Counseling Programs, Counseling, Leadership and Special Education Department, Missouri State Univers

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Counseling Programs,Counseling, Leadership and
Special Education Department,Missouri State
UniversitySpring, 2008New Student ORIENTATION

• Welcome!!

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Counseling Programs, Missouri StateNew Student
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• Program Options
• For all program Options, all students are
  required to complete a Professional Counseling
  Core (PCC) curriculum.
• Students in each option will complete additional
  specialty requirements (see below).
• Students may complete additional courses as
  electives.
• Total required hours for each option area are
• Community Agency Counseling 48
• Elementary School Counseling 45
• Secondary School Counseling 45

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• Curricular changes in process to take all courses
  to 48 hours
• SFR 690 Research Now considered a core EARLY
  course
• Coordinate topic with Dr. Hulgus or intended
  Seminar instructor.

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• Certification and Licensure Issues
•  Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC).
• The Community Agency (CA) program Option,
  requiring 48 semester credits, meets Missouri
  course requirements (coursework in 8 core areas)
  for the LPC.
• Also meets both the course credit (48 credits, 8
  core areas) and internship requirements (two
  semesters) for national certification by the
  National Board of Certified Counselors (NBCC). As
  such, it also will meet requirements for
  licensure in many other states.
• Designed to be in compliance with national
  accreditation standards of CACREP (Council for
  the Accreditation of Counseling and Related
  Educational Programs), though we will not be
  seeking that accreditation for a few years.

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• To become licensed in Missouri
• Coursework requirements
• Successfully pass the National Counselor Exam
  (NCE)
• Complete 3000 hours of post-degree supervised
  practice (in no less than 2 years and no more
  than 4) in an approved setting
• Title will be Provisional Licensed Professional
  Counselor (PLPC). (see Departmental website for
  link to informational PowerPoint)
• Beginning Fall 2004, we are participating in the
  NBCC GSA-NCE early examination program. Our
  students may apply for and take the NCE while
  still in the program, at a reduced cost. When you
  graduate, you will then be immediately eligible
  to begin your 3000 supervised hours for the LPC
  in Missouri.

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• EL or SE school counseling options (45 credits)
• Will not meet Missouri LPC course requirements
  (at least 48 semester credits of coursework in 8
  core areas)
• National Board certification (from NBCC) also
  requires 48 credit hour programs, and two
  semesters of internship
• Neither the EL or SE options will meet
  requirements for national certification by the
  NBCC without an additional electives.  

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• To meet MO LPC and NBCC requirements, you will
  need
• A second supervised experience (either COU
  681/683 El/Sec Field Experience, or COU 685 CA
  Internship) (at a school or agency site)
• Makes a 48-hour program that satisfies the MO LPC
  and NBCC total credit and two-semester internship
  requirements.
• Also recommend for ELE majors, add COU 624,
  Clinical Interviewing, to meet the Diagnosis
  requirements of LPC.

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• School Counselor Certification.
• The Elementary (EL) and Secondary (SE) School
  Counseling program Options
• Each requiring 45 semester credits (to meet
  Missouri DESE requirements for certification as a
  school counselor)
• Elementary School Counselor certificate - K-8
• Secondary School Counselor certificate 7-12
• There is no specific certificate for Middle
  School settings, either certificate is valid
  there.
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• School Counselor Certification.
• In addition to completing your M.S. degree, you
  must
• Take and pass the PRAXIS-II Exam for School
  Counseling and Guidance, as required by DESE.
• The PRAXIS-II is administered a few times a year,
  through the Missouri State Counseling and Testing
  Center. They have information and test brochures.
  Information about the School Counseling PRAXIS II
• http//www.ets.org/Media/Tests/PRAXIS/pdf/0420.pdf
  
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• Because there is no official K-12 option for
  the degree program (although DESE actually has
  this certificate), you should select either EL or
  SE option to begin with, and then add courses
  required to complete the K-12 certification
  requirements,
• Those in the EL option, add
• COU 633, COU 681, COU 651, and COU 624 or an
  advisor approved elective
• those in the SE option, add
• COU 608, COU 653 and COU 683
• This may be done either during your program, or
  after graduation as professional development
  coursework leading to the K-12 certificate.

