Implementation Date: 2012
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CSLG 6150. Career and Lifestyle Development, Education, and Counseling. (3) A counseling-oriented course designed to help the counselors and/or career educators education teacher develop the ability to use career information with emphasis on understanding of occupational information, systems of collection and usage forms skills to use career theory and information with an emphasis on understanding individual lifestyle development, career education over the life span, and supportive career counseling. (Spring, Summer)
CSLG 7141. The Professional School Counselor. (3) Development of functional skills necessary for integration of counseling activities into the school curriculum. An introduction to the profession of school counseling using the ASCA National Model as a basis for practice and program development. To support the school academic mission, students will identify the necessary skills needed for the integration of various counseling activities that will include Focus on the role of the counselor in counseling individuals, small group counseling, classroom guidance, consultation, program design, coordinating school and community resources, and administration of special programs classroom guidance, individual and group counseling, consultation, program design, and coordinating school and community resources. Students will also begin developing their professional School Counselor E-portfolio. (Fall, Summer)
CSLG 7430. Practicum in Counseling and Guidance. (3) Prerequisites: CSLG 6100, 6101, 6110, and 7142 if working in an elementary school setting with children age 10 and younger. Supervision of individual and group counseling interventions conducted in field setting; special attention to the development of the counseling relationship of evaluative criteria for self and peer assessment. A minimum of 10 hours per week in field placement is required in field experience. Offered on a Pass/Unsatisfactory basis. May be repeated once for credit with departmental approval. (Fall, Spring)
CSLG 7435. Internship in Counseling. (3) Prerequisite: CSLG 7430 and 7142 if working in an elementary school setting with children age 10 and younger. Students will participate in delivering counseling services in a field setting and receive supervision of their work in during weekly seminars. A minimum of 20 hours per week in field placement experience is required. Offered on a Pass/Unsatisfactory basis. This is a two semester internship and may May be repeated for credit. (Fall, Spring)
CSLG 7436. Advanced Internship in School Counseling. (3) Prerequisite: CSLG 7435. Continuation of CSLG 7435. Students will function as counselors in field settings and have the opportunity to demonstrate advanced level skills in weekly seminars. This course is offered specifically for students enrolled in the Post-Master’s Certificate Program in School Counseling. A minimum of 20 hours per week in field placement is required and students will have the opportunity to demonstrate advanced level skills in weekly seminars. Offered on a Pass/Unsatisfactory basis. (Fall, Spring)
CSLG 7601. Counseling: The Spiritual Dimension and Spirituality. (3) This course is designed to assist counselors in understanding and facilitating the development of the personal spirituality as well as the This course focuses on incorporating the spiritual dimension into the counseling process. It is specifically designed to help counselors understand their own spirituality and facilitate the inclusion of the spirituality of others with whom they provide counseling services. Spirituality is viewed as an important component to achieving the achievement of mental health and to a balanced sense of wellness. Basic beliefs and various spiritual systems including major world religions models spiritual development will be examined. (Spring)
CSLG 7646. Administration Advocacy and Leadership of in Professional School Counseling Services. (3) This course will focus on developing effective leadership skills for school counselors with an emphasis on the organization, planning, management, and evaluation of comprehensive school counseling programs based on the ASCA National Model. Developing skills in the utilization of data for systemic change and student success will be detailed in individual student advocacy projects. Current issues impacting school counselors will be explored and intervention strategies will be examined. This course requires the completion of their professional School Counselor E-portfolio. (Fall, SpringSummer)
CSLG 8100. Advanced Theories of Counseling Theory Seminar. (3) The principles and practices of traditional and more current counseling theories are studied examined. Students will explore philosophical and psychological assumptions of the counseling theories and engage in critical thinking as they examine the rationale and consequences of their pre-conceived notions about conditions that influence human behavior and change. Students will develop their own theory of counseling. (Fall)
CSLG 8646. Administration Advocacy and Leadership of in Professional School Counseling Services. (3) This course will focus on the developing effective leadership skills for school counselors with an emphasis on organization, planning, management, and evaluation of comprehensive school counseling programs based on the ASCA National Model. Current issues impacting school counselors will be explored and intervention strategies will be examined. Developing skills in the utilization of data for systemic change and student success will be detailed in individual student advocacy projects. This course requires the completion of their professional School Counselor E-portfolio. (Fall, Spring)
CSLG 8601. Counseling: The Spiritual Dimension and Spirituality. (3) This course is designed to assist counselors in understanding and facilitating the development of the personal spirituality as well as the This course focuses on incorporating the spiritual dimension into the counseling process. It is specifically designed to help counselors understand their own spirituality and facilitate the inclusion of the spirituality of others with whom they provide counseling services. Spirituality is viewed as an important component to achieving the achievement of mental health and to a balanced sense of wellness. Basic beliefs and various spiritual systems including major world religions models spiritual development will be examined. (Spring)