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Nicholas Ladany

"I am currently engaged in an evolving curriculum of School Safety: Sexual Safety & Sexual Awareness, a K-12 comprehensive curriculum with lesson plans designed for International Schools. Our philosophy is to create as safe an environment for children by strengthening the lines of communications between children and those they can trust."

- Nicholas Ladany
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Counseling programs at Lehigh University provide students with a thorough background in human behavior and in the counselor's role in contemporary American society, as well as fundamental counseling and intervention skills. Three major tenets underlie all counseling programs:

  • The program is essentially educative/preventive/developmental in nature.
  • Counselors must work in an increasingly diverse cultural environment.
  • Counselors must understand and be prepared to adapt to changing societal conditions and the demands placed upon communities and school systems.

COURSEWORK (Total 48 credits)
Elementary and Secondary Concentrations

Certification Pre-Requisites
Undergraduate Mathematics (6)
Undergraduate English Literature (3)
Undergraduate Enlish Composition (3)

Shared Core Courses
CPsy 427 Standardized Tests, Measurement, and Appraisal (3)
CPsy 436 Culture-Centered Career Intervention (3)
CPsy 442 Counseling and Therapeutic Approaches (3)
CPsy 451 Helping Skills (3)
CPsy 471 Diversity and Multicultural Perspectives (3)
CPsy 472 Human Development Across the Lifespan (3)
Educ 403 Research (3)

School Counseling Track
CPsy 445 Elementary & Secondary School Counseling - I (4)
CPsy 448 Elementary & Secondary School Counseling - II (4)
CPsy 449 Elementary & Secondary School Counseling - III (4)
SpEd 332 Education of Individual with Special Needs (3)
Advisor Approved Electives (6)

Specialty
CPsy 480 Practicum in School Counseling (3)
CPsy 483 Fieldwork in School Counseling (3)

Praxis I and II must be passed prior to Certification Application

Technology Requirement
An electronic Portfolio would be required.

Students must :

  • Post electronic portfolio to web space.
  • Complete online registration each semester.
  • Complete orientation from LTS, Jean Johnson on use of the following:
    • Complete online registration each semester.
    • Complete Orientation on use of Portal,
    • Use Blackboard Course Information for at least one course.
    • Take at least one LTS Mini Course as well as participate in the LU CP Listserv.

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