COUN 5650 - Examination and Implementation of School Counseling Principles

(3) Credit Hours

This course explores contemporary issues facing professional school counselors. Topics focus on the development of advanced knowledge and skills in emerging areas relevant to school counselors including consultation and collaboration, effective team membership, parental and community needs, ethical and legal issues, leadership, advocacy, transition, student learning, identification of strengths and coping strategies, group dynamics, skills needed for crisis intervention and the etiology of addictions and addictive behaviors. A 15-hour field experience is required for this course. Prerequisite: COUN 5620 department head approval.