EDHS 722: INTRODUCTION TO CAREER INTERVENTIONS
SPRING 2007
SCHEDULE
Career
Counseling: Counseling or Advice Giving?
The Role of Work in Life Planning and Living
January 17 - Week 1
Course
Introduction
-Definition of terms
-The Psychological meaning of work
-The emergence of career interventions
-Frank Parsons
-The changing landscape of career practice
Niles & Harris-Bowlsbey, Chapter 1
January 24 - Week 2
Course
organization follow-up questions
Career Counseling Strategies and Techniques
-Expanding the limited view of career counseling
-Designing career counseling strategies for the 21st century
-A framework for career counseling
-Career counseling groups
Niles & Harris-Bowlsbey, Chapter 8
Theories of Career Development
January 31 - Week 3 Ms. Flora
Internet
Assignment and Discussion Site Orientation
Understanding
and Applying Career Development Theories
-Super's Life-Span, Life-Space Theory
-Gottfredson's Theory of Circumscription and Compromise
-Holland's theory
-Krumboltz's Learning Theory of Career Counseling
-Social Cognitive Career Theory
-Cognitive Information Processing, Brown's Values-Based Model
-Integrative Life Planning and Postmodern Approaches
Niles & Harris-Bowlsbey, Chapters 2-3
February
7- Week 4
Career
Development and Diverse Populations
-Cultural values in career interventions
-Traditional models, universal and culture-specific models
-Identity development models
-Providing culturally sensitive career interventions
Niles & Harris-Bowlsbey, Chapter 4
Career Development Techniques and Tools
February 14 - Week 5 Ms. Flora
Assessing And Using Career Assessments
Assessment
and Career Planning
-Assessment and career planning
-Purposes of assessment
-Responsibilities and competencies of the counselor
Niles & Harris-Bowlsbey, Chapter 5
How To Evaluate Career Counseling Assessments
-Assistance with Internet Assignment
Integrating assessments into career counseling
Niles & Harris-Bowlsbey, Chapter 5.
February 21 - Week 6
Career Information and Resources
-The counselor's role
-The client's role
-Types of data clients that need
-Labor market information
-Organizing occupations and helping clients use career information
Niles & Harris-Bowlsbey, Chapter 6
February 28 - Week 7
Work and Mental Health
What do we know about the relationship of work and mental health?
March 7 - Spring Break ~ ENJOY
Technology and Career Counseling
March 14 - Week 8
Using
Technology to Support Career Counseling and Planning
-Computer-assisted career guidance systems
-High touch + high tech
-Types of computer-assisted systems
-The counselor and the computer
-Cyber counseling: promises and pitfalls
Niles & Harris-Bowlsbey, Chapter 7
March
21 - Week 9 Ms. Davis-White
Computer-Assisted Guidance System (CAGS) Orientation and Gigi
Davis-White, Director of Education Career Services, Curry School of Education
Designing Programs
Designing
and Implementing Career Programs and Services
-Steps in planning, designing, implementing, and evaluating programs
Niles & Harris-Bowlsbey, Chapters 9 & 15
March 28- Week 10 Ms. Flora
Career Development Interventions and Ethical Issues
Ethical Issues in Career Development Interventions
-Ethical dilemmas vs. moral temptations
-Using principles to resolve ethical decisions
-Using ethical codes
-Ethical issues facing career practitioners
Niles & Harris-Bowlsbey, Chapter 14
April 4 & 11- Week 11and 12 Dean Blackburn and associates
Counseling for Post-Secondary Education
-The two class meetings will be workshops provided by the University of
Virginia Office of Undergraduate Admissions
Sharing Our Learning
April 18
-Discussion of exam and open time for final questions
-Preparation for team presentations. (Instructors available for assistance)
April 25 - Week 14
Group
Presentations
-Career development interventions in potential work settings
Niles & Harris-Bowlsbey, Chapters 9-13
May 3-11 Self-Scheduled Examination
Exam Pick-Up begins May 3 with return before May 11. The dates are the entire University approved exam period. Three hours working time suggested.
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