COSC 612 Advanced School Counseling Interventions

School counselors are often the first and sometimes the only mental health professional a child will meet. Since school counselors are the frontline workers of the mental health field, they must be able to identify when intervention is needed, assess the extent of the concern, and provide basic or initial mental health treatment interventions.

A goal of this course is to assist the student in identifying when interventions are needed through diagnostic criteria and assessments. During this course, the student will learn how to identify goals, objectives, and interventions to assist his/her students’ growth. The student will apply this knowledge by creating individual and group treatment plans based on evidence-based research.

Method of Instruction: This 8 week course is delivered in a digital asynchronous format, with Canvas® as the primary instructional delivery method. Each student will complete one module per week over the duration of the course. 

Textbook readings and lecture presentations

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Course Requirements Checklist

After reading the Course Syllabus and Student Expectations, the student will complete the related checklist found in the Course Overview.

Discussions are collaborative learning experiences. Therefore, the student is required to provide a thread in response to the provided prompt for each Discussion. The discussion thread must be 200-250 words and demonstrate course-related knowledge. In addition to the thread, the student must reply to 2 other classmates’ threads. Each reply must be 100-125 words. (CLO: B, D)

The student will complete a mock counseling session with a school-aged child, during which they will conduct a Mental Status Exam and write a 1000-1500-word reflection essay supported by scholarly research in the current APA format. The paper must include at least 2-3 references in addition to the course textbooks and the Bible. (CLO: B, C, D, H)

Using a case study, the student will develop a case conceptualization and treatment plan. The plan will include at least 3 references in addition to the course textbooks and the Bible. (CLO: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H)

The student will create a 6-session treatment plan for the client from the previous case study. The treatment plan must be supported by scholarly research in the current APA format. (CLO: A, B, C, D, E, F)

The student will create a 6-session group counseling treatment plan for one of the diagnoses covered in this course. The treatment plan must be supported by scholarly research in the current APA format. The paper must include at least 1-2 references in addition to the course textbooks and the Bible. (CLO: A, B, D, E, F)

Each quiz will cover the Learn material for the assigned module. Each quiz will be open-book/open-notes, contain 10 multiple-choice and true/false questions, and have a time limit of 20 minutes.

This Dispositions Reflection quiz will ask the student to rate him or herself on the nine dispositions required for this program by our accrediting bodies. This quiz consists of 9 multiple-choice questions, 1 essay question, and will have a time limit of 1 hour.