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COURSE NO. |
CREDIT HOURS |
COURSE TITLE |
COURSE DESCRIPTION |
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EDF 6607 |
3 |
Education in
America
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Presentation and exploration of the program philosophy and mission based on national and local data on student achievement and educational equity. Study of contemporary social forces and their effect on school counselors’ role in
America
education. Development of a philosophy of social action to impact environmental and institutional barriers, which impede student success in rigorous academic course work. |
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TSL 6990 |
3 |
ESOL for School Counselors |
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MHS 6407 |
3 |
Theories of Counseling |
Theory and skills for a
comprehensive school guidance
program: Individual, solution
focused, brief counseling
theories, group and systems
advocacy. |
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SDS 6014 |
3 |
Organization and Administration of Guidance Services |
Introduction to the school counseling profession. Field trips to elementary, middle, and high schools. Students develop and deliver character education lessons, etc. in large group guidance experiences. Students join a School Improvement Team (SIT) and continue affiliation until graduation. Mentorships are established between practicing counselors and students. Fifty practicum hours are gained through classroom guidance and Saturday seminars with educational leadership students on equity issues. |
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MHS 6600 |
3 |
Seminar: Consultation Skills |
This course is designed to provide counselor education students with the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to function in the role of consultant, one of the primary roles of the school counselor. A comprehensive model of school consultation will be presented and the student will have the opportunity to implement this model with a teacher. Particular emphasis will be placed on consultation with parents and teachers. Students will learn to select appropriate individual family, and group strategies to use with diverse populations. |
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SDS 6310
|
3 |
Career and Lifestyle Development |
Designed to enable counselors to help individuals assess the skills, knowledge, and self-understanding necessary to arrive at appropriate career, educational and lifestyle decisions throughout the life span. |
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SDS 6832 |
3 |
Internship B: Career Advising, Appraisal, Advocacy |
Under the supervision of a practicing counselor and a university supervisor, students will demonstrate their knowledge and abilities in the role of career and academic advisors. This internship will offer advanced studies and practical field experience in conducting career assessments. (150 clock hours = 40 business + 110 schools) |
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EDF 6480 |
3 |
Foundation of Educational Research |
Advocacy/Equity (with Ed leadership students): Action based research related to student achievement; qualitative and quantitative methodology for schools; needs assessment; preparation for research and data collection; process assessment; data collection and analysis. Setting up district-wide data bases for group assessment of achievement outcomes; technical resources for monitoring student academic achievement; computer based statistical analysis; data presentation. |
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MHS 6482 |
3 |
Personality and Life Span Development |
The course provides an examination of personality development throughout the lifespan. Student will study theories of development, focus on physical, cognitive, social and
personality in the various phases of life, and will consider the implications for counseling at each developmental stage. Students will construct their own developmental histories and consider the impact on their potential work with counselees. |
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SDS 6940 |
3 |
Practicum in School Counseling |
In accordance with the conceptual framework, this course is designed to provide students with skills in counseling and consultation, organization and implementation of parent, faculty/staff development activities, and strategies for conducting advocacy and cross-disciplinary collaboration. The course will have as the primary focus, the completion of the 100 clock hour practicum for school counseling. Students learn to manage resources and secure alternative funding, access resources and support the academic achievement of K-12 students.
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MHS 6530 |
3 |
Group Leadership Skills for School Counselors |
This course is designed to provide students with methods, materials, leadership skills, and counseling techniques appropriate for group work in a school setting. The course will address group and classroom approaches for promoting academic achievement and success in school for the at-risk student. Principles and practices of group counseling, group dynamics, teaching and training models and skills, teaming and collaboration and working with parent groups will be covered. Emphasized will be academic, career, college counseling, and school leadership groups. This course is designed to provide students with methods, materials, leadership skills and counseling techniques appropriate for group work and collaboration with teams in a school setting. |
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MHS 6780 |
3 |
Legal, Ethical, & Professional Issues in School Counseling |
This course is a survey of the ethical, legal, and professional issues facing the school counselor in working with minors in schools. This course is designed to help educators and School Counselors develop effective written and verbal public communication skills. Students will be given the tools to develop, organize and present a research conference. An outcome of this class will be to implement the conference they plan and present their research projects (which were developed in their EDF 6480 class) at the conference. |
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SDS 6830 |
3 |
Internship D: Counseling, Coordination of Guidance Services |
Under the supervision of a practicing counselor and a university supervisor, students will demonstrate their knowledge and abilities in the role of individual and small group counseling, collaborator with other educators, and coordinator of guidance services. Students will demonstrate their ability to establish and maintain a comprehensive school guidance program. (300 clock-hours in schools) |
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SDS 6421 |
3 |
Counseling
Children/Adolescents |
This course provides an in-depth study of the developmental stage and needs of children and adolescents. Identified are the dominating issues which impede the academic development of children and adolescents in schools, e.g., attention deficit, hyperactivity disorder, eating disorders, children and divorce, neglect and appropriate interventions for removing academic barriers are studies and practiced. In-dept information will be given on school and agency resources to assist students with specialized needs. Methods of consulting with parents, teachers, administrators, support staff and community agency personnel will be studied and practiced. Students will participate in the DCPS Resource Fair, CST and IEP meetings, and will act as a consultant to a teacher. Legal and ethical issues involving Public Law 94-142 (IDEA) and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act will be discussed. |
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SDS 6931 |
3 |
School & Family Managing Student
Behavior |
This course is designed to
enhance the relationships
between families/care givers and
the school. It will give the
students tools to use when
working with families. In
addition, students will learn
effective ways to include family
members as active contributors
in their child’s education and
overall well being. Students
will learn how to create
collaborative teams that will
include school personnel,
families and other community
agencies. This course is also
designed to examine classroom
management and organization for
promoting learning. The school
counselor’s role will be
explored in managing classroom
guidance and in helping teachers
with strategies for managing
students from various cultural
backgrounds. The classroom
environment and instructional
activities that promote
cognitive growth will be
examined. This course will look
at profiles and characteristics
of students presenting potential
and active behavior problems.
Strategies for handing on-going
behavioral problems are
examined. The course addresses
how to prevent problem behavior
from the beginning.
Students enrolled in this course
will increase their knowledge of
brokering and managing resources
by visiting and/or having guest
lecturers from approximately 20
local community resources such
as the Children’s Hospitals,
PACE Center for Girls, and Child
Protective Services, Big
Brothers/ Big Sisters. Students
will apply their knowledge to
case studies. |
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MHS 6201 |
3 |
Appraisal Procedures in
Counseling |
Advanced study of standardized
tests used in schools, including
achievement, aptitude,
intelligence, interest,
motivation and structured
interview instruments. Includes
principles of measurement,
rationale for test selection,
guidelines for administration
and the use of appraisal data
for decision-making. |
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