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Counseling Programs, Missouri StateORIENTATION

• Beginning in November 2000, the State changed
  certification rules to make it more feasible for
  someone without a teaching degree and/or teaching
  certificate to become a certified school
  counselor. Certification rules now provide for
  those without an undergraduate teaching degree,
  and/or those without a school counseling graduate
  degree to become eligible through completion of
  some additional coursework. Additionally, the
  school counseling certificate will no longer be
  an endorsement to a teaching certificate, it will
  be a stand alone license to teach as a school
  counselor. These changes apply as follows

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• 1. Candidates with no teaching degree completing
  a School Counseling masters program will have to
  also complete a 12 credit teaching curriculum,
  with courses in teaching methods, classroom
  management, educational psychology, and
  psychology of the exceptional child. (see
  applicable worksheet on the Departmental website
  for more details)

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• 2. Candidates with no teaching degree, and
  completing a non-school masters program (in
  agency counseling) will also have to complete
  both the teaching curriculum and any school
  counseling specialty courses not taken as part of
  their graduate degree (e.g., Foundations of
  School Counseling, etc). They will also have to
  complete two semesters (300 on-site hours total)
  of supervised Field Experience in a school
  setting. You will need to enroll in and attend
  all class sessions of the Field Experience course
  for each semester.

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• At Missouri State, we have identified specific
  courses that would meet the teaching curriculum
  requirements. These are undergraduate education
  courses here. (See the website worksheets for
  specifics). Teacher Education majors have first
  priority, so you will have to check availability
  of courses with Evelyn Maxwell in the College of
  Education.

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• For Secondary School Counseling
• Psychology of Exceptional Child
• Enroll in SPE 310/340/615 Intro. Special
  Education
• Educational Psychology
• Enroll in PSY 360/610 Intro to Ed Psychology
• Teaching Methods and Practices
• Enroll in SEC 302 Mid/Sec Methods of
  Instruction
• Classroom Management
• Enroll in PSY 535 Discipline and Social
  Behavior
• in the Classroom or
• PSY 508 Behavior Management or
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• For Elementary School Counseling
• Psychology of Exceptional Child
• Enroll in SPE 310/340/615 Intro. Special
  Education
• Educational Psychology
• Enroll in PSY 360/610 Intro. to Educational
  Psychology
• Teaching Methods and Practices
• Enroll in ELE 302 Intro. to Elementary
  Education
• Classroom Management
• Enroll in ELE 440 Classroom Management or
• PSY 508 Behavior Management or
• PSY 535 Discipline Soc Behavior in
  Classroom
• NOTE These are subject to change as this process
  evolves!!!!

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• Provisional School Counselor Certification.
• In order to get more counselors in the schools
  more quickly, DESE also provides for a
  Provisional Certificate to practice as a school
  counselor. This requires completion of 21
  specific credits within the school counseling
  masters program. While this certificate enables
  you to be hired by a school as their counselor,
  it requires that you limit your practice to those
  aspects for which you have received training and
  are competent. (see Worksheets for details)

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• To apply, you must submit
• DESE application (with sponsoring district
  completing their portion)
• Official transcripts of all work completed
• Letter of recommendation, including
  transcript analysis, from authorized DESE
  agent (like the Counseling Programs)
• Temporary Authorization is generally not
  supported by our program, except in unusual
  circumstances.

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• In addition, there is a Counselor Transition
  Tuition Reimbursement Program, sponsored by DESE,
  that you may apply for. This program will
  reimburse you for tuition for the first 21
  credits of your program that are required for the
  Provisional Certificate. This program is open
  only to students with a teaching degree and a
  teaching certificate. You must also already have
  a school district that is willing to offer you an
  interview for an open position upon completion of
  the 21 hours. (see website for more details)

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• Testing Credentials in Missouri
• School counselors are being asked to conduct IQ
  testing in the schools as part of their job.
• DESE no longer requires, nor do we, PSY 620
  Intelligence Testing, for certification as a
  school counselor in Missouri.
• The COU program and the Missouri School Counselor
  Certificate do not qualify counselors to conduct
  IQ testing.

