersection of assessment and intervention, including treatment planning and implementation.
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3.00 Credits
This course helps students to explore spiritual formation and to examine and strengthen their own spiritual identity. A focus will be on the therapeutic and clinical implications of spiritual identity, and on developing a conceptual framework for understanding human existence, transcendence, and spiritual formation and counseling issues. Students will also examine issues of social and economic justice within the framework of integrated practice.
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