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School Counseling M.Ed. and Certification
Millersville, Pennsylvania
Career Development
Grade: A-
Historical and theoretical foundations of the evolution of vocational guidance into career guidance and counseling are studied. Models, materials and strategies basic to career guidance and counseling programs are emphasized.
Child Development within the Family System
Grade: A
Theory and research on the development of cognitive, emotional, linguistic, psychosexual and moral systems in the child.
Theory and Practice I
Grade: A
Presentation of basic counseling principles and theories. Through the use of role play, audiotapes and videotapes, students will develop skills basic to the helping process.
Spring 2011
Group Counseling
Grade: A
Principles and methods of group theory, process and leadership skills for planning and facilitating small couseling groups in schools. Participation in a psychoeducational group is required.
Study of the Individual
Grade: A
A case study with self as subject provides the opportunity for students to increase their understanding of complex human behavior. Through synthesis and organization of a great deal of information about self comes the basis for study and understanding of others.
Theory and Practice II
Grade: A
This second-level skills course provides supervision of videotaped sessions with a child client.
Summer 2011
Comparative Education
Grade: A
Analyze crucial educational questions and issues using the comparative method. Cross-cultural studies pursued in a multiple-disciplinary format will help participants discover how education serves economic, sociopolitical, ideological and other purposes, and how it reflects the historically derived tensions within national development. Factors underlying similarities and differences in various cultures, nations and contexts are studied. Includes appraisal of educational issues from a global perspective.
Fall 2012
Brief Counseling
Grade: A
This is a third-level skills course which includes brief solution-focused theory applied to ongoing counseling work with a child client and supervised using videotaped sessions. Strategy selection and implementation are emphasized. Conceptualization,
general principles and applications in crisis counseling are included.
Guidance Program Development
Grade: A
Guidance programs based on a developmental, comprehensive and team approach. Primary prevention is the focus of the model used to facilitate program implementation in the elementary and secondary schools.
Multicultural Counseling
Grade: A
The problem of counseling for a culturally diverse population is examined within a broad conceptual framework of issues and concepts. Methods and implications for counseling clients of various global backgrounds are studied.
Spring 2012
Appraisal Techniques
Grade: A
Development of competency in the effective administration, interpretation and communication of test results. Focus is on the theoretical, technical and practical aspects of individual and group tests, screening devices, interviews and observations. Emphasis is on the counselor as a consumer within the school guidance program.
Methods of Research
Grade: A
Introduces methods of empirical educational research. Emphasis on training individuals to be intelligent consumers of educational research.
Fall 2012
Classroom Management (Drake University)
Grade: A
Equips experienced and beginning educators with current, research-validated concepts and strategies for orchestrating classroom life and learning so that instruction flows smoothly, student misbehavior is minimized, and learning potential is maximized. Participants will learn strategies associated with eight key areas of expertise that collectively contribute to a teacher’s classroom-management effectiveness: creating an inviting classroom climate, structuring a positive physical environment, establishing rules and procedures, maintaining momentum and flow, reinforcing positive behavior, responding to misbehavior, encouraging parental involvement, and maintaining personal resilience.
Consultation
Grade: A
Explores the theoretically and practically applied aspects of consultation. Educational, clinical, mental-health, behavioral and organizational models of consultation will be covered. Students will develop and implement individual consultation projects.
Orientation to Special Education
Grade: A
Introductory overview of special education, primarily for individuals with no previous knowledge of the field. Emphasis is placed upon comprehension of definitions, terminology and classification systems. A general historic background for the areas of brain injured, mentally retarded, emotionally disturbed, socially maladjusted, and physical and learning disabilities are reviewed in terms of program development, laws and curriculum.
Spring 2013
Elementary Practicum
Grade: Pass
Guidance and counseling experiences (360 hrs.) in the elementary school setting: individual supervision and seminar sessions.
Secondary Practicum
Grade: Pass
Guidance and counseling experiences (360 hrs.) in the secondary school setting: individual supervision and seminar sessions.
