• Crisis Intervention and Crisis Management; Strategies for School-Based Response Teams
• The Need to Relate to Others; Basic Needs of Young People in Groups
• Especially for Professional School Counselors: Inspirationals

COUN 448 - Intervention and Advocacy for Children

Syllabus

Paper Assignment

Required course text and where available:

Helping Youth Think Better, Feel Better, Relate Better: A Skillbook to Maximize Human Potential

Author: Rosemary A. Thompson

Colley Avenue Publishers

757-440-4000

Nurturing an Endangered Generation: Empowering Youth with Critical Social, Emotional, and Cognitive Skills

Author: Rosemary A. Thompson

Taylor & Francis Publishers

Toll Free:1-800-821-8312;Fax:215-269-0363

e-Mail: bkorders@taylorandfrancis.com

Presentation Notes (Note: Subject to change by the professor)

• Helping Youth Think Better, Feel Better, Relate Better 1/16/04
• Enhancing Life Skills 1/23/04
• Developmental Stages and Significant Stressors to Child Development 1/30/04
• Fostering Resilience in Children 2/6/04
• Meeting the Mental Health Needs of Children 2/13/04
• The influence of the Media on Children 2/20/04
• Intervention Needs for Exceptional Populations 2/27/04
• Mid-term Examination 3/5/04
• Spring Break 3/12/04
• Coping with Grief and Loss: Implications for Children and Adolescents 3/19/04
• Children and Families; Nurturing and Dysfunctional Aspects 3/26/04
• Children and Divorce; Intervention and Advocacy for Children 4/2/04
• Using Puppets and Play Therapy with Children 4/9/04
• Children in Step Families; Interventions and Advocacy for Children 4/16/04
• Counseling Intervention Techniques Appropriate for Children 4/23/04
• Final Examination 4/30/04