College of Education
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY
Lexington, KY 40506-0017
Department of Educational
and Counseling Psychology

EDP 606 Professional Issues
Fall, 2005
Dr. Wm. E. Stilwell
westil3@pop.uky.edu
606-257-3395
606-257-5662FAX

Nature of the Course

I. Description

EDP 606 is a two-semester professional course in the graduate curriculum of Counseling Psychology. The course will be taught by Program Faculty and will address both historical and current professional topics. Included will be the professional identity of the Counseling Psychologist, an intense study of the ethical of the ethical guidelines provided by the American Psychological Association for practice and for research, legal aspects of psychological practice including licensing and confidentiality, research and training issues in Counseling Psychology (e.g,, multicultural training guidelines, vocational/career development), issues in counseling minorities and special populations, and current topics of professional concern. II. Learning Objectives
  1. To identify and explore core components of Counseling Psychology as a psychological specialty area;
  2. To identify and discuss contrasting models in Counseling Psychology Training and the competencies that are generated under alternative models;
  3. To become knowledgeable about critical professional issues that guide the practice of counseling psychologists, including ethical and legal concerns;
  4. To examine and evaluate the range of issues and concerns for diverse client populations, and some alternative modalities for constructive intervention;
  5. To consider research strategies that are appropriate for Counseling Psychology and ethical implications for their use;
  6. To project and evaluate career opportunities for the Counseling Psychologist;
  7. To develop and maintain productive student participation in the procedures, content, and management of the doctoral program in Counseling Psychology.
III. Course Format EDP 606 is conducted as a seminar. Each week a resource professor or student member will present a topic and coordinate the discussion. From time to time a resource person from outside the program will be asked to present a topic as well. Students will be responsible for regular attendance, prior reading of the material assigned, contribution of one power point presentation and discussion, active participation in the class discussion, and a term paper. The examination at the close of the second semester of EDP 606 serves as a preliminary section of the doctoral qualifying examination, and is required for all second year doctoral students in Counseling Psychology. IV. Assignments Reading lists will be made available on email. In addition each seminar instructor may wish to assign additional articles or publications. These readings will be declared two weeks in advance of the seminar in which they will be discussed. Each student will be expected to create their own homepage and make the URL available by the Final Examination date. V. Evaluation Evaluation of progress will be determined by the following criteria:
  1. Attendance: at least 90% of the seminars. (10%)
  2. Participation in class discussions. (15%)
  3. Construct own webpage and provide the URL to the Departmental webmaster(5%)
  4. Complete a term paper on a professionally relevant topic. (See the list of topics and paper attributes) (45%). Scoring for the paper will follow this rubric: APA format (1), use of pronouns (1), paragraph construction (1), content (3), five URL citations (1), five 20 year-old citations (1), and the electronic version of the Quality Assurance form (1). The paper is submitted as an attachment by the last class prior to the Final Examination date.
  5. Power-point presentation of one professional topic to the class, with handouts (30 minutes). In the presentation, the group will cover the cultural and social characteristics of the group; racial identity development model for the group; special considerations for treatment; own theoretical position; and offer a culturally relevant activity. (25%)
  6. Preliminary examination (Second Year ONLY) will be given on the Friday before Thanksgiving.
Final course grades will be assigned on the basis of accumulated performance criteria. Because of the seminar nature of the course, no "I" grades will be assigned. Students who miss substantial segments of the coursework will be expected to make up the deficit in the semester the course is again offered (odd numbered years). If a student has serious problems in meeting course requirements, students are expected to work out a satisfactory arrangement with the professor prior to the Final Examination.

VI. Office Hours

Please make an appointment, preferably on-line, prior to meeting with me. Do not make an appointment for an emergency; come in.

VII. Cheating and Plagarism

The minimum punishment for either of these offenses is an "E" in the course.

VIII. Disability

If you are a student with a disability, please obtain appropriate certification through the Disability Resource Center

IX. Cellphones and pagers

If your cellphone or pagers operates in class or in supervisiory session, you are excused until the next scheduled session.

X. Texts

American Psychological Association (1992). Ethical Principles. Washington, DC.
American Psychological Association (1994). Publication Manual, Fifth Edition. Washington, DC. (Required)
American Psychological Association (2002). Guidelines on Multicultural Education, Training, Research, Practice, and Organizational Change for Psychologists
American Psychological Association (2003 ). Guidelines for Psychotherapy with Lesbian, Gay, & Bisexual Clients
Counseling Psychology Program Handbook
Educational and Counseling Psychology Policy on Diversity
HIPAA Standards, Final Rule Section
Multicultural Challenges: Theory, Evaluation and Training. The Counseling Psychologist, 24, (2). 1996
Multicultural Assessment. The Counseling Psychologist, November, 1998.
Multicultural Counseling Training. The Counseling Psychologist, January, 1998.
Multicultural Psychology: Creating A Contextual Framework. The Counseling Psychologist, July, 2001.
Reconceptualizing Multicultural Counseling. The Counseling Psychologist, July, 1998.
Multicultural Psychology: Creating a Contextual Framework. The Counseling Psychologist, July, 2001
A Conceptual Framework for Specialization in the Health Service Domain of Professional Psychology
Atkinson, D. R., & Hackett, G. (2004). Counseling Diverse Populations. Boston: McGraw-Hill. (Required)
Atkinson, D. R. (2004). Counseling American Minorities (5th Edition). Boston: McGraw-Hill. (Required)


