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• PSYC 504: Spec Techniques in Assessment

  3.00 Credits

  The Citadel

  
  This course is critical to data collection in the School Psychology program's data-based problem-solving model. It is an advanced assessment course building on skills learned in PSYC 503, where students gain practical experience with measures of cognitive functioning, academic achievement, adaptive behavior, and preschool assessment. Emphasis is on integrating information from all sources (i.e., problem analysis) into information utilized in intervention planning within the problem-solving model.
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• PSYC 505: Personlty,Social&Emotion Asses

  3.00 Credits

  The Citadel

  
  Students will have direct experiences in assessment and evaluation with a specific focus on multiple diagnostic (e.g., DSM-5) and classification (e.g., IDEA) systems. Emphasis will be on collecting and interpreting data/information on behavior tendencies and styles with special attention to school age children and youth. Students will gain practical experience in the use and interpretation of objective measures (e.g., rating scales), direct observation, and other data collection techniques to facilitate accurate classification/diagnosis. Practical experiences will be integrated with analysis of the extant literature relating to legal/ethical issues, validity of data, and empirical findings. Focus will be on utilization of such information in a model that emphasizes data-based problem solving, planning and intervention at multiple levels across systems
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• PSYC 507: Gen Psychopath:Assess&Dif Diag

  3.00 Credits

  The Citadel

  
  A study of the major mental illnesses delineated in major diagnostic classification systems (e.g., DSM-5). The course will have a particular focus on differential and overlapping symptomatology within and across major classes of disorders. Models of assessment will be matched with specific symptom patterns. Continuity and overlap of normal and deviant behavior will be recognized. Additionally, students will examine the etiological and epidemiological factors in psychopathology.
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• PSYC 508: Counsel & Personalty Theories

  3.00 Credits

  The Citadel

  
  Thiscourse is designed to provide a balanced and systematic study of the major counseling and personality theories. The course will integrate personality theory and normal and abnormal personality with a particular emphasis on therapeutic application of the major theories of counseling intervention.
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• PSYC 512: Ethics, Roles and Law

  3.00 Credits

  The Citadel

  
  Thiscourse will provide a survey of the field of school psychology. The role and function of the school psychologist, legal, ethical and professional issues in school psychology will be topics covered in this course. Field experiences, research methods and contemporary trends in school psychology will also be addressed. Students will be oriented to a data-based problem-solving model of school psychology that is empirically driven and intervention focused within an ecological framework. An important outcome for this course is to foster participant's dispositions towards appreciating the diverse opportunities for school psychologists to positively impact communities, and to value implementing best practices as a school psychologist.
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• PSYC 514: Ethics &Prof Issues Counseling

  3.00 Credits

  The Citadel

  
  This course is designed to provide the Clinical Counseling student with a broad overview of professional issues related to counseling, including reference to current and historical role issues, licensure and professional development, and emphasis on matters of ethics and mental health law related to the counseling profession. Particular attention will be given to the examination of ethical principles and mental health law relevant to the potential conflicts/dilemmas arising in the course of counseling practice (e.g., suicide, homicide, role conflict, multiple relationships, etc.). Issues specific to service delivery to minorities and special populations will be addressed, as will possible ethical conflicts arising within particular counseling modalities (e.g., marital and family counseling, group counseling).
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• PSYC 516: Psych Resiliency for Tac Ath

  3.00 Credits

  The Citadel

  
  This course will provide students with foundational knowledge of psychology in the military and theoretical information on the interaction between physical and mental health as they relate to readiness and resiliency of military service members, veterans, law enforcement officers, firefighters, and other tactical personnel. This course will explore the meaning of readiness and resiliency, including the interconnectedness of mind, body, interpersonal, and spiritual fitness.
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• PSYC 523: Statistics & Research Design

  3.00 Credits

  The Citadel

  
  This course focuses on the foundations of data analysis in the context of both research and clinical applications. Students will gain competence in utilizing and interpreting psychological statistics through learning the philosophical and statistical properties of measurement instruments, developing an understanding of the advantages and limitations of assessment approaches, enhancing sensitivity to social and ethical issues in assessment, using an integrative approach for applying the results of assessment to diagnosis in clinical and educational settings, and utilizing psychological statistics to analyze and interpret data collected from various psychological measures.
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• PSYC 525: Basic Counseling Techniques

  3.00 Credits

  The Citadel

  
  Course focuses on fundamental skills of interviewing, assessment, case conceptualization, and intervention. These preparatory skills are taught through role-play and other practical approaches. The course is practice-oriented and designed to assist the student in developing professional skills. The student will be involved in analyzing his or her own counseling style and performance.
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• PSYC 526: Clinical Counseling: Basic

  3.00 Credits

  The Citadel

  
  This course will focus on child and adolescent psychopathology and its treatment. We will take a developmental approach in examining the presentation and etiology of a broad range of disorders commonly encountered in practice with children and adolescents. The course will begin with an overview of relevant frameworks for studying child psychopathology and cross-cutting issues in the field before moving into discussion of specific disorders and their treatment. Discussions of disorders will typically focus on symptom presentation, diagnostic considerations, major theories of etiology, developmental considerations, comorbidity, evidence-based treatment strategies, and cultural considerations.
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