SUMMER COURSES FOR COUNSELORS at DLSU & PNU

I got a call this afternoon from Dr. Carmen Pabiton, one of my professors in De La Salle University, Taft AVe., Manila. She asked me to post this blog for our colleagues who may need course units for licensure, both for the Grandfather's Clause and for the licensure exams this December 2007. Hence, if you get to read this, please feel free to pass this site and information to our colleagues so that they can avail of this generosity of the professors this summer. They should be relaxing and preparing for another trimester of classes in DLSU, but for the sake of our needs, they have set time for us. Honestly, I called them a few weeks ago and requested if they could consider the possibility of offering courses this summer for us who may need to make up for classes we haven't taken and are required by the law, maybe because we were not required or it may have been so long ago since we attended classes.

The following courses are to be offered at De La Salle University (DLSU), Taft Ave., campus, Manila:

Career Development & Counseling (3 units)
Development & Management of Counseling Services (3 units - when I enrolled in this class way back 1995, it was known as Organization of Guidance Services), and
Testing in Counseling (3 units)

For DLSU students, enrolment shall begin online on March 22-23, 2007. A week before April 21 is the enrolment for non-DLSU students. Classes are to start April 21, 2007, a Saturday. Each of the aforementioned subjects shall be offered for 42 hours, the number of hours required for a 3-unit course. The plan is to make it 7 hours a day for 6 straight days. The CEPD Department requires at least 8 students to make up a class.

This program is also open for cross-enrolees. The following documents are required:
- a formal letter of intent to cross-enroll, indicating the specific course title, addressed to Mr. Edwin Santiago, University Registrar De La Salle University
- a letter of recommendation from the school where a cross-enrolee is studying, complete with a certificate of Good Moral Character, and
- a medical clearance report to be validated by the DLSU Medical Director

For more information, please call the CEPD (Counseling & Educational Psychology Department) telephone number (02) 536-0232.

On another note, the Philippine Normal University, according to Dr. Rosa Ma. Llanes (PGCA President) is also offering summer courses in Counseling starting April 10-May 4, 2007. I have yet to contact them to get the course offerings and requirements, particularly for cross-enrolees. I shall immediately post the information as soon as I get to them. In the meantime, enjoy the rush of preparing for the requirements for Grandfather's Clause licensing.

Yes, according to the new arrangements, review classes for those who will take the Board Exam for Counselors this December 8, 2007 (albeit tentative a schedule) will only be offered in schools where the Counseling courses are offered. DLSU is one of those CHED-accredited schools for Counselors.