School Counseling

Overview

This School Counseling program from Kent State University is designed to fulfill the educational requirements for licensure as a Licensed School Counselor in the state of Ohio. The program may be pursued on a part-time or full-time basis, although some full-time study is urged.

Learning Outcomes

Graduates of this program will be able to:

• Meet the academic components required by the Ohio Department of Education to be eligible to sit for the current licensure assessments

• Understand legal and ethical standards and practice in a legal and ethical manner

• Understand and demonstrate multicultural responsiveness

• Demonstrate a strong counselor identity

• Demonstrate strong skills in identifying affect, behavior and cognition that contributes to mental health issues

• Understand and demonstrate sound counseling skills and techniques within a theoretical framework in both individual and group counseling

• Demonstrate valuable skills in conceptualizing student success and growth

• Understand the importance of research in advancing the counseling profession including how to critique research to inform counseling practice

• Work with crisis, trauma, suicide and at-risk students