Agenda◦Welcome◦Department of Human and Organizational Development (HOD) Overview◦ Introducing Faculty◦Orientation to the Counseling Profession◦HDC Program Overview◦ Faculty Q & A◦HDC Student Panel Q&A

DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN AND ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT (HOD)

OVERVIEW

INTERDISCIPLINARY FACULTY

HUMAN RESOURCESINTERDISCIPLINARY PROGRAMS

SOCIOLOGYPSYCHOLOGY

GEOGRAPHYANTHROPOLOGY

ALPHABET SOUP OF PROGRAMS

UNDERGRADUATEHOD: HUMAN AND

ORGANIZATIONALDEVELOPMENT

[Run jointly by two departments, HOD and LPO: Leadership, Policy and Organizations]

MASTERS

CDA: COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENTAND ACTION

HDC: HUMAN DEVELOPMENTCOUNSELING

DOCTORAL

CRA: COMMUNITY RESEARCHAND ACTION

HUMAN DEVELOPMENT COUNSELING

Director: Brad Erford

Program Emphasizes:

• Normal human development across lifespan

• Understanding culturally diverse populations

• Skills in individual, group counseling, prevention, and psychoeducation programs serving agency and school settings

• Bridging theory, research, and practice

Director: Sarah Suiter

Program emphasizes:

§ Analysis of problems at multiple levels through multiple lenses

§ Interdisciplinary perspectives & approaches to effective practice

§ Applied research that helps organizations and communities to learn

§ Skills to become ethical agents of change

§ Reflective practice

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND ACTION

Practicum sites (examples)

§ Metro government agency§ Youth development center § Immigrant organization§ Healthcare corporation or local clinic§ Faith-based development institutions

Career Paths§ Applied research§ Project & program design and

evaluation§ Organizational consultation§ Administration of community

organizations§ Ph.D. programs

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND ACTION

◦ An interdisciplinary program combining community psychology, sociology, geography, anthropology & human & community development.

◦ Trains action-researchers committed to promoting social justice to prepare them for careers in academia, research, and public policy.

COMMUNITY RESEARCH AND ACTION

Director: Brian Christens

◦ Faculty in universities and colleges

◦ Researchers in research organizations

◦ Social policy jobs

◦ Way station: postdocs

CRA CAREER PATHS

FACULTY INTERESTS

Sandra Barnes: Inequality, the Black Church; VU Assistant Vice Chancellor for Equity, Diversity & Inclusion (China)

Kimberly Bess: Community-based organizations, change (France)

Mark Cannon: Adult learning, organizational learning

Ashley Carse: international development anthropology, environmental history, science & technology (Panama, Latin America)

Gabriel Chapman: Crime and deviance; justice system policy

Brian Christens: Community-driven efforts at community change

Caroline Christopher: School and family impacts on youth outcomes

FACULTY INTERESTS

Nicole Cobb: School Counseling

David Diehl: Sociology of education networks

Brad Erford: Psycho-educational outcomes; counseling

Andy Finch: Substance use recovery, counseling in schools

Anjali Forber-Pratt: identity, equity & empowerment for individuals with disabilities & other differences (India, Ghana, Bermuda, Dominican Republic)

Gina Frieden: Adult development, life transitions

FACULTY INTERESTS

◦ Leigh Gilchrist: Service learning

◦ Leslie Kirby: Positive psychology, emotional intelligence

◦ Nina Martin: Adolescent depression, longitudinal research methods, evidence-based practice in counselor education and training, and the design and application of school- and community-based intervention and prevention efforts to enhance the well-being of children, adolescents, and families.

