Training Graduate Students in Psychological Counseling Module in the Context of Networking

Abstract

The paper provides a general outline of main approbation outcomes of the “Psychological Counseling in Education” module which is part of the master’s programme in School Psychology and is aimed at teaching the methodology of counseling in education and the basic principles of designing the counseling process in the framework of student support at school. A networking algorithm is described for communicating with educational organisations (training sites) in the process of internship. In the context of networking, the content and organization of distributed practice is considered the key condition of students’ effective engagement in professional activities, development of professional competencies and readiness for carrying out psychological counseling in education as defined by the professional standard for educational psychologists.

Keywords

• activity approach
• educational module
• psychological counseling for students
• networking
• federal state standards in general and higher education