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• To be qualified and certified to do IQ testing,
  you MUST obtain the School Psychological Examiner
  Certificate from DESE. This requires the
  following courses in addition to those required
  for the COU degree
• COU 624 Clinical Interviewing (3)
• COU 653 Analysis of Learning Adjust. Diff.
  (3)
• PSY 620 Intelligence Testing (3)
• Graduate Statistics Course (test theory
  oriented)(3)
• COU 686 School Psych. Examiner Practicum (3)

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• If not qualified by coursework and/or certified
  as a School Psych. Examiner, then conducting IQ
  assessments in the public schools may constitute
  practicing outside of your competence, which
  would be unethical.
• If you are getting pressure from a school or
  district to do IQ testing, please inform them of
  what we have told you. They could support your
  attainment of the School Psych. Examiner
  certificate.
• Within 10 years, MO will do away with the School
  Psych Exam Certificate, replace it with School
  Psychologist Certificate, requiring more
  coursework and supervised experience.

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• Missouri State Computer Account  
• The COU department relies more and more on
  electronic media for providing information to
  students in classes, as well as information for
  all students via our departmental web page. In
  addition, faculty are making more use of the
  Blackboard online course system.

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• Missouri State fees paid by students include the
  provision of a free student computer account,
  with access to the internet as well as all campus
  resources, such as the library, computer
  programs, etc. If you do not already have one,
  please go to the public computer lab in Cheek
  Hall, with your ZIP card, and sign up for an
  account.

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• Counseling Programs Homepage
• http//education.missouristate.edu/counseling/
• Please visit it soon to see what information is
  available to you there.
• You may also get dial-up modem access if you have
  no other internet provider. There would be no
  charge for dial up in Springfield, but would be
  long distance charges if you live outside of this
  calling area. You can, however, still access your
  e-mail, etc, via another ISP (such as AOL,
  Prodigy, etc.) Go to Cheek 150, bring a blank
  re-writable CD, trade it for one with Missouri
  State dialup software on it.

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•  Advisor Approved Program of Study
• at Missouri State is a process by which you
  specify to the Graduate College a plan of study
  for your degree, approved by the department.
• No specific courses that you must complete prior
  to filing your Program of Study
• You may file your Program of Study form with the
  Graduate School at any time after enrolling in
  your first classes in the program, but no later
  than after 15 credits have been completed
• The Advisor Approved Program of Study Form,
  filled out with our requirements, is available on
  our departmental website
• http//education.missouristate.edu/counseling/
• at a button labeled Useful Forms the
  Advisor Approved Plans of Study and Worksheets

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• There are three versions, one for each program
  option area (EL, SE, CA). You may simply download
  the form (it is in MS Word format) to your own
  computer (using Save As), then fill in the name,
  etc., information at the top, and print it out.
  DO NOT fill in the two right-most columns
  Grade and Semester Taken

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Counseling Programs, Missouri StateSpring
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• If you are transferring in coursework from
  another graduate program or institution, then you
  will need to change the plan of study
  accordingly, showing both what the course is that
  you are transferring in, and where from, and what
  it is being substituted for on the form.
  (Transfer courses must be evaluated and approved
  by your advisor)

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• Then turn the form in to the Department. Your
  advisor will review it, and if it is accurate and
  correct, will approve and forward on through the
  system. If you later need to make any changes in
  your program of study, you will complete a
  Change of Program form, with advisor and
  departmental approvals. This form is also
  available online at the Graduate College site
  (connect through the departmental webpage)

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• Approval to enroll in Practicum
• A primary checkpoint occurs after completion of
  the introductory core courses, just prior to
  enrollment in Practicum (COU 680, or 682, or
  684).
• Your progress in the program and readiness for
  Practicum will be reviewed by the entire faculty.
  
• During the semester prior to the one in which you
  plan to take practicum, you should complete an
  Application for Practicum.
• We encourage you to wait as long as possible
  before enrolling in Practicum so that you have as
  much preparatory knowledge and skills as possible
  to begin working with real clients.

