Counseling Children and Adolescents

Catalog description

This course is designed to provide an in-depth look at the factors impacting children and adolescents in the counseling relationship in a school or clinical setting. Exploration will include typical and atypical development effecting the cognitive, social, emotional, and physical domains. Additionally, theory and social factors, including culture, ethnicity/race, gender, class, and sexual orientation, will be examined. Students will be required to apply and integrate this knowledge through various written assignments, class discussion, and introspective analysis.