Offered by Department of Counseling and School Psychology
College of Education
CSP Courses
- CSP 800 - Advanced Educational Psychology - 3 hours
- This course focuses on school learning, its assessment and factors that are related to it. These factors include, for example,
learner's development and characteristics (biological, psychological, cultural and social), learner's exceptionalities,
teacher's instructional and behavior management techniques, and social influences. Current issues and problems will be studied
and discussed in a seminar setting. There will also be opportunity to study topics of individual concern.
- CSP 801P - Counseling Skills - 3 hours
- 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 and out of class.
- CSP 802 - Research Methods in Psychology and Education - 3 hours
- A survey of the techniques of research with emphasis on counseling and educational applications. Content includes knowledge
of: (a) scientific knowledge and research; (b) research questions and hypotheses; (c) reviewing research literature; (d) types
of variables and operational definition; (e) types of research; (f) data collection; (g) data entry and analysis using a variety
of statistical techniques; and (h) models of program evaluation.
- CSP 804P - Counseling and Mental Disorders - 2 hours
- 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 805 - Child and Adolescent Development and Interventions - 3 hours
- This course provides an opportunity for persons in helping professions to better understand children and adolescents by
exploring factors that contribute to their development. An ecological perspective will be taken to study behavior to include
biological, cognitive, affective, and social influences. Specific childhood disorders will be examined, focusing on etiology,
behavioral characteristics, and treatment/intervention.
- CSP 806P - Learning from Children - 3 hours
- This course provides opportunity to study teaching/learning interactions in which the teacher is a child and the learner is an
adult. There is direct observation of child/adult interaction, a brief study of class members' recollections of their own
childhoods, and a study of neotenous (childlike) adults. The course is graded credit/no credit at both the undergraduate and
graduate levels.
- CSP 807P - Clinical Treatment Issues in Addictions Counseling - 3 hours
- This course addresses the study of treatment issues specific to chemical dependency/addictions including screening/assessment,
diagnosis, denial, resistance, minimization, family dynamics, disease concept, relapse, cross-addiction, non-chemical
dependencies, co-occurring disorders, spirituality, and influences of self-help groups. Also included are strategies for
prevention, intervention, and treatment of chemical dependency, taking into consideration gender, culture, and lifestyle. 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.
- CSP 808P - Assessment, Case Planning, and Management of Addictions - 3 hours
- 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 809P - Medical and Psychosocial Aspects of Addictions - 3 hours
- 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 810 - Legal and Ethical Issues in Clinical Mental Health Counseling - 1 hour
- This course explores the legal, ethical and professional choices faced by clinical mental health counselors. A wide variety
of ethical issues and topics are covered. Topics include ethical principles, decision-making, professional standards, counselor
values and attitudes, multicultural perspectives and diversity, counselor competence, client rights and confidentiality,
managing boundaries and multiple relationships, and ethical issues in research and testing, supervision and consultation,
theory, research and practice, couples and family therapy, group work. Specific ethical and legal considerations related to
counselor work setting in mental health are also addressed.
- CSP 811 - Legal and Ethical Issues in School Counseling - 1 hour
- This course explores the legal, ethical and professional choices faced by practicing school counselors. A wide variety of
ethical issues and topics are covered. Topics include ethical principles, decision-making, professional standards, counselor
values and attitudes, multicultural perspectives and diversity, counselor competence, student/parent rights and confidentiality,
managing boundaries and multiple relationships, and ethical issues in research and testing, supervision and consultation,
theory, individual counseling, and group work.
- CSP 830 - Professional Issues in Clinical Mental Health Counseling - 2 hours
- Prereq: CSP 885*
The seminar provides special investigation into the core elements and issues of mental health counseling including the role of
theory in practice, assessment, multicultural counseling, professional identity, credentialing and ethics, work settings, the
variety of roles mental health counselors play as practitioners, consultants, researchers and political activists, recovery and
treatment of victims of terrorism and disasters. Specific professional topics such as gerontology, domestic violence,
disaster/trauma response, terrorism, addictions and substance abuse, sexual abuse, psychopharmacology, conflict mediation,
consultation, legal and ethical issues, expert witness, establishment of a mental health practice, technology literacy, client
assessment and evaluation, needs assessment and program evaluation will also be examined.
- CSP 831 - Seminar: Professional Issues/Ethics in School Counseling - 1-6 hours
- Prereq: CSP 885*
This course is taken in conjunction with the school counseling internship experience and provides the student with the
opportunity to investigate professional issues and ethics specific to the role of the school counselor, such as legal issues,
certification/endorsement, assessments, school counselor role, student advocacy and social change, research and other topics as
designated.
