Department of Leadership, Technology, and Human Development
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Course Descriptions Course Schedule Comprehensive Exam Application Admission Requirements
MEd
James J. Bergin, Ed.D., NCC, NCSC, LPC Mary H. Jackson, Ed.D., NCC, LPC Fayth M. Parks, Ph.D. Leon E. Spencer, Ed.D., NCC, MAC, LPC Lisa Schulz, PhD.,NCC
Arline Edwards-Joseph, PhD |
Counselor Education
Mission
The Counselor Education Program at Georgia Southern teaches that individuals have an innate drive toward growth, health, and adjustment. The application of the knowledge base is seen as the process of enhancing or facilitating normal growth and development in a dynamic society that is multicultural and global. Students in the program look at growth and change patterns as applied to both self and others. The program prepares students to be reflective learners so that they may better able to understand and help others directly, and indirectly as advocates in providing programs and services which assist others in their development. Graduates employed as student services professionals or as counselors within schools or agency settings, address affective, cognitive, and behavioral concerns of their clientele, and facilitate the development and/or adjustment of those they serve.
Vision
The Counselor Education Program is for students who serve their communities, their institutions, and their professions as school and community counselors and student service professionals. By 2010, the program will prepare professionals at the masters, specialist, and Doctoral levels. The program will have Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP) or meet other sets of national standards as approved preparation programs in school counseling, community counseling, and student services. Counselors will help public education, community agencies, and post secondary institutions meet their demands for excellence across a wide range of competencies as applied to a more diverse population. Counseling professionals will collaborate with all educators and service providers in devising means to develop and maintain those climates and individual characteristics that foster intellectual, academic, social, and emotional development among a broad clientele in an increasingly pluralistic society.
Internships
The Master's program requires students to complete a supervised internship of 600 clock hours that is begun after successful completion of the student's practicum. Consideration should be given to selecting internship sites that offer opportunities for students to engage in both individual counseling and group work. The internship provides an opportunity for the student to perform under supervision of a variety of activities that a regularly employed staff member in the setting would be expected to perform. A regularly employed staff member is defined as a person occupying the professional role to which the student is aspiring.
Students are required to find their own internship site. For a list of sites that we have a contract with, visit the Counselor Education training sites page.
The Internship Handbook contains the forms and information specific to applying for internship. Applications for internship must be filed by the appropriate deadline in the semester before the clinical experience will occur. Students will not be permitted to register for either Internship I or Internship II unless an application is on file with all the necessary departmental and faculty approvals. Students are required to consult with their Faculty Advisor regarding these applications in order to ensure that all prerequisites have been met prior to participation in these experiences.
Site Supervisors: We request that site supervisors access a virtual training workshop and download and thoroughly review the School, Community, or Student Services site supervisor manual prior to receiving an intern.
Insurance
While fulfilling the clinical experience requirements of Models, Practicum, and Internship, students must carry liability insurance. Many professional organizations (members only) and some private companies offer low rates for students. Applications for membership and student liability insurance can be obtained by contacting the following organizations:
American Counseling Association (ACA)
(800) 347-6647
www.counseling.orgAmerican Mental Health Counselors Association (AMHCA)
(800) 306-4722
www.amhca.orgAmerican School Counselor Association
(800) 821-7303
www.schoolcounselor.org
Last Modified July 2, 2009.