School Counseling

COURSE LAYOUT Week 1 1. School Counseling - meaning and concept, need and scope 2. Developmental task - meaning and concept, developmental tasks of school children and high school children 3. Goals and objectives of developmental model of counseling and developmental perspective to counseling Week 2 4. Theoretical foundations and counseling approaches - Piaget’s theory of cognitive development 5. Theoretical foundations and counseling approaches - Erickson’s psycho social theory Week 3 6. Theoretical foundations and counseling approaches - Ivey’s developmental therapy 7. Theoretical foundations and counseling approaches - Blocher’s developmental counseling and Havighurst’s concept of developmental task Week 4 8. Objectives and principles of school counseling 9. Counseling and goals strategies - Primary, high and high secondary school level Week 5 10. Concept of task and concerns of school counseling and counselor 11. Role and function of school counselor 12. Emergence of school counseling - historical perspective of role and function of school counselor Week 6 13. Review of role statement of ASCA 14. Role and functions of school counselors by grade level - Elementary school counseling 15. Role and functions of school counselors by grade level - Middle school counseling Week 7 16. Role and functions of school counselors by grade level - High school counseling 17. Role and functions of school counselors by grade level - Rural and Urban school counseling Week 8 18. Characteristics and roles of counselor 19. Special skill of a school counselor - consultation - process and modes 20. School consultation- effective uses of Adlerian principles in consultation Week 9 21. Consultation of teachers and administrators as an integral part of school counseling 22. Consultation - working with parents as an integral part of school counseling Week 10 23. Skills of school counselor - Communication skills 24. Skills of school counselor - Evaluating skills 25. Skills of school counselor - Leadership and Coordinating skills 26. Best practices of school counselor - being good listener, friend and authoritative 27. Best practices of school counselor - being grounded, accessible and approachable Week 11 28. Introduction to common problems of school children 29. Issues related to academic performance - identification and intervention 30. . Counseling exceptional children - mentally and emotionally challenged children, slow learners, learning disabilities and gifted children Week 12 31. Counseling abused children - Victims of physical, verbal and sexual abuse 32. Counseling children with high risk behaviours - drug and alcohol abuse, sexually active and delinquent children 33. Counseling children from broken families - children with single parents on the verge of divorce Week 13 34. Counseling children with health maladjustment - common health complaints, psycho somatic 35. Special concerns of school counselor - the need and importance for early identification and planning suitable intervention Week 14 36. Counseling approaches - meaning, importance and techniques - Direct, Indirect and eclectic counseling 37. Types of Counseling - Individual and group counseling Week 15 38. Behaviour Therapy - Techniques, key concept and process 39. Rational emotive therapy and cognitive therapy - Techniques, key concepts and process 40. Future trends in school counseling - Advocacy, promoting and formulating a professional identity as school counselor