School Counseling

Mission Statement

Indiana Wesleyan University Graduate School Counseling Program prepares future professional school counselors in knowledge, skills, and best practices of school counseling, with Christ-like servant leadership to effectively work with culturally diverse students, faculty, and families.

 

Successful Program Learning Outcomes are as follows:

1. Students will articulate a clear understanding of School Counseling professional identity.
2. Students will deliver school counseling services with multicultural competence.
3. Students will integrate an understanding of developmental concepts and processes in case conceptualizations.
4. Students will conceptualize the relationship between and among work, personal well-being, and other life roles.
5. Students will demonstrate essential counseling skills with competence and ethical proficiency.
6. Students will facilitate a group session with competency.
7. Students will display counseling appraisal skills that recognize validity and reliability.
8. Students will apply research findings from professional literature to inform development of treatment plans and intervention strategies.
9. Students will integrate faith or spirituality-based principles and strategies in case conceptualizations and/or interviews.
10. Students will demonstrate knowledge of the foundations of school counseling.
11. Students will evaluate comprehensive school counseling programs with the use of appropriate data.
12. Students will demonstrate comprehensive school counseling by synthesizing professional skills and interactions.
13. Students will integrate cultural competence and responsiveness, in the practice of school counseling, to promote education equity and social justice.
14. Students will function in professional roles and relationships in ways that reflect adherence to ethical and legal standards.

 

Requirements (48 credits)

A student who has completed the School Counseling program should, with graduate-level competency, be able to:

1. Students will demonstrate knowledge of the foundations of school counseling.
2. Students will evaluate comprehensive school counseling programs with the use of appropriate data.
3. Students will demonstrate comprehensive school counseling by synthesizing professional skills and interactions.
4. Students will integrate cultural competence and responsiveness, in the practice of school counseling, to promote education equity and social justice. 

Core Courses

CNS-501	Human Growth and Development	3
CNS-502	Multicultural Counseling	3
CNS-503	Theory and Techniques in the Helping Relationship	3
CNS-504	Theory and Techniques in Group Counseling	3
CNS-505	Theory and Techniques in Career Counseling	3
CNS-506	Appraisal of Individuals and Families	3
CNS-507	Research and Evaluation of Methods and Practice	3
CNS-508	Legal, Ethical and Professional Issues	3
CNS-509	Integration of Christian Faith in Professional Counseling	3

Clinical Experiences

CNS-550S	Supervised Practicum - School Counseling	3
CNS-551S	Supervised Internship - School Counseling	3
CNS-552S	Supervised Internship - School Counseling	3

Specialization Courses

CNS-519	Theories and Techniques of School Counseling I	3
CNS-527	Child and Adolescent Development and Treatment	3
CNS-529	Theories and Techniques of School Counseling II	3
-	Elective	3

Elective

Choose one elective from any divisional class or one of our school specific courses.

CNS-538	Theory and Practice of Play Therapy	3
SDC-530	Social Justice in Action	3
CNS-555	Academic Counseling and Classroom Management	3
CNS-556	P-12 College, Career, and Life Preparedness	3
CNS-557	Mental Health Issues in School Counseling P-12	3
CNS-558	Trauma and Grief in Counseling	3