September 24, October 1

Students will:

1-Receive an orientation to graduate education in the professions and will learn to write graduate research papers.

Potential resources-Librarian-Lisa Beall; Graduate Dean Pritchett; CCP faculty; MA/Ph.D. students; practitioners; Division of University Computing; Learning Resource Center staff; writing lab staff: APA style manual and software(endnotes); ACA videos; Counseling demonstration video

Reading-Chapters 1 & 8

October 8, 15, 22

Students will:

2-Understand the roles, functions and characteristics of counselor

Potential Resources- ACA home page; other professions on internet, personality testing on line-Myers-Briggs, Self-Directed Search

Reading-Chapters 4, 18, 19

3-Understand the types and methods of counseling service delivery and delivery settings

Potential resources-practitioners, service recipients, portrayl in popular films and media; internet on line counseling services; state and federal mental health, corrections officials; State Dept. of Education, media practitioners; CD Rom-Great Therapists, Plato, Supershrink, ACA cross cultural counseling software

Reading-Chapters 14 & 15

4-Understand the present concerns of the profession, including credentialing, accreditation, preparation standards, and public policy related to the profession

Resources-listservs, home pages CACREP, ACES, NBCC, state licensing boards, NCATE, AL State Dept of Education., join associations-journals, newsletter

October 29, November 5

Students will:

5-Understand typical client needs and helping processes

Resources-cases, practitioners

Reading- Chapters 5, 16 & 17

November 12, 19 & December 3

Students will:

6-Understand the ethical and legal responsibilities of the counseling profession.

Resources-problem based learning with cases; November 19-21 Alabama Counseling Association Annual Meeting, Civic center, Birmingham

Reading-Chapters 2, 3 & 20

Assignment-Paper Due Dec. 3

Final Examination-Finals Period-10:30-1PM Monday December 8 Haley Center Room 3198 (this is not the Mac lab but a classroom on the 3rd floor)

Test-multiple choice, true/false, matching, short answer, short essay