36 courses with the subject EDCO, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
An overview of key areas of community counseling including rehabilitation counseling, career counseling, school counseling, community advocacy, and counseling in diverse settings such as mental health agencies, employment agencies, and population-specific programs.
This course examines the theories related to group counseling and their application to group work. Students will learn the types of group work, basic group leader skills, group processes and procedures.
A review, examination, and critique of counseling research, concepts, and theory constructs with applications in various community settings and populations.
This course orients the student to the overall dissertation development and writing process specific to the Ed.D. in Community Care and Counseling program.
An examination of established and emerging teaching and learning perspectives and practices, viewed through the lens of biblically framed pedagogy. Students will develop and reflectively practice their own philosophy of education in community contexts.
Prerequisite: Graduate Statistics Req with a score of 3
The psychological and psychosocial effects of drug addiction and addictive behaviors on individuals, couples, and families are examined. Emphasis is placed on counseling skills and techniques.
This course provides a broad overview of the three main approaches used in social science research: quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods. More specifically, emphasis is placed on students becoming scholarly consumers of research, able to make appropriate literature-research question-results interpretation-application assertions.
Prerequisite: EDCO 701 or EDCO 735
Prerequisite: EDCO 716 and EDCO 735
This course enables students to understand many facets of international cross-cultural counseling. Students will learn how counseling can help global workers and those in unfamiliar cultures to adapt, copy, and grow through the culture stress of global work. Students will learn some of the nuances of telemental health applications on a global scale, as well as some of the confidentiality and security concerns. Students will also be introduced to resources and agencies which support this population.
This course enables students to understand the services and experiences that best prepare people for resilience in global cross-cultural work. Students will become knowledgeable about member care counseling and issues spanning the timeline of a worker's service from realizing a calling for the work through transitioning back into their country of origin indefinitely after a tenure of service. Topics covered will include pre-field screening and assessment, counseling and assessing for mid-service issues, and providing post-service transitional care. Modalities of member care counseling and debriefing will also be covered. Various models for providing services will be examined, including brief solution focused.
This course equips students with an understanding of the unique role that member care personnel play in supporting and counseling global cross-cultural workers. Students will become knowledgeable about member care counseling and issues spanning the timeline of a worker's service with emphasis on building resilience and longevity in the work. Topics covered will include issues, ethics, best practices model, definition, scope, and acculturation. Students will also study issues related to families, singles, and third culture kids.
This course prepares students to engage the complex and multifaceted spiritual realities that characterize cross-cultural ministry. Student will develop a practical theological understanding of the topics of theodicy and spiritual warfare, with an emphasis on ways these topics impact front-line ministry workers. The distinctive tools and methods of spiritual direction will be presented as a framework for understanding and promoting the resilience and spiritual formation of global cross-cultural workers.
Prerequisite: EDCO 716 and (EDCO 735 or EDCO 701) and EDCO 745 and EDCO 747
This course provides an overview of the aspects of stress and trauma, including examination of seminal texts and concepts. In addition, a foundational understanding of trauma counseling, theories, and interventions will be offered, together with definitions, causative factors, incidence rates, and idiomatic factors of a number of traumatic events. Students will consider how science informs the delivery of effective counseling theory and technique for these clients with the goal of integrating ethical, effective, and biblically grounded care.
An overview of personality and diagnostic assessment instruments. Students will learn testing procedures as well as interpretation and application of results in diagnosis and treatment planning.
An in-depth examination of the dynamics of marriage and family relationships, with emphasis on the structure and function of marriage, various aspects of the marital relationship, family systems, and ways to conduct premarital, divorce care, and remarriage counseling as a creative, preventative, and healing ministry.
Prerequisite: ((EDCO 737 or EDCO 770) and (EDCO 810 or EDCO 900)) and EDCO 716
An in-dept examination and discussion of the major assessment and treatment approaches utilized in marriage and family counseling. Emphasis is placed on the development of practical skills and intervention techniques.
An in-depth study of the developmental and psychological needs and problems of families, examined through the lens of personality types and family structures. Students will gain understanding of established counseling and intervention techniques used with families and children.
An in-depth review of causes, interactions, effects, and treatment of trauma occurring within the marriage with a special emphasis placed on intimate partner violence, as well as infidelity, empty nest syndrome, limited duration marital contracts, and other current trends.
