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GRADUATE PROGRAMS

COUNSELING AND PERSONNEL SERVICES

COURSE: EDCP 610 PROFESSIONAL ORIENTATION TO COUNSELING

COURSE DATES: Term 1-Aug-Oct. 2001

COURSE LOCATION: Ramstein/Kapaun

Credit: 3 semester hours credit. Required course for EDCP 619, and for the Master of Education and Master of Arts in Counseling and Personnel Services.

INSTRUCTOR: DR. CLEMENT MARCANTONIO earned Doctor of Education degree in Psychology, Marriage and Family at University of Northern Colorado; he is a clinical member and Approved Supervisor for the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapists, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and National Certified Counselor; has taught graduate courses in excess of 20 years for the University of Southern Cal, Boston University and University of Maryland. He is a Catholic Priest.

CLASS HOURS: Weekends - Saturdays/Sundays, 0900-1600 on the following weekends: Aug 25-26, Sept 15-16, Sept 29-30, Oct 13-14. Office hours by appointment.

REQUIRED TEXTS:

• American Psychological Association (2001). Publication Manual of

• Neukrug, E. (1999). The world of the counselor: An introduction to

• Neukrug, E. (1999). The world of the counselor: An experiential workbook

RECOMMENDED TEXTS:

• Miller, S., Wackman, D., Nunnally, E., Miller, P., (l988), Connecting with

• Mller, S., Wackman, D., Nunnally, E., Miller, P., (l988), Connecting Skills

COURSE GOALS AND PURPOSE:

• This course is designed to provide an overview of counseling as aprofession and as an orientation to graduate study in professionalcounseling.
• Students are provided a definition and overview of counseling as a distinct helping professional and academic discipline, working collaboratively with other health and human service providers in myriad settings.
• Students are provided with the standards, ethics and credentialing process of counseling as a regulated profession.
• Students are introduced to the helping relationship in individual, family, group, consultation and supervision contexts; and practice appropriate counseling skills in those contexts.
• Students review counseling's developmental framework and apply that to lifespan and career development.
• Students are introduced to multicultural and diversity issues and the counseling profession's clear commitment to multicultural competency development.
• Students review the work of counselors in a broad array of professional setting, including community agencies, schools, and private practice - through readings, site visits, and panel discussions and presentations involving counseling professionals, faculty, field site supervisors, and students.
• Students are oriented to vital future trends in professional counseling,particularly the increasing role of technology in delivery of counseling services and counselor education.
• This course assists students in determining if the nature of the counseling profession, and pursuing a graduate counseling degree, are compatible with their individual strengths and motivations.
• Therefore, enhanced self-awareness is also a clear goal of this course. The summary goal is individually seeking and optimizing personal and professional growth.

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

The objectives of this course are for students to gain and demonstrate an understanding of :

EVALUATIONS:

COURSE GRADES:

Will be given as follows:

In addition to formal course requirements, the following are also components of 610:

1. Neukrug Workbook Projects - some will be done in class; some will be assigned as homework;
2. Personal journaling is strongly encouraged; and
3. Simulated Counseling - In class, students will be responsible for conducting two simulated counseling interviews - in the form of an interviewee who will assume the role of a client with a presenting issue, and a counselor who will assume the role of a client with a presenting issue, and a counselor who will assume the role of the professional conducting the interview (and an observer who will provide feedback); roles will be alternated, the students will share their perceptions with the class. Degree of participation will be graded (and included in "Participation".)

Students are reminded of UMC's policies on academic dishonesty and plagiarism, and UMC's penalties for same - including course failure and/or dismissal.

Students seeking accommodation for special needs are requested to discuss their situation with the Instructor well in advance, so that reasonable accommodation may be addressed.

Guest Speakers - Several Mental Health Professionals will be invited to present their views and site experience based on their theoretical perspectives. The scheduling of times and days for the speakers' presentations will depend on their availability.

Confidentiality - Each week we will work as a group as a whole, experiencing membership in ongoing communications. There are opportunities to investigate your performance in the counseling roles. Further, this is a course that will involve self-examination and degrees of sharing personal information with the class. Therefore, students must be sensitive to the right to privacy of others. It is important to be discrete in terms of appropriate personal sharing in a classroom context. It is equally important to practice our professional responsibility of confidentiality throughout this classroom experience.

COURSE CALENDAR:

Note - students should read Neukrug text pages 1-44 by 8/25, and to page by 8/26; "W" refers to projects in the Neukrug Workbook.

347-444

WECOME TO EDCP 610!!

I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU AND MAKING IT A REWARDING EXPERIENCE FOR ALL OF US!

Dr. M.