PCO 513 COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING:
CONTEXTUAL DIMENSIONS OF COMMUNITY COUNSELING
Summer 2011
Douglas A. Spears, Ph.D., LPCC (SC), (OH & KY)Office Location: Counseling Center
Phone Number 513-244-8193
Email / 3 Credit Hours
Hybrid/Online
Description:
An overview of the role and scope of the community counselor, the community counseling agency, and the community counseling service programs. Attention is given to the identity, professional standards and organizations, employment settings of the community counselor as well as various contextual dimensions of community counseling for the professional counselor.
Objectives:
As a result of this course, students will be able to:
A. The students will become knowledgeable about the foundations of community counseling issues, including but not limited to:
1.the historical, philosophical, societal, cultural, economic, and political dimensions of the mental health movement.
2. the roles, functions, and professional identity of community counselors.
3. the structures and operations of professional organizations, training standards, credentialing bodies, and ethical codes pertaining to the practice of community counseling.
4. the implications of professional issues unique to community counseling including, but not limited to recognition, reimbursement, and right to practice.
5. the implications of sociocultural, demographic, and lifestyle diversity issues relevant to community counseling.
B. The students will gain an understanding about the various contextual dimensions of community counseling including but not limited to:
1. the assumptions and roles of community counselors within the context of a variety of community practice settings and the relationships between counselors and other professionals in these settings.
2. the organizational, fiscal, and legal dimensions of the institutions and settings in which community counselors practice.
3. the theories and techniques of community needs assessments to design, implement, and evaluate community counseling interventions, programs, and systems.
4. the general principles of community intervention, consultation, education, and outreach; characteristics of human services programs and networks, public, private, and volunteer, in local communities.
C. The students will gain an understanding about the knowledge and develop the skills for the practice of community counseling including, but not limited to the following:
1. the client characteristics of individuals served by institutions and agencies offering community counseling services, including the effects of socioeconomic status, unemployment, aging, gender, culture, race, ethnicity, chronic illness, developmental transitions, and interpersonal, family, and community violence.
2. the principles of program development and service delivery for a clientele based on assumptions of normal development including prevention, implementation of support groups, peer facilitation training, parent education, career information and counseling, and encouragement of self-help.
3. the effective strategies for promoting client understanding of and access to community resources.
4. the principles of conducting an intake interview and mental health history for planning counseling interventions.
5. the effective strategies for client advocacy in public policy and government relations issues.
Requirements/Grading
Required of all students (80% of grade for A – E)
A. Listed under Objective A are five support learning demonstrations for the student. Students will select one of the five learning demonstrations listed above and write a 5-10 page paper. (15 points)
B. Listed under Objective B are five support learning demonstrations for the student. Students will select one of the five learning demonstrations listed above and write a 5-10 page paper. (15 points)
C. Listed under Objective C are five support learning demonstrations for the student. Students will select one of the five learning demonstrations listed above and write a 5-10 page paper. (15 points)
D. Chapter Exams (Multiple Choice Examination – 25 points each)
E. Chapter Questions (10 points each)
Select two of options F – I.
F. Observation of court session - Attend a session of juvenile, common pleas, municipal, or appeals court. Write a report of your observations, especially in terms of its meaning for you in your role as a community counselor. Maximum 10 pages (20 points)
G. Program proposal - Plan and prepare a proposal for services in a community counseling agency of your choice. The agency may be real or fictitious. The proposal should include a statement of need, goals and measurable objectives, activities, plan of organization, staff, budget, evaluation procedures, advertising methods, job descriptions and sources (s) of funding. Write the report in proposal form as if it were to be presented to an agency director or board of trustees. Maximum 10 pages, plus an executive summary page. (20 points)
H. Paper on professional role - Write an 8-10 page paper dealing with the role and function of the community counselor. The paper should show originality of thought and should document its ideas. Personalize the paper to yourself as appropriate, with professional limits. Relate your material to the concepts in our text. (20 points)
I. Students can rent and watch a movie and use them to critique the relationship between the patient and the helping professional. While many of these movies deal with therapy, students can be asked to comment on ethics, communication, responsibility, and boundary issues. Mr. Jones Girl Interrupted A Beautiful Mind Ordinary People One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest The Prince of Tides Goodwill Hunting What about Bob The Dream Team Analyze This Analyze That Antwoine Fisher She’s out of Control
Maximum 10 pages (20 points)
All work for the course is due on August 12 by 12:00 noon. Late work will be accepted until August 15 at 12:00 pm. A 5 point reduction of the grade per day per late.
