Counseling Children and Adolescents

Catalog description

This course provides a didactic foundation to conduct individual oriented child and adolescent counseling. After developing an awareness of the unique challenges that are involved in working with children and adolescents, we will review relevant treatment techniques and helping strategies.Course Objectives: 1) gain an understanding of intervention strategies to effectively counsel youth; 2) acquire an awareness of the importance and development of prevention and intervention programs to address the problems of youth; 3) explain the systems theories and relationship of influences such as parents, schools, communities on the lives of children; 4) recognize unique developmental issues related to children and adolescents; 5) demonstrate the counseling process and skills in individual counseling with children and adolescents; and 6) explain and defend their personal approach to counseling children.