CNSL 5363 - Practicum in School Counseling

3 hrs

Selected, organized opportunities for students to apply and integrate knowledge, theories and concepts of counseling and school counseling practice; building on previous life and work experience as well as developing new areas of professional competence; integration of cognitive learning, professional competence, values and ethics, and life experience; types of counseling and methods to enhance skill and critical analysis of the counseling practice, program development, and the responsibility and integrity to provide counseling services in the school setting. This course will be supervised by a faculty member who is a certified school counselor. The field work shall include 100 total hours of practicum activities, of which a minimum of 40 hours shall be direct contact hours. Prerequisite(s): CNSL 5307, a minimum of 24 credit hours in the counseling program, purchase of malpractice insurance, and a signed site agreement