Grade Scale
This class will use the seminary grading scale. Please refer to the CBC & S Catalog.
Guidelines for Course Work
IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO DETERMINE IF THIS IS THE RIGHT TIME TO TAKE THIS COURSE. The course assignments are planned to support your learning and none of them should be dismissed as unimportant.
Reading Assignments and Due Dates
Handed out first day of class.
Policy on Academic Integrity
If you cheat on an exam or turn in work that is not your own you will receive a 0 (zero) for that work, and the counseling academic committee and academic standards committee may take additional action. Please refer to your seminary handbook for complete details on the seminary policy on academic integrity.
Required Text:
Gladding, S.T. (2010) Clinical Mental Health Counseling in Community and Agency Settings, 3/E ISBN-13: 978-0-13-173587-3 Publisher: New Jersey: Merrill/Pearson
Disclaimer:
The professor in agreement with the MAC Academic Committee, reserves the right to change or amend any part of this course plan as deemed necessary to offer the best possible educational experience for students.
Class Outline:
A. Review of Development of the Mental Health Movement
1. Historical
2. Philosophical
3. Societal
4. Cultural
5. Economic
6. Political
7. Legal
B. Professional Identity and of Counselors
1. Structures and Operations of Professional Organizations
a. American Counseling Association (ACA)
b. Divisions e.g., Association of Counselor Educators and Supervisors (ACES)
2. Training Standards
a. Accreditation
3. Licensure
a. Right to Practice
b. Recognition
4. Credentialing Bodies
a. NBCC
5. Ethical Standards
6. Sociocultural, Demographic and Lifestyle Diversity Implications
7. Professional development
C. Roles and Functions of Counselors
1. Modalitis
2. Multi-modal Settings
3. Interdisciplinary Teams
4. Client Advocacy
5. Indirect Service
6. Direct Service
a. Intake interviews
b. Mental health history
c. Treatment plans
D. Characteristics of Community Counseling Institutions
1. Organization
2. Administration
3. Fiscal
4. Legal
5. Political
6. Types of services
7. Employment requirements
8. Promotion of services
9. Ease of access to services
E. Understanding and Counseling Communities and Services
1. Theories and Techniques of Community Needs Assessment
a. Design
b. Implement
c. Evaluate
2. Inter and Intra Professional Relationships
3. Client Characteristics
a. Socioeconomic status
b. Unemployment
c. Aging
d. Gender
e. Culture
f. Ethnicity
g. Chronic illness
h. Developmental transitions
I. Interpersonal, family and community violence
4. Principles of Program Development and Service Delivery
a. Developmental Orientation
b Prevention
c. Support Groups
d. Peer Facilitation Training
e. Parent Education
f. Career Information and Counseling
g. Encouragement of Self-Help
h. Program Evaluation
5. Strategies for Promotion Client Understanding of Access to Resources
6. Strategies for Client Advocacy in Public Policy and Government Relations
F. General Principles of the Community Counseling Model 12 1. Intervention
2. Consultation
3. Education
4. Outreach
5. Human Services Programs
6. Networks
7. Public
8. Private
9. Volunteer
G. Counseling in Community Agency Settings 3
1. Comprehensive Mental Health Centers
2. Community Counseling Center
3. Vocational Rehabilitation
4. Corrections
5. Youth Residential Facilities
6. Student Personnel in Higher Education
7. Community Planning
8. Service Centers
9. Youth Services
10. Pastoral Counseling
11. Crisis Telephone Services
H. Current Issues of Counselor 3
1. Private Practice
2. Third Party Reimbursement
3. Supervision
4. Grant Writing
5. Managed Care
6. Others
Knowledge Base References:
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