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• There ARE specific prerequisites that you will
  need to complete prior to Practicum (with a B or
  better)
• COU 605
• COU 602/603
• COU 610/611
• COU 608/651
• Submit application the semester prior to the one
  you want to take pracrticum in

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• PRACTICUM Application process
• Submit application, with readiness statement
• Submit copy of Counselor-Trainee Progress
  Assessment from Helping Relationship
• Submit copy of liability insurance
• Submit copy of HIPAA training certificate

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• Internship and Field Experience
• These are supervised experiences in school
  (Field) or Agency (Internship) settings, where
  you will spend 12-20 hours weekly in the
  counselor role, under direct supervision of a
  site supervisor.
• Site supervisors must be approved by the
  Department, and must attend Supervisor
  Orientation/Training held each semester.
• YOU must attend an Internship/Field Experience
  Orientation prior to applying for this
  experience.

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Internship Orientation

• Provides forms needed (on website now)
• Answers questions
• Reviews sites and supervisors

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• Internship/Field Experience Application Process
• 1. Submit application materials to Tamara.
  Application packets MUST include
• Current resume/vitae
• Current transcript (informal ones from online are
  OK)
• Proof of liability insurance
• HIPAA Training certificate
• COMPLETED applications (NO BLANKS OR UNANSWERED
  QUESTIONS!)
• ? INCOMPLETE APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE PROCESSED ?
• 2.  Once the packet is complete, Tamara will pass
  it on to the student's advisor.  They will
  approve the site and supervisor.  After approval,
  the advisor will send the packet back to the
  office to put in student's file.
• 3.  The student will then be released for
  enrollment.

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• Portfolio and Seminar Requirements
• Beginning six years ago, we instituted a
  requirement for all students to complete a
  Professional Portfolio as a graduation
  requirement. The Portfolio is a compilation of
  evaluations and selected graduate work produced
  in your masters program here, that collectively
  demonstrate mastery of specific counseling
  competencies required for certification or
  licensure. Initially, we ask that you begin to
  collect and save or archive all of your work
  products (papers, evaluations, and logs) from
  each of your Counseling program courses.

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• We now have a web-based electronic portfolio
  capability and process, in which every student
  will create their own portfolio web pages on the
  web. This may include scanning papers and/or
  evaluations, and will include repeated examples
  of the Counselor Trainee Progress Assessment.
  During COU 665 Research Seminar in Counseling,
  you will assemble your electronic Presentation
  Portfolio, which will be reviewed and approved by
  the 665 instructor. As part of that portfolio,
  you will also write a Seminar Paper, which is a
  Graduate College and department requirement.

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• Given the extent of the portfolio and seminar
  paper preparation process, we strongly recommend
  that you enroll in COU 665 NO LATER THAN the
  semester prior to the one in which you plan to
  graduate (or earlier if you wish). Often,
  students find that they need to spend extra time,
  taking a Z grade, and continuing these projects
  into another semester. The Z grade is an
  incomplete for which you have 2 years to complete
  the requirements, and which is then replaced by
  the course grade upon completion of all
  requirements.

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• Comprehensive Exams. Since Spring 2001, we have
  been using a standardized, nationally normed
  exams as our Comprehensive Examination, required
  for graduation. The Counselor Preparation
  Comprehensive Examination (CPCE) will be
  administered to all students completing their
  program, from all three option areas.

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• There are no pre-established passing scores, and
  so we will be developing local norms for this
  purpose. You should have completed as much
  coursework as possible in the following 8 core
  content areas, which are included in the exam
• Human Growth and Development
• Social and Cultural Foundations
• Helping Relationships
• Group Work
• Career and Lifestyle Development
• Appraisal
• Research and Program Evaluation
• Professional Orientation.

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• For the first several administrations of the CPCE
  to our students, the average Missouri State
  scores were substantially higher (gt ½ S.D.) than
  the national means for all counseling students
  who took it during that year.

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Contact Information

• SEE DEPARTMENTAL WEBSITE FOR CONTACT INFORMATION
  ON ALL COUNSELING PROGRAMS CORE AND ADJUNCT
  FACULTY AND STAFF

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• Questions?