Students completing this course are expected to:
- Understand the history and philosophy of the counseling profession
- Recognize relationship between school counseling and the broader counseling profession
- Understand concepts, terms regarding counseling, particularly as used in schools
- Recognize roles and responsibilities of school counselors
- Understand comprehensive school counseling program
- Recognize major counseling approaches
- Understand individual and group counseling process
- Understand effective use of counseling skills
- Know assessment methods in counseling
- Recognize counseling services regarding educational and career development
- Understand consultation in schools
- Know career development services in schools
- Understand research, program evaluation in advancing the counseling profession and program effectiveness
- Understand how ethical issues impact the work of school counselors