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. 6^th Ed. (2008). Elements of Counseling. Brooks/Cole Publishing Co.

ISBN: 0-49017744

Duane Brown & David J. Srebalus. 3^rd 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. 2^nd 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. 5^th Ed. (2005). Theories of Development. Prentice Hall, Inc.

ISBN: 0131849913

SC 605: Counseling Children

Charles L. Thompson & Donna A. Henderson.7^th 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. 6^th Ed. (2008). Adolescent Protraits: Identity, Relationships and Challenges. Allyn & Bacon, Inc.

ISBN: 0205502040

Prout H. Thompson, & Douglas T. Brown. 4^th 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. 7^th Ed. (2008). Theory and Practice of Group Counseling. Brooks/Cole Publishing Co.

ISBN: 0534641741

Gerald Corey. 7^th 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. 9^th 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. 6^th Ed. (2006). Assessment Procedures for Counselors and Helping Professionals. Merrill Education/Prentice Hall.

ISBN: 0131707841

American Psychiatric Association. 4^th 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. 3^rd. Ed. (2008). Home-School Relations: Working Successfully with Parents and Families. Allyn & Bacon, Inc.

ISBN: 020549840X

Marilyn Friend and Lynne Cook. 5^th 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. 7^th 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. 2^nd 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. 3^rd 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. 4^th Ed. (2007).Leadership: Theory and Practice. Sage Publications, Inc.

ISBN: 141294161X