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Master of Human Services Degree with a
Concentration in Counseling
MHS students interested in counseling certification in
Pennsylvania and certain other states have the option of taking an additional 6
credits prior to graduation to receive the MHS degree with a Concentration in
Counseling. The two courses that the students opting for the counseling
concentration will take in addition to the normal MHS curriculum are:
HUS 662: Therapeutic Counseling and Human Service
Delivery Applications of Clinical Assessment and Testing (3 credit hours)
Course Description:
This course will examine a variety of assessment
and testing methods, advanced interviewing procedures, and observational
techniques associated with the formulation of diagnostic impressions and
treatment plans in human service settings. Emphasis will be given to
multi-modal and eclectic appraisals of cognitive, affective, social,
vocational, interests/aptitude, achievement, intellectual and
personality aspects of functioning.
The course will also present frameworks and models
for the development of assessment practices. Attention will be give to
the function and origin of assessment and testing instruments and
principles underlying counseling and clinical practice in various human
services settings.
Additionally, concepts identifying appropriate
paradigms for diagnostic inferences will be covered. Guidelines for
conducting the assessment process in an ethical and considerate manner
will be presented. Much attention will be given to the implications of
clinical assessment and testing for diagnosis, clinical decision making
and treatment planning. The techniques, tools, instruments and models
incorporated into the course content will be elucidated in a pragmatic
manner to be utilized by counselors, clinicians and human service
practitioners who might not necessarily administer psychological tests,
but will, nevertheless, be responsible for making clinical judgments and
interventions based upon an understanding of test results.
HUS 692: Counseling Internship: Supervised Counseling
Applications in Human Service Settings (3 credit hours)
Course Description:
This course is designed to provide oversight and
academic supervision for internship placement in a mental
health/counseling agency setting. The student is expected to provide a
variety of counseling services in a community human services agency
under the site supervision of a licensed counselor or other qualified
professional. Course work will focus on case supervision and discussion
of counseling theories and skills to complement the internship
experience.
Additional counseling electives available to students
interesting the counseling certification are:
HUS 672: Principles of Psychopathology and Diagnosis:
Applications to Counseling Practice and Human Service Delivery (3 credit
hours)
Course Description:
This course serves as an advanced practicum for
students who have prior counseling experience and/or have completed a
helping relationship practicum. This course provides a comprehensive
review of current models and principles pertinent to the identification,
description, and delineation of mental disorders. Concepts and
terminology from the DSM-IV will be detailed and applied to an on-going
clinical helping relationship. Special emphasis will be placed upon the
reasoning, judgments, and extrapolations that underlie the process of
clinical diagnosis and appropriate treatment planning.
HUS 682: Counseling for Career Development (3 credit
hours)
Course Description:
This course examines the role of the counselor in
adult career development. The course is designed to teach theoretical
frameworks and counseling skills for the career counseling process. The
course includes an overview of theories of career development, as well
as individual and programmed techniques for assessment, decision-making,
and career search, advancement, and change. Students will apply course
material to their own career development and to counseling specific
clients in human service settings.
Lincoln University
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1570 Old Baltimore
Pike, P.O. Box 179, Lincoln University, PA 19352 (484) 365-8000
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