Master of Arts in School Guidance and Counseling
This program provides competencies and proficiencies for entry-level positions as school counselors in elementary, middle/junior high, secondary, and adult education settings. Students participate in activities such as developing comprehensive guidance plans, practicing assessment and counseling techniques, demonstrating ethical behavior, creating both individual and group counseling activities, and demonstrating understanding of career counseling resources and programs. Students will complete a practicum in a public or private school. The practicum experience in this online program does not require matriculation agreements between school districts of other educational entities, but is a collaborative effort between the educational administrator, the graduate student, and the practicum professor through phone and online conferences.
Program Objectives:
- Create a personal theory of and approach to counseling. This is assessed with students completing assignments in SC 601 Introduction to Counseling.
- Develop and evaluate strategies for the Psychoanalytical, Psychodynamic and Adlerian approaches. This is assessed with students completing assignments in SC 603 Counseling Theories and Applications.
- Design interventions in the educational setting by applying counseling theories. This is assessed with students completing SC 605 Counseling Children
Students must complete 48 credits as follows:
Required Courses
- SC 601 Introduction to Counseling
- SC 602 Legal and Ethical Issues for School Counselors
- SC 603 Counseling Theories and Applications
- SC 604 Human Development and Behavior: A Lifespan Approach
- SC 605 Counseling Children - This course includes a proctored exam
- SC 606 Counseling Adolescents in Schools
- SC 607 Group Counseling: Theory and Practice
- SC 608 Career Development
- SC 609 Measurement and Appraisal in Counseling - This course includes a proctored exam
- SC 610 Consultation and Collaborative Problem Solving
- SC 611 Administration of Effective School Counseling Programs
- SC 612 Research Methods for School Counselors
- SC 613 Counseling Diverse and Special Populations
- SC 615 School Counseling Practicum
- SC 616 Internship for School Counseling
Electives: Select one of the following courses:
- ED 607 Effects of Poverty in Education
- ED 608 Inclusion
- ED 665 Integrating Technology in the Classroom
- EDL 654 Leadership Theory
Book List
SC 601: Introduction to Counseling
Scott T. Meier & Susan R. Davis. 6th Ed. (2008). Elements of Counseling. Brooks/Cole Publishing Co.
ISBN: 0-49017744
Duane Brown & David J. Srebalus. 3rd Ed. (2003). Introductions to the Counseling Profession. Allyn & Bacon, Inc.
ISBN: 0205352200
SC 602: Legal and Ethical Issues for School Counselors
Gerald Corey, Marianne Schneider Corey & Patrick Callanan. Issues and Ethics in the Helping Professions. Brooks/Cole Publishing Co.
ISBN: 0534614434
SC 603: Counseling Theories and Applications
Barbara F. Okun & Ricki E. Kantrowitz. Effective Helping: Interviewing and Counseling Techniques. Brooks/Cole Publishing Co.
ISBN: 0495006254
Susan X. Day. 2nd Ed. (2008). Theory and Design in Counseling and Pychotherapy. Lahaska Press.
ISBN: 0618801456
SC 604: Human Development and Behavior: A Lifespan Approach
Carla Hannaford. (2005). Smart Moves: Why Learning is Not All in Your Head. Great Rivers Books.
ISBN: 0915556375
William Crain. 5th Ed. (2005). Theories of Development. Prentice Hall, Inc.
ISBN: 0131849913
SC 605: Counseling Children
Charles L. Thompson & Donna A. Henderson.7th Ed. (2007). Counseling Children. Brooks/Cole Publishing Co.
ISBN: 0495007757.
Eric Jensen. (2006). Enriching the Brain: How to Maximize Every Learner’s Potential. Jossey-Bass, Inc.
ISBN: 0787975478
SC 606: Counseling Adolescents in Schools
Robert Sylwester. (2007). Adolescent Brain: Reaching for Autonomy. Sage Publications, Inc.
ISBN: 1412926114
Andrew Garrod, Lisa Smulyan, Sally Powers, Robert Kilkenny. 6th Ed. (2008). Adolescent Protraits: Identity, Relationships and Challenges. Allyn & Bacon, Inc.
