Iss.Sch.Coun.forSch.Adj.Coun.

Catalog description

Focus is on the provision of adjustment counseling services within the school context. Students come to understand schools as unique organizations with an understanding of how various personnel serve students. The counselor's work with teachers, parents, other school and agency personnel, and the system as a whole is addressed with a focus on prevention and treatment models, the juvenile justice system as it relates to students in the community, and the unique legal and ethical issues facing the school adjustment counselor. Must be taken prior to or concurrently with first semester of field training in a school setting.