COSC 611 - Child and Adolescent Counseling in the Schools

COSC 611 Discussion Board Forums (3)

Discussion boards are collaborative learning experiences. Therefore, the candidate will participate in 3 Discussion Board Forums throughout this course. The candidate must not attach threads/replies as files. The candidate must instead type directly into the Discussion Board Forum. Threads must be at least 500 words. One reply must be at least 250 words (MLO: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, K, L).

COSC 611 Honoring Diversity and Transitions Program

The candidate will create a staff development workshop for teachers in PowerPoint format with speaker notes. This workshop will address the needs of diverse youth, including spiritual and religious needs, as well as transition programming. The candidate will provide research to support the presentation and will cite a minimum of 5 peer-reviewed sources in current APA format (MLO: A, B, G, J, K).

COSC 611 Crisis Management Planning and Evaluation Paper

The candidate will combine knowledge gained from course readings (Erbacher Suicide in Schools book) to evaluate the NEA School Crisis Guide, using questions provided in the instructions document and on the grading rubric. The synthesis and evaluation of course readings and the model crisis management plan will aid the candidate in understanding crisis management in the schools, and promote importance of mental health/behavioral awareness and the role of the professional school counselor before, during, and post-crisis. The body of the paper must be at least 5 full pages (MLO: H, I, L).

COSC 611 Comprehensive Child and Adolescent Counseling Benchmark

As the culminating benchmark assignment for this course, the candidate will integrate learning from course modules/weeks. Each component within the benchmark will be specific to the chapters and concepts discussed in course readings. The candidate will submit the component prompt responses via LiveText (MLO: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, L).

COSC 611 Quizzes (3)

The candidate will complete 3 quizzes consisting of 25 multiple choice and multiple answer questions each. Each quiz question will be worth 2 points. All quizzes will be open-book/open-notes and have a 1-hour time limit. There will be a 1-point deduction for every 5 minutes over the allotted 1-hour time limit. The quizzes cover the content of the module/week readings. Each quiz may only be taken one time (MLO: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, L).