Main description:

A practical roadmap for teaching graduate counseling courses from start to finish.

Written for the soon-to-be, novice, or adjunct counselor educator, this is an accessible, practical guide to preparing and teaching a graduate counseling course from start to finish. Authored by skilled counselor educators who found themselves woefully unprepared to teach upon obtaining their first faculty positions, the book proffers their hard-earned wisdom to help new faculty confidently take over the role of instructor. The hands-on guide provides convenient overviews of each course and day-to-day, content-specific strategies for designing and teaching integral course content that is culturally sensitive and developmentally appropriate.Offering diverse strategies and activities, the book addresses how to teach courses taught in most CACREP-accredited programs and covers such topics as identifying theoretical orientation; diagnosis, assessment, and treatment planning: developing therapeutic presence; group leadership; genograms; diversity; basic counseling skills, school shootings; suicide; white privilege; and much more. It addresses course objectives, evaluation of student learning, current research, classroom management, use of technology, do's and don'ts, and advising students. Discussion points and merits of activities are informed by the concept of andragogy, a theory specifically for adult learning. Multicultural and social considerations are woven throughout each chapter. Activities and assignments were developed with feedback from students.

Key Features:

Provides a practical roadmap for preparing and teaching a graduate counseling course from start to finish
Delivers in-depth practical information on how to teach new material and conduct day-to-day lectures
Discusses content-specific teaching strategies and advice
Guides new faculty members in understanding how all of the courses in the curriculum influence each other
Includes multicultural and social considerations in each chapter
Informed by the concept of andragogy, a theory specifically for adult learning.

Contents:

Preface
Chapter 1: Teaching Counseling Students Today
Chapter 2: Orientation to Professional Counseling Courses
Chapter 3: Ethics Courses
Chapter 4: Counseling Theories
Chapter 5: Diversity
Chapter 6: Lifespan Development Courses
Chapter 7: Counseling Techniques Courses
Chapter 8: Career Development Courses
Chapter 9: Group Counseling Courses
Chapter 10: Research Courses
Chapter 11: Diagnosis, Assessment, and Treatment Planning
Chapter 12: Practicum and Internship
Chapter 13: Marriage, Couple, and Family Counseling Courses
Chapter 14: School Counseling Courses
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