Counseling School Counseling - Southern Connecticut State University

Counseling School Counseling from Southern Connecticut State University is a Campus Master Counseling and Personnel Services degree that prepares you for a Education career. school counseling Program School counselors are employed primarily in educational settings. They use their counseling knowledge, insight, and skills to promote human welfare and educational success, and to improve the institutions and programs in which they are involved. School counselors: provide developmental guidance for students in the school to promote academic, personal/social, and career development in a proactive and preventive manner; provide individual and group counseling for students identified in need; consult with teachers, parents, faculty, and administrators concerning student academic, personal/social, and career success; provide a liaison with community agencies to garner services for students and families. Master's Degree Program The school counseling program consists of a 52-credit Master of Science degree. The master's degree program prepares professionals to work in the elementary, middle, and high school levels and consists of a focus on human growth and development, social and cultural foundations, helping relationships, group work, career and lifestyle development, appraisal, research, program evaluation and professional orientation, including ethics and professional standards. A comprehensive exam is required. There are two field experiences, a practicum and an internship: Practicum offers students the opportunity to develop, sharpen, and demonstrate individual and group counseling skills. Students are required to spend a minimum of 100 hours over the course of one semester within a school setting. Internship is an intense and diversified experience that exposes students to a full range of school counselor responsibilities appropriate to the setting. Internship will consist of either a full or part-time supervised counseling experience in a school setting. Certified teachers with 30 months of teaching experience must complete no less than 600 hours over the course of one or two semesters. Individuals in the school counseling program who are not certified teachers with 30 months of teaching experience must complete a ten month long 900 hour internship in a school setting. Both experiences are completed under the supervision of a certified school counselor . View more details on Southern Connecticut State University . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Counseling and Personnel Services courses.