- CSP 835 - Independent Study - 1-6 hours
- Prereq: to have been accepted as a candidate for a degree; to have a minimum of 18 credit hours completed on the graduate
program of studies and on file; and to have obtained the approval of the Counselor Education Committee previous to enrollment
for the course
The student develops and implements a plan of study with the help of a member of the graduate faculty in the CSP
Department.
- CSP 840 - Adult Development - 3 hours
- The course is designed to provide a broad knowledge base concerning adult/human development as it affects the counseling
process. A knowledge base in the areas of physical, cognitive, social, emotional, moral, and spiritual development is essential
to the counseling process. The classical and contemporary theories of development will be studied and their applicability to the
counseling process. Counseling strategies/interventions for developmental needs will be studied and a systemic approach to self,
family, and career will be used for assessment of the adult. Societal and cultural factors influencing human development will be
explored as well.
- CSP 850P - Introduction to Counseling and Social Advocacy - 3 hours
- 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 855 - Techniques of Counseling - 3 hours
- Prereq: open to majors in Counseling and School Psychology with advisor approval
Techniques of Counseling provides an understanding of the philosophic bases of the helping process, with an emphasis on helper
self-understanding and self-development. The purpose of the course is to provide a laboratory experience to enable you to learn
and practice in a culturally responsive way the skills basic to the counseling process, to integrate and structure skills to meet
client needs, and to gain an understanding of the ethical standards of the profession. Attention is given to understanding the
psychological significance of the counseling relationship and to the development of the specific skills of counseling. This
course is a pre-practicum experience.
- CSP 856 - Multicultural Counseling - 3 hours
- This course addresses trends, issues, theories, concepts and professional practice in multicultural counseling by building
awareness of one's assumptions, values and biases regarding cultural diversity, promoting understanding of the worldview and
sociopolitical history of culturally diverse clients, and developing appropriate intervention strategies and techniques for
working with and/or advocating for culturally diverse clients.
- CSP 859 - Diagnosis and Treatment of Mental and Emotional Disorders - 3 hours
- Prereq: CSP 804P or course in Abnormal Psychology
This course addresses individual diagnosis from a variety of perspectives: biologic, developmental, cultural and
interpersonal. It will provide students with a broad theoretical base for understanding psychopathology, from not only an
individual, descriptive, symptomologic perspective as presented in the DSM-IV-TR, but also from a contextual systemic
perspective including developmental hallmarks, familial patterns and socio-cultural contributors. This ability to diagnose will
form a beginning foundation for treatment planning associated with various diagnostic categories. Moreover, the student will
learn how to develop goals and objectives toward effective treatment outcomes.
- CSP 860 - Theories of Counseling - 3 hours
- The purpose of this course is to study the classical and contemporary theories of counseling. Students will be exposed to
models of counseling including historical and philosophical background that are consistent with current professional research
and practice in the field so that they begin to develop a personal model of counseling. These models will be the foundation for
students to conceptualize client presentation and select appropriate counseling interventions. Students will understand and
apply theories of human behavior, ways to bring about change. Texts, class discussion and assignments encourage the learner to
examine counseling and development theories, research, and socio-cultural issues critically and comparatively. Socio-cultural
diversity is examined focusing on counseling methods and consciousness-raising regarding stereotypes that infringe on the
helping process. Through various experiences students will be introduced to counseling theories in a way that offers personal
and thought provoking challenges to conceptualize human behavior, cognition, affect, and the process of change.
- CSP 861P - School Counseling Organization and Practice - 3 hours
- The focus of this course is on organization and structure of the comprehensive K-12, developmental counseling/guidance programs.
- CSP 862 - Administration and Consultation in Clinical Mental Health Counseling - 3 hours
- The course will orient students to the concept of change as it directly impacts the community. For the purposes of this course a
broader view of community counseling is taken with regard to prevention, intervention and community reach-out in a variety of
practice settings. Although organization and practice with individuals, groups/families will be covered, greater attention will
be placed on the macro level (i.e., working with organizations and communities) of community agency practice. Professional
identity, licensure, and best practices will be discussed.
- CSP 864 - Student Affairs Organization & Practice - 3 hours
- The goal of this course is to provide a comprehensive introduction to the organization and structure of student affairs
programs in American higher education settings. The course will cover the history of the student affairs profession, the
development of specific functions within the field of student affairs, and the relation to and integration of those functions
into the educational mission of higher education institutions. Scholarly skills in the areas of research, critical evaluation,
and writing will also be emphasized.
