CNED 6340 - 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. This course is designed to provide students with experiential activities expected as the responsibilities of school counselors such as consultant group meetings with classmate(s) and professor for case consultation of mock case, modeling, observation, role play, presentations, etc. A-E Only. Offered once a year.
Prerequisite(s): SCNS or SCHC Degree student status or permission of department chair, CNED 5105 and CNED 5115 .