An in-depth examination of the types of assessment used in marital counseling. Students will learn how to select the best instrument for a particular situation, how to administer these, and how to interpret the results.
An in-depth examination of ethical and legal issues encountered by community counselors, including ethical principles, professional codes of conduct, identifying and resolving ethical dilemmas, ethical decision-making models, and laws governing the profession.
Drawing upon Master's level study of the person in life and ministry, additional factors are explored to develop an Evangelical Christian growth and development strategy for the doctoral level pastoral counselor. Research and assessment provide the foundation for this course as participants develop an understanding of their primary and functional purpose in ministry's highly relational network.
Examining the various factors that hinder and destroy the family, this course provides an in-depth study of the issues encountered in pastoral counseling. Areas of discussion and examination include common mental health disorders, as well as issues that impact both the individual and family including family composition such as blended families, childbirth, parenting, and additional pertinent topics throughout the lifespan.
This course studies issues that affect the relationship and decision to marry in premarital counseling, as well as problematic factors in marriage such as marital distress and dissolution. Factors central to marital enrichment, renewal, stability, growth, and health are addressed by marriage theories and intervention strategies.
Ranging from such endemic issues as domestic violence to preparation for both manmade and natural disasters, this course provides an in-depth study of the onset, duration, and appropriate interventions for various crises encountered in pastoral counseling. All aspects of crises that affect the individual, family or corporate worship group are open to examination.
Prerequisite: EDCO 711 and EDCO 715 and EDCO 725 and EDCO 740 and EDCO 745 and EDCO 810 and EDCO 705 and EDCO 735 and EDCO 790
Prerequisite: EDCO 701 and EDCO 745
Prerequisite: EDCO 865
Prerequisite: ((EDCO 806 and EDCO 811 and EDCO 815 and EDCO 817) or (EDCO 806 and EDCO 811 and EDCO 817 and EDCO 820) or (EDCO 806 and EDCO 811 and EDCO 815 and EDCO 820) or (EDCO 811 and EDCO 815 and EDCO 817 and EDCO 820) or (EDCO 821 and EDCO 826 and EDCO 831 and EDCO 836) or (EDCO 821 and EDCO 826 and EDCO 836 and EDCO 841) or (EDCO 821 and EDCO 831 and EDCO 836 and EDCO 841) or (EDCO 821 and EDCO 826 and EDCO 831 and EDCO 841) or (EDCO 826 and EDCO 831 and EDCO 836 and EDCO 841) or (TRMA 800 and TRMA 810 and TRMA 820 and TRMA 830) or (TRMA 800 and TRMA 810 and TRMA 830 and TRMA 840) or (TRMA 800 and TRMA 820 and TRMA 830 and TRMA 840) or (TRMA 800 and TRMA 810 and TRMA 820 and TRMA 840) or (TRMA 810 and TRMA 820 and TRMA 830 and TRMA 840) and EDCO 705 and EDCO 711 and EDCO 715 and EDCO 716 and EDCO 725 and EDCO 735 and EDCO 740 and EDCO 745 and EDCO 747 and EDCO 770 and EDCO 790 ) and Doctorate GPA with a score of 3000
Prerequisite: (EDCO 806 and EDCO 811 and EDCO 815 and EDCO 817 and EDCO 820) or (EDCO 821 and EDCO 826 and EDCO 831 and EDCO 836 and EDCO 841) or (TRMA 800 and TRMA 810 and TRMA 820 and TRMA 830 and TRMA 840) and (EDCO 810 or EDCO 900) and EDCO 705 and EDCO 711 and EDCO 715 and EDCO 716 and EDCO 725 and EDCO 735 and EDCO 740 and EDCO 745 and EDCO 747 and EDCO 770 and EDCO 790 and Doctorate GPA with a score of 3000
Prerequisite: (EDCO 988 or EDCO 808) and Doctorate GPA with a score of 3000
Prerequisite: EDCO 989
Prerequisite: EDCO 725 and EDCO 730 and EDCO 740 and EDCO 745 and EDCO 800 and EDCO 810
Source: Liberty University's catalog, linked per course · table learning_unit · CourseShelf publish 59