- CSP 865 - Group Counseling - 3 hours
- Prereq: CSP 855 and advisor approval
Designed to enable the counselor to (1) gain understanding concerning the theory of group dynamics as it relates to counseling;
(2) form a point of view concerning the process and function of counseling in groups; (3) gain competency in the use of
effective group counseling techniques. It is designed to foster knowledge of skills and ethical considerations in group
leadership. The course combines the use of lectures, discussion, experiential exercises, readings, journaling, and videos to
advance students' knowledge and skills. Students will also explore group leader and member roles through participation in an
experiential group laboratory experience.
- CSP 867P - Psychodrama - 3 hours
- This course is an introduction to psychodramatic techniques. Psychodrama is an action therapy that uses movement, motion, and
action as part of the therapeutic process. It integrates verbal and action techniques into a holistic process that produces
insight and learning for the client. Learning in this course is primarily experiential.
- CSP 868 - Student Development Theory - 3 hours
- Student Development is viewed as a life-long process that has impact on self as a person develops their intellectual, ethical,
and operational maturity. The course will cover the development of a human from Birth to Death and discuss the issues which
arise with each stage in a person's life. The course focuses on theories, strategies, assessment and case demonstrations to
prepare the student affairs and/or professional counselor to work with students or clients in a wide variety of settings. One
focus of this course is to provide a comprehensive introduction to post-secondary student development theory. The course will
cover a multitude of aspects concerning student development theory. Scholarly skills in the areas of research, critical
evaluation, and writing will also be emphasized. This course will utilize the internet to a high degree for research,
presentation of materials, group interaction, and testing.
- CSP 869P - Foundations of Student Affairs - 3 hours
- The goal of this course is to provide a comprehensive introduction to the organization and structure of student affairs
programs in American higher education setting. The course will cover the history of the students affairs profession, the
development of specific functions within the field of student affairs, and the relation to and integration of those functions
into the educational mission of higher education institutions. Scholarly skills in the areas of research, critical evaluation,
and writing will also be emphasized.
- CSP 870 - Marriage and Family Counseling - 3 hours
- Prereq: CSP 855 or by permission of the department
The purpose of the course is to orient students to the theories of family counseling and the interrelationship of development to
the dynamics of the family system. The purpose of this course is to provide future counselors the history, process, and
theoretical constructs of systemic therapeutic approaches to working with families. Students will be able to identify various
theories (i.e., Structural, Strategic, Milan, Psychodynamic, Experiential, Solution Focused, Social Construction, and Narrative
Family Therapy). The challenges of working with families in a therapeutic manner are considered whether in the role as a school
counselor, community counselor, or student affairs personnel. Gender roles as well as consideration for multicultural patterns
and larger society concerns that impact normal family development are studied.
- CSP 875 - Career and Lifestyle Development - 3 hours
- Career development is viewed as a life-long process that has impact on self, significant others, career choice, leisure
pursuits and geographical location. The course focuses on theories, strategies, assessment and case demonstrations to prepare
the professional counselor to work with clients in school, agency, college settings and business. This course is also designed
to emphasize the interrelationship of career counseling with other types of mental health counseling. This course will utilize
the internet to a high degree for research, presentation of materials, group interaction, and testing.
- CSP 880 - Appraisal and Evaluation of Individuals and Systems - 3 hours
- This course deals with fundamental principles in appraisal of individuals and systems. Students examine purposes of
appraisal, historical and current issues that affect purposes and principles of appraisal, typical means of assessment and
their interpretation, use of standardized and nonstandardized appraisal techniques, sociometric and environmental assessment,
responsible use of appraisal information, professional issues and standards, and current trends in the appraisal process.
- CSP 885 - Practicum in Counseling and Guidance - 3 hours
- Prereq: CSP 855 and CSP 865* and admission to candidacy and advisor approval OR by special permission of the Counselor Education Committee
Practicum requires extensive time for direct counseling experience, self-evaluation, critical interaction with other students,
and critiquing of taped interviews with the practicum supervisor. The practicum setting is designated by the program: Community,
Elementary, Secondary School, Student Affairs. Other settings are available by prior arrangement.