Antioch New England Multicultural Center for Research and Practice
Portal site on matters related to diversity

XI. Suggested Paper Topics (Multicultural Recognition)

You may select one of your own interest! If you feel you need additional help in writing your paper, please contact The Writing Center.
Alternative models of multicultural counseling
Compare and contrast diversity policies for counseling programs at bench mark universities
Multicultural assessment course-work at the bench mark universities
Gay and lesbian clients
Pros and cons of professional licensing
Master's level practitioners
The impaired student
Integrating counseling minorities into the doctoral program
The case for skill in counseling minorities (e.g., ethnicity, age, sexual orientation)
Pros and cons of managed psychological services
Counseling Psychology: one of four or one of many specialties
A prevention-community view of counseling psychology
Integrating scientific and personal values in professional counseling
The Counseling Psychologist as a Health Professional
Multicultural assessment by Counseling Psychologists
 XII. Paper Outline In order to help you prepare your paper for this course, the following outline is suggested. In making this suggestion I am not saying that you will be evaluated on how closely you follow the outline. I am pointing out that you can effectively cover almost any topic with the following structure: Problem. In this section you will want to characterize the problem. You might handle part of the definition of the problem by raising some rhetorical questions which you will subsequently try to answer in the course of the full paper (about 1 1/2 pages); Define terms. In this section you do not have to use "define terms" as a heading, but the section allows you to establish the territory which you will cover in the paper. This statement of terms also defines the limits of your paper (about 1 page); Review the literature. In this section let me suggest that you examine alternative and conflicting views in the literature. In the several subsections in your discussion cite a minimum of five journal references from more than 20 years ago, five journal references from the last ten years, and five URLs.
Imlications of findings. Include implications of your paper for counseling multicultural clients (about 1 page). Raise five research questions. Now that you have become an "expert" in a counseling psychology area, you are ready to raise some questions which heretofore have not been answered (about 1 page); and, Summary. In this section which is very small and probably less than a half of a page, you will summarize what you have done in the previous 13-14 pages. Please cover the major issues in a manner which is comfortable to you. Please do use the heading and referencing systems described within the American Psychological Association's publication manual (5th Edition), include the changes!.
XIII. SCHEDULE

Date Topic Assignment Presenter(s)
August 25 Orientation/Warm-up . .
September 1 web-page construction bring disk to 140 TEB Terry Edin
September 8 Practicum/internship:
Opportunities, guidlines
Program Research (EDP 765)		 Handbook 2003 Dr. Stilwell
September 15 Handbook steps Handbook 2003 Dr. Stilwell
September 22 Professional licensing: Issues and Procedures; CPQ KRS 335 and 201KAR36:040
ASPPB		 Dr. Stilwell
September 29 NCATE Site Visit Preparation No Class Dr. Stilwell
October 6 Professional Identity Section on Ethnic and Racial Identity
A & H Part I		  
October 13 Working with older people

A&H Part III
Division 17 SIG on Supervision
site information form
site interview form 		Practicum Application due 1 Oct
October20 Preparation for Program PE
White Americans		 A Parts I & II

Russell Hall
Ali Kaplan
October 27 Southern Region Education Board No Class Dr. Stilwell
November 3 Native Americans
G/L/B/T Americans		 A Parts I & V
Power Point/Webquest Presentation		 Russell Couch
Jean Tzou
November 10 Appalachian American
Appalachian American		   Jennifer Allen
Ronnetta Williams
November 17 Second Year PE on 11/18
 No Class

Good luck to second year students !!
December 1 Native Americans
Native Americans
White Americans		 A Parts I & III
Power Point/Webquest
Presentation

Linda Faraday
Carla Sanders
Jennifer Weber
December 8 Asian Americans
G/L/B/T Americans
Appalachian American		 A Parts I and A & H Part V
Power Point/Webquest Presentation		 Pei Yi Lin
Katharine Hahn
Jessica Campbell
December 15 Latino Americans
G/L/B/T Americans
African Americans		 A Parts I & IV
Power Point/Webquest
Presentation		 Tara Clark
Jaime Guerro
Danelle J Stevens-Watkins



All submitted papers must be accompanied by a Quality Assurance Contract. Electronic submissions included.

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