Offered by Department of Counseling and School Psychology
College of Education
CSP Courses
- CSP 188GS - General Studies Portal - 3 hours
- Prereq: freshman or sophomore standing
Students analyze critical issues confronting individuals and society in a global context as they pertain to the discipline in
which the Portal course is taught. The Portal is intended to help students succeed in their university education by being
mentored in process of thinking critically about important ideas and articulating their own conclusions. Students may take the
Portal in any discipline, irrespective of their major or minor. Satisfies the General Studies Portal course requirement. Students
may take their Portal course in any discipline. Students who transfer 24 or more hours of General Studies credit to UNK are
exempt from taking a portal course.
- CSP 404 - Counseling and Mental Disorders - 2 hours
- Prereq: none
This course provides an orientation to the various abnormal behaviors and mental disorders that may be encountered in
students/clients by counselors, athletic trainers, school psychologists, and student affairs personnel. It introduces medical
model terminology, symptomology of disorders, and current treatments associated with the various disorders.
- CSP 407 - Clinical Treatment Issues in Addictions Counseling - 3 hours
- Prereq: none
This course is intended to meet the requirements for licensure as a Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselor as 45 hours of clinical
treatment issues in chemical dependency.
The student will receive education such as the study of treatment issues specific to chemical dependency including denial,
resistance, minimization, family dynamics, relapse, cross-addiction, co-occurring disorders, spirituality, and influences of
self-help groups. The education will include studying chemical dependency clinical treatment needs of individuals taking into
consideration gender, culture, and lifestyle.
- CSP 408 - Assessment, Case Planning, & Management of Addictions - 3 hours
- Prereq: none
This course addresses the process of collecting pertinent data about client or client systems and their environment and
appraising the data as a basis for making decisions regarding alcohol/drug disorder diagnosis and treatment and/or referral.
Instruction on coordinating and prioritizing client treatment goals and working with other services, agencies and resources to
achieve those treatment goals are included. The course addresses practice in assessing and managing a case including the
development of sample case records and utilizing the written client record to guide and monitor services with emphasis on the
development of the social history and intake, initial assessment, individual treatment plan with measurable goals and
objectives, documentation of progress and ongoing assessment. Confidentiality of client information and records as defined in 42
CFR Part 2 shall be addressed. The strengths and weaknesses of various levels of care and the selection of an appropriate level
for clients are studied. Basic information on two or more objective assessment instruments are studied for alcohol/drug
disorders including the Substance Abuse Subtle Screening Inventory (SASSI), Addiction Severity Index (ASI), and the Western
Personality Inventory. This course meets the requirements for licensure as a Licensed Drug and Alcohol Counselor as 30 hours of
alcohol/drug assessment, case planning and management.
- CSP 409 - Medical & Psychosocial Aspects of Addictions - 3 hours
- Prereq: none
This course addresses the physiological, psychological and sociological aspects of alcohol/drug use, abuse and dependence. The
classifications and basic pharmacology of drugs, basic physiology and the effects of drug use on the systems of the human body
and alcohol and drug tolerance are discussed. The course also includes the etiological, behavioral, cultural and demographical
aspects and belief systems about alcohol/drug use along with the processes of dependence and addiction including signs, symptoms
and behavior patterns. This course meets the requirements for licensure as a Licensed Drug and Alcohol Counselor as 45 hours of
medical and psychosocial aspects of alcohol/drug use, abuse and addiction.
- CSP 410 - Psychology of Classroom Discipline - 3 hours
- Prereq: none
Study of current models of classroom management psychology emphasizes the importance of teacher personality and interactive
style in relation to classroom environment. A major focus is on the quality of the teacher/student relationship and kinds of
interaction which enhance motivation and learning.
- CSP 417 - Counseling Skills - 3 hours
- Prereq: none
This class is for those entering or already in one of the helping professions. It focuses on understanding and applying a broad
range of listening and communication skills in one-to-one interactions as well as in small group settings. Students actively
practice building skills in class.
- CSP 418 - Introduction to Counseling and Social Advocacy - 3 hours
- Prereq: none
This course is designed to introduce the student to the broad field of counseling and to provide an orientation to counseling as
a helping profession. A knowledge base related to the characteristics and training of effective counselors as well as a
description of clients who enter counseling is the content foundation of this course. This involves both information and
experience focused on the nature of helping relationship and the skills, attitudes, and beliefs involved in developing and
maintaining this relationship. Finally, the therapeutic benefits to the client are explored.
- CSP 420 - Learning from Children - 3 hours
- Prereq: none
This course provides opportunity to study teaching/learning interactions in which the teacher is a child and the learner is an
adult. There are direct observations of child/adult interactions, a brief study of class members' recollections of their own
childhoods, and a study of neotenous (childlike) adults. The course will be graded credit/no credit, undergraduate/graduate
credit.
- CSP 441 - Special Topics - 1-3 hours
- Prereq: none
This course addresses current issues related to counseling and school psychology. The course format varies depending on subject
matter, instructor and student needs.
- CSP 499 - Independent Study - 1-2 hours
- Prereq: none
The student along with an advisor from the department will select an appropriate topic to be studied.
