Theory, Practice, and Technique in Working with Children, Adolescents, and Families: Part I

EDU H390AY Subject & Catalog Number

Description

The course uses a combination of lecturettes, small and full group discussions, self-reflective inquiry, experiential learning and practice-based skill development to prepare students for a career in school-based counseling. In this course, we will consider the wide range of the school counselors’ role to include advocacy, consultation, classroom lessons, collaboration/teaming, leadership, and counseling. We will also examine contemporary issues and educational reform efforts that affect the role of the school counselor and school adjustment counselor. The course aims to foster a professional counseling identity that incorporates cultural humility, social justice and anti-racist counseling practices. To accomplish this, the course invites students to examine individual professional goals and values, as well as the personal tendencies that block individual growth. 

The class is guided by four primary aims: 1) provide continued support for students engaging in school-based counseling fieldwork; 2) introduce students to the national standards that guide professional counseling; 3) equip students with a social justice framework to guide their professional practice and 4) present current approaches to evidence-based school-based counseling.

This course is taught in conjunction with the students’ practicum placement in a school or therapeutic setting and leads to licensure in School Counseling or School Adjustment counseling in the state of MA. To meet state requirements, both Adjustment and School Counseling students will complete a minimum of 600 hours of student contact, training and supervision at their respective sites by the end of the academic year. Students’ hours will include all activities that pertain to their site work such as note taking, direct service supports, and supervision

Permission of instructor required. Enrollment is limited to second-year CAS students. Prerequisites: H-380A/BY or H-381A/BY. Students must enroll in H-390BY in the spring.