Theories, methods, and techniques of counseling psychology as applied to planned interventions with parents and their children. Contemporary approaches to family and child dysfunctioning are studied within a framework of human development; applied practice utilizing simulated problems.
This course focuses on theoretically grounded social justice consultation and evaluation in counseling psychology. The purpose of this course is to help students develop beginning competencies in social justice consultation, advocacy, and program evaluation as counseling psychologists. Doctoral students in counseling psychology will practice beginning skills in interprofessional collaboration and community partnership.
This course introduces graduate students to the field of chemical dependency and substance abuse, their assessment and treatment with an emphasis on counseling settings and practice. In depth issues surrounding addiction, etiology, diagnosis and treatment will be explored. Our focus will be on theories of addiction, physiological, and psychology of addiction, and treatment approaches with a significant emphasis on treatment issues related to gender and racial diversity.
Full-time practice in an operational setting such as a school or government agency, with on-site supervision provided by the host agency and with academic supervision provided by a University faculty member. Practicum: full-time field experience. May be repeated to a maximum of 12 credits.
Full-time practice in an operational setting such as a school or government agency, with on-site supervision provided by the host agency and with academic supervision provided by a University faculty member. Practicum: full-time field experience. May be repeated to a maximum of 12 credits.
This course will provide students with an overview of the theory and applications of advanced quantitative methods. A quantitative research method focuses on advanced quantitative methodologies used in methodologically-oriented studies in educational research, evaluation, and statistics. The goal of this course is to prepare students to analyze data using advanced quantitative methods. It covers topics in the areas of multilevel modeling, data mining, missing data, categorical data analysis, meta-analysis, and longitudinal data analysis.
This course will provide students with an overview of the theory and applications of advanced psychometric methods. A psychometric method focuses on advanced psychometric methodologies used in methodologically- oriented studies in educational measurement and evaluation techniques. The goal of this course is to prepare students to analyze data using advanced psychometric methods. It covers topics in the areas of Rasch Modeling, Item Response Theory, Structural Equation Modeling, Advanced Survey Techniques, and Latent Variable Modeling (as well as additional techniques).
Half-time to full-time work on thesis. May be repeated to a maximum of six semesters.
May be repeated to a maximum of six semesters.
This seminar provides structure for working with faculty advisors and peer colleagues to cultivate the research skills needed to create new knowledge related to research questions that are important to the fields of counseling psychology, educational psychology, school psychology, and quantitative and psychometric methods, and to the mission of social justice.
