Therapeutic Intervention Techniques: Consultation in Educational Settings

Catalog description

This course enables students to explore the various techniques and pragmatic approaches employed by psychologists in educational settings. This course includes parameters of various consultation models in reference to groups and cognitive behavioral areas as they relate to school environs, administrative issues, and practice-related concerns applicable to students, teachers, Interdisciplinary child study team members and parents. The organization and culture of a school are addressed as the context for pragmatic approaches within the practitioner-scientist model of service intervention. Applied psychotherapeutic techniques, cognitive-behavioral approaches, and classroom practice is reviewed. In terms of the Reflective Urban Practitioner Model, students acquire knowledge to enable them to refine their pragmatic intervention skills.