This course is intended to provide both a didactic and an actual experience in counseling. Students familiarize themselves with the phases, procedures, and goals of counseling and therapy through assigned readings, tapes, and group discussion of case presentations. Students are simultaneously required to assume responsibility for a minimum of two cases in an approved setting. Students are generally assigned a caseload of six clients involving volunteers and actual cases as they become available. Those students currently working in a school district may select cases from that setting.
Cases are to be approved by the instructor.
Supervision of all cases is provided both in group sessions and on an individual basis. Students are seen outside of regularly scheduled group meetings for individual supervision during the week, when necessary. This course is designed to acquaint the student with an understanding of the common types of learning disabilities. The course explores causes and effects of various learning disabilities in terms of brain-behavior relationships. The course introduces the student to methods of dealing with children with learning disabilities and the development of remedial strategies.