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
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
Assessment
and Career Planning
-Assessment and career planning
-Purposes of assessment
-Responsibilities and competencies of the counselor
Niles & Harris-Bowlsbey, Chapter 5
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
21 and March 28 - Week 6 & 7
Counseling
for Post-Secondary Education
-The two class meetings will be workshops provided by the University of
Virginia Office of Undergraduate Admissions
March 7 - Spring Break
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
-Cybercounseling: promises and pitfalls
Niles & Harris-Bowlsbey, Chapter 7
Test 1(All previous references)
March
21 - Week 9
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
Career Development Interventions and Ethical Issues
March
28- Week 10
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
Work and Mental Health
April 4 - Week 11
What do we know about the relationship of work and mental health?
Assessing And Using Career Assessments
April 11 - Week 12
How
To Evaluate Career Counseling Assessments
-Assistance with Internet Assignment
Integrating assessments into career counseling
Niles & Harris-Bowlsbey, Chapter 5.
Sharing Our Learning
April
18
-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
THE END!
Exam Pick-Up begins May 2 and return before May 10. Three hours working time sugggested.