COUNSL 633 Professional, Ethical, and Legal Issues in School Counseling

The purpose of this course is to create awareness among school counselors-in-training of their contribution in the counseling process and helping relationships. Topics include foundations for an ethical perspective and legal issues; models for ethical decision-making; ethical codes of professional organizations, including American counseling Association and American School counselor Association; client/student rights and counselor responsibilities; ethical concerns in multicultural counseling and with special client/student populations; professional and ethical issues in specific modalities (e.g., group counseling, consultation).

3 Credit(s)