ECC 514 Introduction to School-based Counselling

As future school leaders, students receive an introduction to the fundamental skills needed to facilitate therapeutic change in children’s lives. Topics include interviewing skills, establishing a therapeutic alliance and professional documentation for intake and referral. Students review regional and provincial/territorial policies and guidelines related to the scope of practice for school-based counselling in a multicultural context. Future educational leaders obtain an overview of how a well-organized counselling program contributes to children’s growth and a positive school climate.  

Credits

3

Outcomes

1. This course will prepare students to:
2. Apply reflective listening
3. Evaluate opportunities to co-ordinate school based and multi-disciplinary services.
4. Evaluate the spectrum of roles and responsibilities of the school-based counsellor.
5. Analyze the importance of family systems and human development in school-based counselling programs.
6. Evaluate the importance of fostering intercultural engagement among Indigenous and nonindigenous students, faculty, and staff.
7. Create an understanding of their social responsibility as future school leaders.