A student may be dropped from a course and the program if the welfare of the student's clientele or prospective clientele or the functioning of a school or agency is, in the judgment of the CPS faculty, in jeopardy as a result of the student's behavior. This course enhances and advances knowledge, skill, and sensitivity of diverse populations in the counseling process. The student learns the effects of culture, ethnicity, race, and gender on the development and functioning of the client as well as the attitude of the therapist. This course provides basic knowledge of stages of human psychological development, including intellectual, social, and affective processes, with reference to biological, parental, familial, interpersonal, and multicultural events and experiences that shape human development. This course emphasizes the development from birth through adolescence.
Students study research methods, procedures, and designs.
Preparation of research abstracts in education and related fields are included. Students analyze the roles of schools in the social order from the perspectives of the humanities and the social sciences. This course provides the rationale of basic ethical, legal, and practical professional standards governing practice in counseling, counseling psychology, and school psychology, especially as defined by the American Counseling Association, American Psychological Association, and the National Association of School Psychologists. Emphasis is placed on practice within agency or organizational settings. The course provides the opportunity to learn and to apply various systems for group counseling, skills related to group leadership and member participation, goals of selected group systems, multicultural diversity issues affecting group systems, research relevant to group leadership and group systems, and ethical and legal issues related to group counseling.