Focus is on the fundamental conversational skills used by counselors. Course work is dominated by practice in the use of techniques that optimize listening and responding to client concerns. Students prepare five audiotaped interviews with typescripts for review and critique. Counselor Education 7050. Practicum I. 1-3 credits.
Clinical approval is required.
Must be taken concurrently with a corresponding track course. The student must accrue 150 hours of experience in the appropriate setting. At the elementary or secondary level, students will only be placed in school sites with a practicing certified counselor. Approval of the proposed site will be based on the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction guidelines and limited to available Counselor Education Program resources. This first practicum may include appropriate amounts of observation and participation.