Health Counseling
HED
4/52041
Fall 2004
Instructor:
Ms. Laurie M. Wagner, M.Ed., CHES Office:
328 White Hall
Class
Time: Tuesdays & Thursdays
Room: 105 White Hall (H) 330-677-5410
E-mail: lyoo@kent.edu
Office
Hours: Tuesdays & Thursdays
I.
Description:
One class will not make you a counselor. However,
one class can offer assistance in developing skills for an individual to use to
better help others. The intent of this course is to help you develop
skills that will help those in need regarding health issues such as alcohol and
other drugs, nutrition, exercise, tobacco, stress, pregnancy, sexuality, coping
with disease, and death and dying.
II. Course
Health Counseling: Application and Theory,
Joseph Donnelly, 2003.
Additional
readings will be made available in class, on the internet or in the curriculum
lab
on the second floor of White Hall.
III.
Course Objectives:
On successful completion of this course, the student
will:
1. Identify lifestyle practices that most
significantly promote good health;
2. Be able to compare/contrast selected health
counseling models and their applications to selected health concerns in a
variety of settings;
3. Develop skills in human relations and apply them
to selected counseling situations;
4. Increase appreciation of their own values,
attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors in relation to persons of different cultures,
races, ages, class, sex, sexual orientation, health status, and exceptionality;
5. Attend a minimum of five counseling sessions at
an approved counseling center to
gain insight and skills regarding
helping others; and
6. Increase their awareness of the special needs
related to selected health concerns
and apply appropriate health counseling
interventions.
IV.
Instructional Topics:
1. The
role of health behaviors as they influence health status will be examined
through readings, lecture, and class activities;
2. The
nature of the helping relationship including definitions, limitations, and
opportunities. The format is primarily lecture and discussion;
3. Counseling
models and their application will be addressed through lecture and discussion;
4. Exploration
of modes of human interaction. A variety of one-on-one and group exercises will
provide experiences in improving the quality of human communication. These
exercises will occur both in and out of class. Included are exercises aimed at
developing a therapeutic relationship between client and counselor, improving
listening skills, and use of helpful words;
5. Counseling
approaches for selected health problems will be studied through readings, class
discussion, student presentations and practice in class simulations;
6. Crisis
interventions including applications and referrals will be accomplished through
simulation and class discussion;
7. Ethical
issues including confidentiality, ethics, standards, and conflicts will be
dealt with through reading and class discussion.
V. Class
Management
Grades will be kept on an on-line gradebook. You will
receive a password via e-mail the second
week
of class that will allow you access to your grades at any time. The link to
this page
can
be found on my web page, or can be accessed directly from the initial e-mail. I
do
not keep copies of your passwords, so it is very
important that you keep a copy of your
password in a safe place. If you lose your password
you need to go to the gradebook
web page and request it be sent to you. You will
receive e-mails throughout the
semester announcing extra credit opportunities,
gradebook updates, exam grades, and
other materials relevant to this class. It is VERY
important that you periodically check the
gradebook to be sure that your grade is accurate. If
at any time you find an error, please
submit to me in writing your name, the assignment,
what the gradebook reports for the
assignment, and finally what you have recorded for
the assignment. Attach this to the
assignment and turn it in to me. As of December 10th your grades
are as they are
reported in the gradebook.
Cell
Phones and Pagers are extremely
disruptive to class discussions and interactions and
therefore will not be tolerated in this classroom.
If you are expecting an important call
please stay home to receive it. If you absolutely
must leave your phone on for
emergency situations, please set it to vibrate and
excuse yourself from class before
answering. Students who choose to ignore this policy
will be asked to leave the
classroom and attendance and participation points
for that day will be deducted.
VI.
Special Arrangements
University policy 3342-3-18 requires that students
with disabilities be provided reasonable accommodations to ensure their equal
access to course content. If you have a documented disability and require
accommodations, please contact the instructor at the beginning of the semester
to make arrangements for necessary classroom adjustments. Please note, you must
first verify your eligibility for these through Student Disability Services
(contact 330-672-3391 or visit www.kent.edu/sds
for more information on registration procedures).
For all
students, this is a student-centered classroom. If you are having difficulty at
any time with any aspect of class work or class management please let me know
as soon as possible.
VII.
Student Responsibilities and Evaluation:
1. Attendance
& Class Participation (50 Points)-- I expect your attendance
to each
class as well as your active participation while in
class. Attendance will be taken every
class meeting by way of a sheet circulated
throughout the room. It is your responsibility
to make sure that you sign this sheet. Point(s) will
be deducted for leaving early or
lateness that is not excused. I will allow for 2 unexcused absences, after
which points
will be deducted accordingly.
