CNED 561 - Counseling Services for Children and Adolescents 3 s.h.

The course is concerned with developing a working knowledge of various counseling approaches with at-risk youth. Participants will learn about various counseling and therapeutic theories applicable to children. Use of support group models, parent consultation, and meeting the needs of exceptional children will be addressed. Students will be exposed to a process of case conceptualization and will work in consultant groups to design a treatment plan for a mock child counseling case using approaches that include counseling, consulting, curriculum, and coordinator/collaboration modalities.
Prerequisite(s): SCNS or SCHC Degree student status or permission of department chair, CNED 540 and CNED 541 .