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Below is a sample list of courses you will take while enrolled in the online School Counseling program. After finishing 60 credit hours of coursework, you will complete 100 practicum hours and 600 internship hours within your community. For a full list of courses, please download a brochure.
Introduction to School Counseling is a foundational course designed to introduce students to the school counseling profession. This course explores the history of the school counseling profession; the roles, functions, and professional identity of the school counselor; and the current models of school counseling programs such as the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) national model. Students will develop knowledge of the current issues and directions for the profession, and the requirements and challenges of being a professional school counselor.
Students will develop an understanding of counseling clients/students during crisis, disaster, and other trauma/grief causing events. This course will examine theories, models, assessment techniques, and intervention strategies. The counselor’s collaborative role in crisis preparedness and response is examined, including self-care strategies. The differences in responses to trauma/grief will be explored, along with counseling strategies to facilitate a healthy recovery. Counseling approaches for clients/students and families experiencing the trauma/loss such as suicide, death of a child/sibling, homicide, and unexpected death will be included.
The course covers the clinical management of common problems with children/adolescents. The importance of family and parent training is emphasized, as well as the critical need to intervene with children using play as the language of the child, Issues such as academic achievement, mood and anxiety, behavioral management, oppositional and defiant behavior, sexuality, substance use and abuse, self-harm and suicide are explored from a developmental perspective. Assessment, service planning and building a community-based system of care will be described based on current research literature. Creative interventions, including symbolic and art techniques, will also be explored. This course will be delivered in a hybrid format.
This course is designed to provide an overview of current issues in school counseling, such as achievement gap, academic success, preventing school dropout, at-risk youth, exceptional abilities, homelessness, etc. This course emphasizes developmentally appropriate prevention, intervention, and responsive counseling services for working with the diverse populations within the school setting. Included topics are program planning, implementation and evaluation, use of date and accountability, advocacy, and ethical and legal practices in the context of the school environment.
Walsh is committed to your academic success and as such, provides field experience support resources at no additional cost. Our field experience team works with you directly to help guide you through the field experience process, providing you with the tools and strategies needed to help secure an approved internship and practicum sites in your area. In addition, we assign you a dedicated Student Support Advisor who assists and guides you in your educational journey from enrollment to graduation.
Join the growing, compassionate workforce striving to heal our world. Careers in counseling are growing faster than the national average. In the U.S., 41% of all counselors are employed as school counselors.*
Walsh University will accept up to 9 credit hours as transfer credits.
Students can expect to dedicate roughly 10 to 15 hours a week of homework and study in addition to their class hours.
To ensure vital, hands-on experiences, students are required to complete field hours at a pre-approved location. During this practicum, students will work alongside a counselor and gain real-world insights into the profession.
Yes, students may complete their practicum where they are currently employed as long as the location is approved by both the director and the practicum supervisor.
Each student is assigned to a dedicated Student Support Advisor who assists and guides them in their educational journey from enrollment to graduation.
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