COURSE SYLLABUS OUTLINE. Department: Educational Studies, Leadership and Counseling

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1 COURSE SYLLABUS OUTLINE Department: Educational Studies, Leadership and Counseling Course Number: GUI 620 Credit Hours: 3 semester hours I. Title: Practicum in Guidance and Counseling II. Catalog Description: Closely supervised practice in guidance and counseling under staff supervision in selected educational and agency settings. Arrangements for the practicum must be made a semester in advance. Also, the student must be admitted to the program. III. Purpose: To provide student with 150 clock hours of experience in a community agency or school of which 40 clock hours must be in providing direct service. IV. Course Objectives: (KY School Counselor Standards 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7) The purpose of GUI 620 is to help you to further develop skills that you will need to function as a practicing counselor. The objectives are for you to be able to demonstrate your ability to: (1) work with a variety of clients and problems; (2) be able to use a variety of counseling techniques; (3) work with groups as well as individuals; (4) work with other personnel in a collaborative or consulting manner; (5) to know referral sources in the community; (6) to utilize ethical principles and practices of ACA 1995 Code of Ethics. While these are the specific objectives of this course, the overall emphasis will be placed on your ability to function interpersonally and help bring about change in those individuals with whom you will be working. In addition, you will become aware of the role of the counselor by supporting KERA goals. V. Content Outline: Abilities you should demonstrate you will develop a plan to accomplish this. A: Guidance services abilities 1. Information service 2. Individual appraisal service 3. Counseling service 4. Placement service 5. Follow-up service 6. Research and evaluation service

2 B. Counseling and guidance abilities 1. Educational 2. Vocational-career 3. Personal-social C. Miscellaneous competencies to demonstrate - 1. Counseling skills 2. Consultative skills 3. Coordinating skills 4. Group guidance 5. Group counseling D. Multicultural counseling competency E. Standard for Beginning Counselor demonstration. VI. Instructional Activities: Instructional Learning Focus Key A B Portfolio on Demand 1. Acquisition/Integration 2. Extension/Refinement 3. Application 4. Reflection 5. Professionalism A. Practicum Meetings (1-B) Practicum students will be directly (individual) supervised no less than 1 hour per week and 1 1/2 hours per week on a group basis. 1. Group meetings 2. Visitations with field supervisor. 3. Individual meetings on-site and on-campus. * Accountability logs will be turned in at the end of the semester verifying supervision. B. Activity Log I. Client log: An entry for every client seen (loose-leaf notebook suggested) (3-4 A+B)

3 1. Name, date, type of client and time spent keep running total 2. A brief description of what happened. a. what you did b. what the client did c. diagnosis of the case d. prognosis of the case e. evaluation and follow-up II. Activity Log: Maintain a daily log recording all activities carried out. (3-4 A+B) * Accountability log must be turned in at the end of the semester verifying a minimum of 150 clock hours as well as 40 hours of direct service to clients. D. Clients: A variety of clients should be seen which include the type clients described below: (1) 1. Vocational 2. Academic 3. Developmental concerns 4. Problem student 5. Family problem 6. Different race client 7. Culturally different client 8. Behavioral problem 9. Personal 10. Legal 11. As pertinent to setting E. Tapes: F. Course Materials: Will be determined based upon your needs. VII. Field and Clinical Experiences: (1-5 A+B) Practicum experiences are described in the Practicum Handbook: Guidance and Counseling Programs, Department of Educational Leadership and Counseling, Murray State University, compiled and edited by W. B. Humphreys, 1989 edition. A copy of the Practicum Handbook is distributed with this syllabus. For a view of field and clinical experiences, the following sections are referenced: 1. I. B. The Practicum Experience: Definitions, page I. C. The Practicum Experience: Requirements & Goals, page 5 3. II. B. Responsibilities of the Practicum Student, page 7.

4 VIII. Resources: A. Humphreys, W. B., Practicum Handbook: Guidance and Counseling Programs, Murray State University, B. Boylan, J. C., Practicum and Internship Textbook for Counseling and Psychotherapy, Accelerated Development, C. Borders, L. D., and Leddick, G. R., Handbook of Counseling Supervision, AACD, D. Egan, G., The Skilled Helper: A Systematic Approach to effective Helping, 3rd, ed., Brooks/Cole, IX. Grading Procedures: A. Summary of evaluation requirements 1. Periodic meetings/visitations (Be prepared to discuss activities, problems, progress, etc.-bring daily activity log). 2. Client log to be turned in by end of course. 3. A written report of all the referral services available to you including school, community, private, and governmental sources. 4. Tapes and evaluations of counseling sessions (As suggested by you, on site supervisor or instructor) 5. One case study 6. A summarization of your activities during the course, showing how you have accomplished course objectives and outlining personal and professional strengths and weaknesses which you have observed in yourself. B. Evaluation and grading 1. Grade of "B" a. Satisfactory accomplishment of 1-6 above b. Additional requirements as determined by you, instructor, and supervisor. c. Recommendation of supervisor and instructor 2. Grade of "A" a. Meet criteria for "B" grade b. Two additional projects satisfactorily completed 1. A typewritten narrative showing progress in an area of weakness you have decided to work on, an interest area you wanted to pursue, a theory you wanted to pursue, etc. 2. Other project as agreed upon between each individual and the

5 instructor regarding an activity of a professional nature. X. Attendance Policy: This course adheres to the policy published in the MSU Graduate Bulletin. XI. Academic Honesty Policy: Cheating, plagiarism (submitting another person s material as one s own), or doing work for another person which will receive academic credit are all impermissible. This includes the use of unauthorized books, notebooks or other sources in order to secure or give help during an examination, the unauthorized copying of examinations, assignments, reports, or term papers or the presentation or unacknowledged material as if it were the student s own work. Disciplinary action may be taken beyond the academic discipline administered by the faculty member who teaches the course in which the cheating took place. XII. Text and References: No text adopted. Emphasis is placed on reading articles in current professional journals in order to know the present issues and concerns. Extensive use of the library is required to complete mutually agreed-upon projects and activities. XIII. Prerequisites: Open only to those students completing a master's degree program in guidance and counseling at Murray State University. Arrangements for the practicum must be made a semester in advance by completing and submitting the Intent to Register for Practicum Form.