Prerequisites: Instructor Permission

This course is designed to help you develop the awareness, knowledge and skills necessary for competent practice as a clinical psychologist. We explore the personal, social, political, affective, and behavioral considerations of diversity and emphasize APAs multicultural competencies. We also examine the impact of cultural factors on ourselves and our clients; hence, group dialogue and experiential learning are incorporated throughout the course.

This course focuses on the theory, research, and practice of academic interventions for PK-12 students in educational settings. Using an MTSS framework, students will learn how to identify academic difficulties and select, implement, and evaluate appropriate evidence-based interventions. Emphasis will be placed on developing skills and knowledge essential for school psychologists to support academic skill development in children.

This initial course in counseling is required for all master's level students in the counselor Education program. The primary focus is on fundamental attitudes, knowledge, and skills necessary for developing effective helping relationships. A key feature of this course is the opportunity to practice essential counseling skills and experience the counseling process in a safe, controlled environment. This course also encourages self awareness and self exploration so that students can gain an understanding of how their own personal experiences, preferences, feelings, values, and world views impact their practice as a counselor. Prerequisite/Corequisite: EDHS 7210, 7230 or instructor permission.

EDHS 7291 is the lab that accompanies EDHS 7290: Essential Counseling Skills. The course affords practice of important therapeutic skills in a safe controlled environment and gives students individual feedback regarding skill development over the course of the class.Prerequisite: restricted to Counselor Education graduate students

This supervised field experience provides the opportunity to apply foundational counseling skills in a clinical or school setting for a minimum of 100 on-site hours. Emphasis is placed on developing professional identity, core competencies in counseling skills, case conceptualization, ethical practice, cultural responsiveness, and preparation for internship. Prerequisite: EDHS 7210, EDHS 7230, EDHS 7290, and EDHS 8310

This advanced field experience allows graduate students to participate in a two semester, 600-hour placement in a clinical or school setting. Weekly group supervision focuses on professional identity, in-depth skill refinement, ethical practice, cultural responsiveness, and preparation for professional practice. Internship may be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: EDHS 8290

The class provides an historical review of basic theories in psychology leading to an in-depth examination of current theoretical approaches to psychotherapy. The theoretical base and accompanying empirical literature of varying approaches are discussed with special emphasis on application of principles. Experiential techniques (e.g., role playing, virtual training, live and asynchronous observation, etc.) are included as well as basic training the psychotherapeutic techniques based upon these seminal theories of human behavior.

This is the second of a two-semester sequence in personality assessment. The purpose of this sequence is to train clinical/school psychology graduate students in basic methods of integrative clinical assessment using a battery of behavioral and self-report psychological tests. This second part of the sequence focuses on applied work with adolescents and adults. Prerequisites: EDHS 7640 and EDHS 8670.

Supervised field experience in activities central to the role of the school/child psychologist. Prerequisite: EDHS 7640.