EDHS 722: INTRODUCTION TO CAREER INTERVENTIONS
SPRING 2008
WORKING SCHEDULE
Career
Counseling: Counseling or Advice Giving?
The Role of Work in Life Planning and Living
January 16 - 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 23 - Week 2
Course
organization follow-up questions and organize Learning Teams.
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 30 - 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
6- 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 13 - Week 5
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 20 - 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 27 - Week 7
Work and Mental Health
What do we know about the relationship of work and mental health?
March 5 - Spring Break ~ ENJOY
Technology and Career Counseling
March 12 - Week 8 Davis-White Invited
Resources to assist career interventions
Integrating assessments, printed information, Internet resources, computer assisted guidance information and counseling.
Gigi Davis-White, Director of Education Career Services, Curry School of Education
March 19 - Week 9
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
NB: A revised version of our text is in process. A then current copy of Chapter 14 will be posted for your study. The ACA and NCDA codes in your version have been revised. You have the 2005 ACA Code of Ethics and a link to the 2007 NCDA Code of Ethics is provided.
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 26- Week 10 ACA Annual Conference Week
Designing Programs
Designing and Implementing Career Programs and Services
-Steps in planning, designing, implementing, and evaluating programs
Niles & Harris-Bowlsbey, Chapters 9 & 15. Assigned for Learning Team discussion and for guidance of April 23 presentations.
April 2 & 9 - Week 11and 12 Dean Blackburn and associates Invited
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 16
-Discussion of exam and open time for final questions
-Preparation for team presentations. (Instructor available for assistance)
April 23 - Week 14
Group
Presentations
-Career development interventions in potential work settings
Niles & Harris-Bowlsbey, Chapters 9-13
May 1 - May 9 Self-Scheduled Examination
Exam Pick-Up begins May 1 with return before May 9. The dates are the entire University approved exam period. Three hours working time suggested.
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