CN 767 - Internship I: School Counseling

Semester Hours: 3

The School Counseling Internship I is a one-semester, 300-hour minimum, supervised counseling experience within the context of an approved school placement. The course is designed to build extensively on a student’s practicum experience by involving him/her in all aspects of the role and functioning of a professional school counselor. Interns will integrate and apply the knowledge, skills, and dispositions learned in previous program coursework to implement comprehensive, developmental, and collaborative school counseling programs. Interns will serve in individual and group counseling sessions with a minimum of 120 hours of direct service with students involving assessment, intervention, and evaluation. Audio or audio-visual recordings are used to develop skills in conceptualizing cases and selecting and implementing appropriate interventions. The application of ethical and legal issues in counseling is reviewed. The course culminates in an evaluation of the intern’s counseling performance throughout the internship.

Pre-requisites: CN 736 - Counseling Children and Adolescents, CN 738 - Group Therapy, a “B” or better grade in CN 766 - Practicum in School Counseling, a passing score on the PRAXIS II exam, and a cumulative GPA of at least 3.0.

Pre- or co-requisites: CN 739 - Career Counseling and Development