ECHD 7600:  Foundations in School Counseling   

The profession of counseling and specialty practice as applied in schools. Consideration of the nature of schools as well as school counseling programs that are comprehensive, developmental, and collaborative in nature. The model of school counseling presented is centered on five major components: 1.  counseling & coordination, 2. educational leadership, 3. advocacy, 4.  team-building and collaboration, and 5. the use of assessment data to improve practice.
Cultural Awareness and Implementation: The School Counselor's Role

ECHD 7040:  Theories of Counseling and Human Development   

Selected theories of counseling and human development and their application to research, theory, and practice in educational, rehabilitation, community, and employment settings. Helping skills are developed through demonstration and role-playing situations.
Theories Final

ECHD 7060:  Cross-Cultural Counseling   

An exploration of the cognitive, affective, and behavioral considerations of counseling culturally diverse client groups.  Course includes an introduction to counseling theories and programmatic approaches relevant to the mental health needs and concerns of these groups, including an examination of how cultural attributes, strategies, and coping skills can be effectively synthesized into the counseling process. Content places a strong emphasis on cultural issues as they relate to schools.  Emphasis placed on experiential exploration.
  Beloved - Book Analysis

    Multicultural Fieldtrip - Asian Cultural Experience

ECHD 7010:  Individual Appraisal      

Principles of testing, types of scores, use of instruments and methods of assessing abilities, achievement levels, interests, attitudes, developmental variables, vocational skills, and personality characteristics. Use of test and non-test data in counseling and human development services.
Case Study Evaluation

ECHD 7050:  Lifestyle and Career Development   

Career development concepts, assumptions, theories, and research in educational, rehabilitation, community, and employment settings. Application of lifestyle and career development concepts, assumptions, theories, and research in counseling and educational settings. Emphasis is placed on career counseling, career education, life planning, assessment, and occupational information.
  High School Career Development Program

ECHD 8020:  Seminar in Counseling and Human Services

The profession of counseling and specialty practice as applied in schools.  Considerations of the nature of schools and school counseling programs that are comprehensive, developmental, and collaborative in nature.   Course content driven by the new role of school counselors as advocates, educational leaders, team-builders & collaborators, counselors & coordinators, and research-based practitioners
Counseling Program Development

SOWK :  Family Dynamics    

Family structure and dynamics through various stages in the developmental cycle, in response to "normal hazards" of everyday living and circumstances. The family is seen as a matrix for individual development.
Childhood Obesity - Familial Influences & Effects

EPSY 7110:  Characteristics of Gifted Children and Youth    

Psychological characteristics of gifted children and youth, including studies of the lives of eminent persons, empirical studies of gifted children and youth today, and models for identifying gifted children
Case Study -  The perceived impact growing up with a special needs sibling has on academic and family expectations, responsibilities and relationships of a gifted child

ECHD 7700:  Individual Counseling Practicum   

Supervised psychological counseling practice in a setting consistent with the student's professional goals.
Site Supervisor Evaluation
Doctoral Supervisor Evaluation

ECHD 7050:  Lifestyle and Career Development   

Career development concepts, assumptions, theories, and research in educational, rehabilitation, community, and employment settings. Application of lifestyle and career development concepts, assumptions, theories, and research in counseling and educational settings. Emphasis is placed on career counseling, career education, life planning, assessment, and occupational information.
High School Career Development Program

ECHD 7080:  Introduction to Group Counseling 

Introductory group counseling theories. Review of the basics of setting up and conducting counseling groups. Discussion of ethical standards related to group counseling.
Group Prospectus Paper- Girls Empowered: A 10 week body image group from adolescent females
Group Program: Girls Empowered

* ACA conference attendees - Please note the group name change from Girl Power to Girls Empowered due to a commerically published body image program with the same name.

ECHD 8020:  Seminar in Counseling and Human Development Services

Specific areas in counseling and human development services. Topics vary but focus on the development of advanced knowledge and skills in emerging areas relevant to professionals in counseling and human development.
School Profile

SOWK 6117:  Social Work with Violent Families   

Multi-systemic, community-wide approaches to identifying and protecting family members from domestic violence.  Course content addresses partner violence, child abuse and neglect, elder abuse, and abuse of people with disabilities.
Final Integrative Paper

ECHD 8130:   Expressive Arts & Play Media in Counseling    

An introduction to using expressive arts and play media in counseling with children and adolescents.  Course media include visual arts, clay, children's literature, creative writing, puppets, music, and dance/movement.
Creating Mandalas Book Analysis

     Mask Making   (Me on the Table)

ECHD 7000:   Master's Research

Research while enrolled for a master's degree under the direction of faculty members.
Non-traditional format: Independent research under the direction of a faculty member.
Data Collection and Summary

ECHD 8100:   Developmental Counseling 

Cognitive, psychosocial, person-environment interaction, and life-span development theories in counseling.
Developmental Interviews

ECHD 8110:   Adlerian Family Counseling 

Presentations, demonstrations, and critical analyses of the basic principles and practices of Adlerian Family Counseling. A review of the fundamental tenets of Alfred Adler's approach to family education, intervention, and enrichment.

Girls Empowered: Parent Support Module

ECHD 7850:  Internship in School Counseling

Supervised experience in an educational setting appropriate to school counseling.

EDUL 7040:  School Law

Legal principles applied to educational institutions, including federal and state constitutional provisions, legislation, administrative regulations, and case law.
Working with Children with ADHD & the Law

ECHD 7850:  Internship in School Counseling

Supervised experience in an educational setting appropriate to school counseling.

SOWK 6010:  Issues & Ethics in Marriage and Family Therapy

Disciplines and professional groups related to marriage and family therapy, including historical, ethical, and legal issues, and other topics relevant to the current practice of marriage and family therapy.
Counseling Minor Clients