- CSP 886 - Advanced Practicum in Clinical Mental Health Counseling - 3 hours
- Prereq: CSP 885* with a grade of "B" or better and permission of the instructor
Advanced Practicum in Clinical Mental Health Counseling is an advanced clinical experience from a broad counseling modality
(i.e., individual, group, couples, and/or families) within a live (in vivo) team model of supervision. The prerequisite is
completion of CSP 885: Practicum with a grade of "B" or better and permission of the instructor. All
sessions are supervised in vivo and require students to video tape all clinical work. Advanced Practicum in Clinical Mental
Health Counseling is provided from a multi-modal counseling approach to increase counselor trainee expertise in the modality of
student choice (i.e. individual, child/adolescent, group, couples, and/or families). Supervision will provide advanced skill
training to conceptualize, interview, assess, diagnose, and intervene from a developmental, systemic, or group modality.
- CSP 892 - Internship in Clinical Mental Health Counseling - 1-6 hours
- Prereq: CSP 885* and open by permission only
Direct experience in a counselor work setting under the supervision by a qualified mental health professional and a Department
of Counseling and School Psychology faculty member. 1 credit hour = 100 clock hours logged within the setting.
- CSP 893 - Internship in School Counseling I - 1-2 hours
- Prereq: CSP 861P
This course provides the student with a direct field experience as a school counselor in a school setting under the supervision
of both the UNK School Counseling Internship Coordinator and a certified school counselor who will serve as the school site
supervisor. Projects and experiences are required as detailed in the CSP School Counseling Internship Handbook. The internship
is an opportunity for the student to integrate what has been learned during program coursework in an applied school setting.
- CSP 894 - Internship in School Counseling II - 1-2 hours
- Prereq: CSP 885* and CSP 893*
This course provides the student with a direct field experience as a school counselor in a school setting under the supervision
of both the UNK School Counseling Internship Coordinator and a certified school counselor who will serve as the school site
supervisor. Projects and experiences are required as detailed in the CSP School Counseling Internship Handbook. The internship
is an opportunity for the student to integrate what has been learned during program coursework in an applied school setting.
- CSP 895 - Internship in Student Affairs - 1-3 hours
- Prereq: CSP 864
This course provides direct experience working in the student affairs profession under the supervision of a person with
expertise in a particular facet of student affairs in the college/ university environment.
- CSP 896 - Thesis - 1-6 hours
- CSP 899P - Special Topics - 1-3 hours
- This course addresses current and recent issues/needs related to counseling and school psychology. The course format varies
depending on subject matter, instructor and student needs.
- CSP 901 - Professional Issues Seminar-School Psychology - 3 hours
- Prereq: open by permission of department only
This course will provide a comprehensive understanding of the major and contemporary issues impacting upon the profession of
School Psychology. A seminar/discussion format will be utilized.
- CSP 903 - Introduction to the Bayley Scales - 1 hour
- Prereq: admission to program and open by permission of the department only
This course will enable students to become familiar with the development, administration, and beginning levels of interpretation
of the Bayley Scales of Infant Development-2nd Edition. It will not result in mastery of the administration and/or usage of
this instrument. Additional practice and experience will be necessary to attain mastery.
- CSP 904 - Birth to Five Screening - 1 hour
- Prereq: admission to program and open by permission of the department only
The screening of infants and preschoolers is an often overlooked component in the assessment process. This course addresses the
screening process and students will develop skill in the administration and interpretation of the Bayley Infant
Neurodevelopmental Screener and the First Step Screener.
- CSP 905 - Behavioral Problem Solving Assessment - 3 hours
- Prereq: open by permission of department only
The students will develop: (a) the necessary skills for, and his/her approach to, assessment of the ecological domains pertinent
to understanding the child's referral concerns; including social, emotional, environmental, and biological bases of behavior;
(b) the skills to conduct comprehensive behavioral assessments; (c) the skills to integrate data collected from
behavioral/ecological/personality assessment in order to have maximum effective impact upon individualized and regular education
programs.
- CSP 906 - Infant/Preschool Assessment - 3 hours
- Prereq: admission to program
This course provides students with the opportunity to develop a knowledge base and applied skills in a model of collaborative
team assessment to be used with children and families in the birth to five age range. This model (as an alternative to
traditional assessment) incorporates normative and criterion measures, play based assessment, is maximally comprehensive, family
friendly, interdisciplinary, and yields information necessary for placement decisions as well as intervention planning.
- CSP 907 - Academic Problem Solving Assessment - 3 hours
- Prereq: admission to program
One of the primary roles of the school psychologist is that of facilitator of data based decision making in schools. This course
will focus upon usage of the Problem Solving model of data collection and student progress monitoring regarding the area of
academic achievement. This course is designed to familiarize the student with the basic skills and experience necessary to
utilize traditional academic data collection as well as Curriculum Based Measurement approaches to assess student skills, create
intervention plans, monitor student progress, and measure student outcome. This approach to Problem Solving Assessment will be
presented as procedures that can be used to supplement and/or supplant traditional approaches to psychoeducational assessment.
