特洛伊大學(xué)

The School Counseling Program is designed to train graduate level students as school counselors. The program meets Alabama State Department of Education guidelines for school counselor certification and follows guidelines of Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Programs. The curriculum is designed to train school counselors in the knowledge of theory, application of counseling skills in working with K-12 grade level students, knowledge of program development, foundations, and implementation of comprehensive guidance programs, development of professional and personal dispositions, advocacy of children and adolescents, and development of graduate students to become professional school counselors.

Objectives For School Counseling:

• To develop knowledge of the foundations of school counseling to include history, philosophy, current trends/issues, models, role, functions, professional identity, leadership/advocacy strategies and legal and ethical issues.
• To develop skills in technology as applied to school counseling.
• To develop sensitivity to provide counseling to diverse school populations and skills to identify barriers that may impede academic, career, and personal/social development of students.
• To develop skills in comprehensive guidance program development (e.g. ASCA National Model) to include needs assessments, program development and program evaluation.
• To develop skills related to academic and behavioral assessment of students and interpretation of assessment results to administrators, parents and students.
• To develop knowledge of understanding the influence of multiple factors (family dynamics, violence, abuse, disorders, substance abuse, anxiety, depression) that impact school age students.
• To develop knowledge and skills in counseling to include individual, group, crisis management and classroom guidance
• To develop knowledge and skills in collaboration and consultation to effectively work with community agencies, parents, teachers and other school personnel.