ISBN: 0205502040
Prout H. Thompson, & Douglas T. Brown. 4th Ed. (2007). Counseling and Psychotherapy with Children and Adolescents: Theory and Practice for School and Clinical Settings. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
ISBN: 0471770914
SC 607: Group Counseling: Theory and Practice
Gerald Corey. 7th Ed. (2008). Theory and Practice of Group Counseling. Brooks/Cole Publishing Co.
ISBN: 0534641741
Gerald Corey. 7th Ed. (2008). Theory and Practice of Group Counseling.- Student Manual. Brooks/Cole Publishing Co
ISBN: 0495115231
SC 608: Career Development
Richard T. Lapan. (2004). Career Development Across the K-16 Years. Association for Counselor Education
ISBN: 1556201885
Duane Brown. 9th Ed. (2007). Career Information, Career Counseling and Career Development. Allyn & Bacon, Inc.
ISBN: 0205498418
SC 609: Measurement and Appraisal in Counseling
Robert Drummond, Karyn Dale Jones. 6th Ed. (2006). Assessment Procedures for Counselors and Helping Professionals. Merrill Education/Prentice Hall.
ISBN: 0131707841
American Psychiatric Association. 4th Ed. (2000). Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mentral Disorders DSM – IV-TR Text Revision. American Psychiatric Press, Inc.
ISBN: 0890420254
SC 610: Consultation and Collaborative Problem Solving
Glenn W. Olsen, Mary Lou Fuller. 3rd. Ed. (2008). Home-School Relations: Working Successfully with Parents and Families. Allyn & Bacon, Inc.
ISBN: 020549840X
Marilyn Friend and Lynne Cook. 5th Ed. (2007). Interactions: Collaboration Skills for School Professionals. Allyn & Bacon, Inc.
ISBN: 0205483518
SC 611: Administration of Effective School Counseling Programs
Duane Brown and Jerry G. Trusty. (2005). Designing and Leading Comprehensive School Counseling Programs. Brooks/Cole Publishing Co.
ISBN: 0534637248
SC 612: Research Methods for School Counselors
Jack Fraenkel and Norman Wallen. 7th Ed. (2008). How to Design and Evaluate Research in Education. McGraw-Hill Publishing Company.
ISBN: 0073525960
SC 613: Counseling Diverse and Special Populations
Jeanne M. Slattery. (2004). Counseling Diverse Clients: Brining Context into Therapy. Brooks/Cole Publishing Co.
ISBN: 0534563902
Marx. (2006). Revealing the Invisible. Routledge, NY.
ISBN: 041595343X
SC 615: School Counseling Practicum
No text for this course.
SC 616: Internship for School Counseling
Eileen Gambrill. 2nd Ed. (2006). Critical Thinking in Clinical Practice: Improving the Qulaity of Judgments and Deceisions. John Wiley & Sons., Inc.
ISBN: 0471471186
ED 607: Effects of Poverty on Education
Ruby K. Payne. (REV) (2005). Framework for Understanding Poverty. Aha! Process Inc.
ISBN: 1929229488
ED 608: Inclusion
Judith Downing. 3rd Ed. (2008). Including Students with Severe and Multiple Disabilities in Typical Classrooms: Practical Strategies for Teachers. Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co.
ISBN: 1557669082
ED 665: Integrating Technology in the Classroom
George Lucas Educational Foundation Editorial Staff/Milton Chen, Ed. (2002). Edutopia: Success Stories for Learning in the Digial Age/ with CD. Jossey-Bass. Inc.
ISBN: 0787960829
EDL 654: Leadership Theory
Peter Northouse. 4th Ed. (2007).Leadership: Theory and Practice. Sage Publications, Inc.
ISBN: 141294161X
Teacher Education University is accredited by the Distance Education and Training Council (DETC). The Accrediting Commission of the Distance Education and Training Council is listed by the U.S. Department of Education as a nationally recognized accrediting agency and is a recognized member of the Council for Higher Education Accreditation.
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