2. Exams
(150 points) –Exams will be a combination
of multiple choice, short answer, and essay.
Exam protocol is designed to reduce disruptions and promote
fairness. On the day of an exam please arrive on time and ready to sit for your
exam through its entirety. Lateness will be tolerated only until the first
student has finished his or her exam. Once a student has left the room, no
other students will be permitted to arrive late to sit for the exam. During the
exam the use of phones, calculators, palms, laptops, watches, or any other
electronic or manual aid (including books, notes, friends, baseball hats,
forearms, etc…) is strictly prohibited. Students found in violation of this
policy will have chosen to forfeit their exam grade and will receive an F on
that particular exam. Further university disciplinary action may also be taken.
Missed
exams due to excused absence have
one week to be completed upon return to class. It is the student’s
responsibility to be aware of missed exams and to contact the instructor for
make-up. Please check your student handbook for absences that are officially
accepted by the university and provide appropriate documentation. Any exams not
made up after one week will receive zero credit. If you fail to appear to
make-up an exam at the agreed upon time, you will also receive zero credit for
that exam. Make-up exams will be created from the same subject matter, but will
be different from the original exam.
Exam #1
(50 Points) – September 30th
Exam #2
(50 Points) – November 4th
Exam #3
(50 Points)- December 14th
3. Personal
Logs (15 Points) -- These are
narrative pieces that are to be E-mailed to me on a weekly basis. In each of your weekly log please address ALL
of the following items:
a.
critical incident of the week
b.
burning question of the week **please use “Health Counseling”
c.
professional goal of the week as
the topic for your e-mails**
d.
fantasy of the week
e.
personal goal of the week
f.
self-feedback of the week
g. what did you learn this week? What does it mean
to you? How will you use it?
h.
personal reactions to class activities
****Please note that these logs will be held
confidentially and will be returned to you with feedback, as needed. This
exercise is designed to be helpful to you in your work on your "Who Am I"
paper as well as your own personal growth. [In order to ensure the accuracy of
your grade I strongly encourage you to save copies of your e-mails once I have
returned them with comments.]
4. Agency
Profile (20 points) -- This is a
two-page review of an agency in the community.
The review should contain information about the
agency's services. Other pertinent
information may include the agency's mission,
funding sources, location, address, phone,
cost of services, etc. Please secure a copy of the
agency's annual report. This will be
discussed in further detail in class. This is due October 28th .
5. Who Am
I Paper (60 points) -- In this
assignment you are asked to explore your own
personality, behavior, skills, talents, strengths,
weaknesses, etc., through self-
examination and through thoughtful reflection. Who
you have become is a product of
your experiences, relationships, dreams, and
circumstances. Speak of some of these in
this paper. Who or what has most impacted your life.
Discuss your feelings, thoughts,
emotions, with respect to those impactful people and
events. Look to who you are today
and its relation to where you want to go and/or do
in life. Lastly, discuss in this paper
specifically how your self-exploration will
influence your ability to help others.
To
assist you in the writing of this paper, you are required to attend a minimum
of five
sessions with an individual counselor. I suggest the
Counseling and Human Development
Center in 325 White Hall (672-2208) because of its
convenience and its cost (FREE!!!),
though you may choose any other qualified mental
health professional in the community.
I can give you some suggestions for other options.
PLEASE CALL AND MAKE YOUR FIRST APPOINTMENT
IMMEDIATELY for you Who Am I Paper is due December
9th .
In
evaluating this paper, I will be looking at the following:
*your thoroughness with which you
address who you are (35 pts.)
*the
paper's coherency (5 pts.)
*proper grammar & sentence
structure (5 pts.)
*the
thoughtfulness in your analysis of how you may influence others (15 pts.)
VIII.
Final grade determination
Final
Grade will be determined according to the following rubric:
Attendance ð_________ð50
Exam #1 ð_________ð50 Undergraduate
final grades:
Exam
#2 ð_________ð50 A
300-269, B 268-239, C 238-209, D 208-179
Exam
#3 ð_________ð50
Agency Profile ð_________ð20
Logs
ð_________ð15 Graduate
final grades:
Who
Am I? Paper ð_________ð60 A 400-358, B 357-318, C 317-278,
D 277-238
*Voting in November Electionð_________ð5
Graduate Student Paper ð_________ð100
* Due to the inherent connection of public health
issues and politics I am nudging you to participate in your civic duty to vote
in the upcoming November election (