◦ Yolanda McDonald: Health in society

◦ Velma Murry: Preventive interventions for African-American youth & families

◦ Maury Nation: School interventions, bullying/violence prevention

FACULTY INTERESTS

◦ Doug Perkins: Citizen participation/empowerment, urban policy, field schools (China, Italy, S. Africa, Germany, Australia)

◦ Jessica Perkins: Social norms and social networks, and their impact on health-related behaviors and attitudes in community and global contexts

◦ Sara Safransky: urban geography, agro-food studies in Detroit & North Carolina, post-colonial theory, participatory research

◦ Beth Shinn: Homelessness, social exclusion

◦ Heather Smith: Highly sensitive person trait

1. John Dewey, Participatory Democracy, and University-Community Partnerships

2. The Ethical Foundations of Human and Organizational Development Programs: The Ethics of Human Development and Community Across the Curriculum

3. Using Research to Guide Efforts to Prevent and End Homelessness

4. Ecological Research Promoting Positive Youth Development

5. Putting Boyer’s Four Types of Scholarship into Practice: A Community Research and Action Perspective on Public Health

6. Conducting Research on Comprehensive Community Development Initiatives: Balancing Methodological Rigor and Community Responsiveness

7. The Field School in Intercultural Education as a Model for International Service-Learning and Collaborative Action-Research Training

8. Creating a Mosaic of Religious Values and Narratives: Participant-Researcher Roles of an Interfaith Research Group Seeking to Understand Interfaith Organizations

9. Internship: Situated Learning in the Department of Human and Organizational Development

10.Can Synergy Across Theory, Pedagogy, and Practice Guide Professional Education? The Community Development and Action and Human Development Counseling Graduate Experiences

FACULTY SPOTLIGHT

nNicole CobbnKelly DuncannBrad ErfordnKaren EnyedynAndy FinchnGina Frieden

nAnjali Forber-PrattnNina MartinnMaury NationnNancy NolannHeather Smith

ORIENTATION TO THE COUNSELING PROFESSION

Counseling as Distinct from other Mental Health Professions

nEmphasis on mental health and wellness vs. pathologynEmphasis on understanding the normal developmental themes throughout a person's life

nEmphasis on promoting the empowerment and resilience of clients & their communities

nEmphasis on multiculturalism & increasing awareness, knowledge, and skills in interacting with economically, socially, and culturally diverse populations

The HDC Experience within the Counseling Profession◦Gina Frieden

Counseling in Diverse Contexts◦Andrew Finch

The Developmental Lens◦Maury Nation

Research in Schools and Clinical Settings◦Heather Smith and Nicole Cobb

Professional Identity

Professional Organizations

◦Chi Sigma Iota◦American Counseling Association (ACA)◦American School Counselor Association (ASCA)◦TN Counseling Association (TCA)

Career Paths

nSchoolsnCommunity AgenciesnOrganizational ConsultingnCareer CounselingnPrivate PracticenPhD programs

AccreditationnCouncil for the Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP)nCouncil for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP)nSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS)

HDC PROGRAM OVERVIEW

HDC Program FocusnEmphasis on lifespan human developmentnUnderstanding culturally diverse populationsnSkills in individual, group counseling, prevention and psycho-education programs serving agency and school settingsnBridging theory, research and practice

HDC MissionThe HDC program recognizes the dynamic relationship among individuals, environments, and human systems. In order to meet the counseling needs of diverse populations, our students learn to integrate current research and evidence-based practice with sensitivity to social contexts and individual and systemic goals. HDC students employ counseling skills to maximize human potential and the development of individuals, groups, and organizations. They are uniquely qualified to appreciate the life-long nature of human development through the lens of advocacy and social justice.

HDC Program ObjectivesThe objectives listed below represent the major program objectives for all students in HDC. More specific objectives can be found in the syllabi for each course.A. To provide students with a thorough and comprehensive knowledge base in those areas of the social/behavioral sciences applicable to the helping profession. This includes a special emphasis on life-span human development.B. To aid students in the acquisition of counseling and helping skills such as individual counseling, supervision, testing, consulting, group work, interviewing, diagnosis, and assessment.C. To provide students with a knowledge of the organization and administration of human service agencies or schools as well as clarity regarding the personal/social, career, and academic role of the professional counselor in each of these settings.D. To educate students in research/evaluation tools relevant to the delivery of helping services in either a community agency, school, or corporate setting.E. To introduce students to the wide scope of diverse populations they will encounter in their work settings, examine their own biases, and provide students opportunities to work with diverse populations, building cultural competency to work ethically with all people they may encounter in their work settings.

