Master of Education [M.Ed] [School Counseling] From University of South Alabama

The USA Professional School Counseling Program will prepare students to:

• Demonstrate knowledge of the foundations of school counseling to include history, current trends/issues, role, functions, professional identity, leadership/advocacy strategies and laws/legislation

• Facilitate P-12 students? growth and development within the framework of the American School Counselors Association?s (ASCA) National Standards (academic development, career development, and personal/social development)

• Utilize technology as applied to school counseling

• Demonstrate cultural sensitivity, competency, and responsiveness with all students and their families

• Develop, implement, and evaluate a comprehensive, data driven guidance program using the ASCA National Model

• Demonstrate effective and meaningful individual counseling, group work, and classroom guidance with diverse students with diverse needs

• Serve as culturally responsive and empowerment-based consultants with students, families, and school personnel concerning the developmental needs of diverse students

• Demonstrate skills related to assessment of students, including administration and interpretation of assessment instruments to students, parents/caregivers, teachers, and administrators.

The Department of Counseling and Instructional Sciences offers the Master of Education degree in Educational Media (leading to certification in Library Media), and in? School Counseling leading to certification as a school counselor, and the Master of Science degree in Educational Media & Technology, Clinical Mental Health Counseling, and Instructional Design. The department also offers the Doctor of Philosophy degree in Instructional Design and Development.??

The department collaborates with the Department of Psychology in the College of Arts and Sciences to deliver the Ph.D. degree in Combined-Integrated Clinical & Counseling Psychology. Finally, the department offers the B.S. degree and minor in Instructional Design & Performance Improvement.