Sessions will include lectures, films and roleplaying to explore the kinds of problems present and the different approaches to counseling these families. This course is designed to provide systematic training in counseling for the college admission and selection process. College admission personnel and school counselors will be invited as guest presenters. EDU 870 Practicum in Psychological Testing for Counselors Laboratory experience designed to develop adequate understandings and competencies with respect to concerns, issues, and implementation factors related to administration, scoring, recording and interpretations of aptitude, intelligence test, as well as interest and personality inventories. This course is an in-depth study of theories and emerging patterns in career development counseling.
Attention is given to psychological, sociological, economic, and educational dynamics.
Emphasis is placed on practical counseling techniques at the various stages of development, and on the effect that career choices, problems and solutions have on members of the family system. Data from sociology and anthropology will be used to understand psychological issues of career and employment as they make an impact on the family. Professional readings and action research project will be required. However, the student at this level is expected to be self-initiating and able to perform both competently and creatively in considerable depth in achieving the objectives of the course at the practitioner level. Theories and Practice A course designed to help prospective counselors and practicing counselors understand the dynamics of therapeutic forces within a counseling group, to facilitate changes in their clients' behavior, and to help clients learn to assist themselves.