Integrated Experience◦Admission◦Advising◦Orientation◦Coursework◦ Field Work◦Graduation◦Employment

Faculty AdvisorsnNicole CobbnBrad ErfordnAndy FinchnGina FriedennMaury NationnHeather Smith

Program Specializations • School Counseling (48 hours)•On-ground and Online programs

•Clinical Mental Health Counseling (60 hours)• *NEW* Dual Degree Program (60 hours)

•Human Development Studies (36 hours)• *NEW* Human Development Studies – Organizational (30 hours)• *NEW IN 2023* Human Development Studies –Dietician/Nutritionist (with VUMC)(30 hours)

Program of Study - School Counseling1st Year 2nd YearFALLDevelopmental Counseling PsychologyTheories of CounselingPre-PracticumFoundations of Professional SC

FALLAppraisal & AssessmentCounseling Diverse Populations for School CounselorsElectiveInternship II

SPRINGSocial, Legal, & Ethical Issues in SCGroup Counseling (or Summer)Research in CounselingInternship I

SPRINGExceptional Education & the DSM for School CounselorsCareer CounselingElectiveInternship III

Program of Study- CMHC1st Year 2nd Year 3rd YearFALLDevelopment Counseling PsychTheories of CounselingPre-Practicum

FALLDiagnosis and Treatment Using DSMCounseling Diverse PopulationsAppraisal & AssessmentAddictions

FALLElectiveElectiveInternship in CMHC II

SPRINGFoundations of CMHCGroup Counseling (or Summer)Research in Counseling

SPRINGSocial, Legal Ethical Issues Advanced Developmental Counseling PsyTrauma: Impact & InterventionInternship I

SPRINGCareer CounselingElectiveInternship in CMHC II

Program of Study – Dual Degree Program

1st Year 2nd Year 3rd YearFALLDevelopm Counseling PsychTheories of CounselingPre-PracticumFoundations of PSC

FALLAppraisal & AssessmentCounseling Diverse Populations Diagnosis & Treatment Using DSMInternship in School Counseling II

FALLAddictionsAdv Develop Coun PsychInternship in CMHC II

SPRINGSocial, Legal, & Ethical Iss in SCGroup Counseling (or Summer)Research in CounselingInternship I

SPRINGFoundations of CMHCCareer CounselingSoc, Leg, & Eth Iss (CMHC)[AUDIT]Internship in School Counseling III

SPRINGCrisis or Trauma Exceptional Education & DSMInternship in CMHC III

School and Clinical Internship Experiences

◦Coordinator of Clinical Mental Health Internships - Heather Smith◦Coordinator of School Counseling Internships - Nicole Cobb

Systematic Program Assessment

•Formative and Summative Assessments aligned in each course•Comprehensive Examinations •Praxis Exam (school counseling)•NCE (clinical mental health counseling)

Professional Performance Review Standards1. Openness to new ideas2. Flexibility3. Cooperativeness with others4. Willingness to accept and use feedback5. Awareness of impact on others6. Ability to deal with conflict7. Ability to accept personal responsibility8. Ability to express feelings effectively and appropriately9. Attention and adherence to ethical and legal standards10. Thorough and timely completion of required coursework, paperwork, and milestones for matriculation

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BRING ON THE HDCSTUDENT EXPERTS!

Student PanelKarishma Katrak – 1st Year CMHCJones Zimmerman – 2nd year CMHCErin MacInerney – 3rd year CMHCHolly Johnson – 1st year School CounselingAnna Rhodes- 1st year School CounselingCarly Stafford – 2nd year School Counseling