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Provides prospective college and university administrators with a theoretical and working knowledge of the finance of higher education including national, state, and university processes, challenges, and techniques; budget management practices and techniques of student affairs administrators in higher education; and policy and political issues of student affairs and higher education budgets in the United States.

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Education and Training

Focus on helping skills model, professional issues, and skill acquisition of basic listening responses.

Areas of Interest:

Education and Training

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College Student Affairs (MS) | Counseling and Student Personnel (MS) Mental Health Counseling | Counseling and Student Personnel (MS) Professional School Counseling K-12

A combination of classroom lecture and interaction with community professionals involved in crisis intervention. Designed to give students practical experience in distinguishing between crisis intervention, theory, and practice.

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Education and Training

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College Student Affairs (MS) | Counseling and Student Personnel (MS) Mental Health Counseling | Counseling and Student Personnel (MS) Professional School Counseling K-12

This course is specific to the counseling profession, focusing on both the cultural and sociopolitical forces influencing people in a multicultural society, as well as the microskills necessary for engaging in cross-cultural counselor-client interactions.

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Education and Training

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College Student Affairs (MS) | Counseling and Student Personnel (MS) Mental Health Counseling | Counseling and Student Personnel (MS) Professional School Counseling K-12

Provides an overview of theory, research, and practice regarding counseling with children and adolescents. Developmentally and culturally appropriate counseling strategies are stressed. Relevant current topics are examined.

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Education and Training

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Counseling and Student Personnel (MS) Mental Health Counseling | Counseling and Student Personnel (MS) Professional School Counseling K-12

Theories of human development and the family cycle are presented as the basis for multi-contextual assessment, case conceptualization, and treatment skills when working with contemporary families.

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Education and Training

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Counseling and Student Personnel (MS) Mental Health Counseling | Counseling and Student Personnel (MS) Professional School Counseling K-12

An overview of professional issues for mental health counselors providing individual, couples, and family counseling, including certification/licensure, professional development, ethical guidelines, multicultural issues, and recent developments in theory, research, and practice.

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Education and Training

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Counseling and Student Personnel (MS) Mental Health Counseling

Major theories of play therapy and play therapy techniques are reviewed and applied to a range of mental health, learning, and developmental needs of children. Readings, lectures, class demonstrations, and role-play experiences are included.

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Education and Training

This course provides an overview of mental disorders and disabilities impacting children and adolescents, with particular attention devoted to early identification and intervention in a school setting.

Areas of Interest:

Education and Training

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Counseling and Student Personnel (MS) Professional School Counseling K-12

Students through classroom and online experiences will learn the theoretical bases and therapeutic strategies for individual, group, and family interventions for play therapy theories including Ecosystematic, Developmental, Filial, Gestalt, Experiential, and Family Play Therapy.

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Education and Training

Overview of theories of career development, career guidance, career choice, and decision-making. Career counseling interviews and assessment techniques are also emphasized.

Areas of Interest:

Education and Training

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College Student Affairs (MS) | Counseling and Student Personnel (MS) Mental Health Counseling | Counseling and Student Personnel (MS) Professional School Counseling K-12

Roles and functions of the professional school counselor in a school setting. Survey of comprehensive school counseling programs.

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Education and Training

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Counseling and Student Personnel (MS) Professional School Counseling K-12

Nature and use of measurement tools in counseling with particular emphasis on representative standardized tests, norms, and basic research procedures.

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Education and Training

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Counseling and Student Personnel (MS) Professional School Counseling K-12

Basic appraisal principles and applications of projective and objective personality assessment tools in counseling practice.

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Education and Training

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Counseling and Student Personnel (MS) Mental Health Counseling

This course is designed to facilitate an understanding of today's college students through various theoretical perspectives including social identity development (i.e., racial, ethnic, gender, sexual orientation, spiritual, disability, and social class) as well as psychological, intellectual, and moral development. Special focus will be paid to recognizing the unique characteristics and issues faced by today's college students and applying theory to practice.

Areas of Interest:

Education and Training

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College Student Affairs (MS)

This course focuses on the professional school counselors' role within and use of data-driven practices to make informed, culturally responsive decisions while working in multi-tiered, multi-domain systems of support (MTSS) leading to evidence-based intervention and program accountability.

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Education and Training

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Counseling and Student Personnel (MS) Professional School Counseling K-12

This course is designed to facilitate an understanding of current models and practices of assessment and program evaluation in higher education and student affairs, particularly regarding the process of assessing student learning and development. Models of organizational development and change, as well as the impact of campus environments on diverse student populations, will also be central to this course.

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Education and Training

Programs:

College Student Affairs (MS)

A review and analysis of major counseling theories coupled with empirical support and specific counseling theory techniques and theoretical case analysis.

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Education and Training

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Counseling and Student Personnel (MS) Mental Health Counseling | Counseling and Student Personnel (MS) Professional School Counseling K-12

Emphasis on knowledge and skill acquisition of advanced listening responses, helping interventions, and counseling strategies.

Prerequisites:

CSP 645

Areas of Interest:

Education and Training

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Counseling and Student Personnel (MS) Mental Health Counseling | Counseling and Student Personnel (MS) Professional School Counseling K-12

Overview of family theories and family functioning. Focus on techniques and skills to address issues of contemporary families.

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Education and Training

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Counseling and Student Personnel (MS) Mental Health Counseling | Counseling and Student Personnel (MS) Professional School Counseling K-12

Overview of major theories of marriage counseling; skill and strategies for effective marital counseling and case analysis.

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Education and Training

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Counseling and Student Personnel (MS) Mental Health Counseling

Fundamentals of treatment plan development in counseling, with particular focus on the integration of personality assessment, intake interviewing and diagnostic classification data.

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Education and Training

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Counseling and Student Personnel (MS) Mental Health Counseling | Counseling and Student Personnel (MS) Professional School Counseling K-12

This course provides an introduction to the developmental, socio-cultural, and psychological issues unique to women and explores the ways in which such issues affect women's mental health. The course includes an introduction to the basic helping skills necessary to effectively respond to women's developmental and mental health needs.

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Education and Training

This course will provide students with an awareness of best practices and current issues in the assessment of intellectual functioning. Students will receive training in the administration, interpretation, and responsible use of selected intellectual assessment measures.

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Education and Training

The course provides an overview of identity building and professional skills related to advocacy, leadership, and school counselor supervision. The course will assess styles, provide models for consideration, and explore how to align these practices with positive student outcomes.

Areas of Interest:

Education and Training

Programs:

Counseling and Student Personnel (MS) Professional School Counseling K-12