- CSP 908 - Orientation to School Psychology - 3 hours
- This course provides students with an overview and introduction to the field of school psychology. The goal of the course is
to orient students to the history and foundations of the profession, current trends and issues, and future directions of the
field of school psychology; additionally, students will be oriented to the school psychology program and requirements of the
University of Nebraska at Kearney and become Certified in Crisis Prevention/Intervention by NASP.
- CSP 910 - Cognitive/Academic Interventions - 3 hours
- The purpose of this course is to provide an overview of the principles which guide the development and linkage between
assessment and intervention. The impact and interrelationships between assessment and interventions will be stressed. An
overview of etiology, characteristics and appropriate interventions for selected exceptionalities for school aged population
will be the focus.
- CSP 920 - Cognitive Problem Solving Assessment - 3 hours
- Prereq: open by permission of department only
The student will develop skill in the standardized administration of instruments designed to measure cognitive skills and/or
intelligence and other commonly used assessment tools including those measuring nonverbal intelligence.
- CSP 921 - School Psychology Interventions Practicum - 3 hours
- Prereq: CSP 855 and CSP 957
The purpose of this practicum course is to augment skills and knowledge relevant to the development and delivery of therapeutic
interventions with children and/or adolescents in diverse educational and/or clinical settings. Utilizing a
scientist-practitioner model, the focus will be on theoretical issues, application, and evaluation of major
empirically-validated therapeutic approaches that represent best practices in developing, implementing, and evaluating
therapeutic interventions to address behavioral, social, emotional, and academic concerns in children and adolescents.
Multicultural, legal, and ethical issues pertaining to treatment selection and the provision of mental health, academic, and
related services will be discussed. Participants will also have the opportunity to facilitate communication and collaboration
with children and youth and among teams of school personnel, families, community professionals, and/or other diverse audiences
in a variety of contexts.
- CSP 922 - Problem Solving Assessment Practicum - 3 hours
- Prereq: CSP 905 and CSP 906 and CSP 907 and CSP 920 and open by permission of the department
Students will develop understanding and skill in diagnostic testing, ecological evaluation, and prescriptive intervention, team
problem solving, and consultation by completing a minimum of four comprehensive case evaluations for presentation involving
approximately 100 hours of field experience.
- CSP 957 - Problem Solving Consultation - 3 hours
- Consultation, an important component of the roles of both school counselors and school psychologists, is an indirect service
delivery model through which expertise and services of school counselors and school psychologists can be delivered within the
schools. Emphasis will be placed on the role of school counselor and school psychologist as an "ally to general education" who
provides pre-referral intervention as well as post-referral support through consultation. Historical context, major models of
consultation, and legal and ethical issues related to consultation are addressed as well as skill development in this
intervention.
- CSP 960 - Globalization of School Psychology - 3 hours
- The purpose of this course is to increase graduate student awareness of issues that have international impact upon children
and the profession of School Psychology around the world. Issues to be examined will include status of School Psychology in
countries around the globe, professional practice/ethics, children's rights, children's health, impact of poverty and impact of
war. Foci of the course will be upon making global connections and how the School Psychology is addressing these world-wide
challenges.
- CSP 990 - Pre-Internship Seminar - 3 hours
- Prereq: admission to program and open by permission of department only and must be in last year of coursework prior to internship
This course is designed to enable students of school psychology to prepare themselves for entry into a 1200 clock-hour
internship. This course combines seminar work sessions with Professional Development Seminar Series sessions as students
finalize their transition from university to field placement.
- CSP 991 - Scholarly Study - 1-6 hours
- Prereq: TE 802 and open to candidates for the Master's Degree or Specialist Degree in Counseling and School Psychology OR by special permission
A seminar designed to provide background and assistance in the design and formulation of a scholarly study. Experience will
include presentations on selecting and narrowing topics of study, development of the proposal, data collection and analysis,
computer applications, and writing the study. Required for Ed.S. graduation.
- CSP 992 - Internship in School Psychology - 1-12 hours
- Prereq: CSP 921* and CSP 922* and open by permission only
Direct field experience in a school psychological work setting under the supervision of a licensed or certified school
psychologist as well as under the general supervision of a faculty member from the Department of Counseling and School
Psychology. A minimum of 1,200 clock hours are required (i.e. full-time one year or halftime for two years) with at least 600 of
the 1,200 clock hours logged within a school setting.
* This course is the immediate prerequisite. Other preparation is required prior to this immediate prerequisite.
