Athletic Counseling Learning Outcomes
The learning outcomes below reflect the knowledge, skills, and professional dispositions expected of graduate students receiving Athletic Counseling training through Springfield College.
Goal 1: Graduates will demonstrate an evidence-based knowledge base in athletic counseling.
- SLO 1: Students will be able to identify, integrate, and evaluate research and information from multiple sources relevant to athletic counseling, mental performance, and applied helping work with athletes and other performers.
- SLO 2: Students will demonstrate technological and information literacy relevant to professional practice, including the ethical use of technology for learning, service delivery, documentation, and professional communication (as applicable to their role and training).
Goal 2: Graduates will demonstrate competence in applied athletic counseling skills.
- SLO 3: Students will be able to develop, implement, and evaluate athletic counseling interventions (individual and group/team-based) that are developmentally appropriate and responsive to performance and well-being needs.
- SLO 4: Students will demonstrate foundational counseling and mental performance skills (e.g., rapport-building, communication, goal-oriented interventions, and performance enhancement strategies) consistent with their scope of training and supervision.
- SLO 5: Students will demonstrate the ability to engage in reflective practice, incorporate feedback/supervision, and participate in ongoing personal and professional development to strengthen effectiveness as a practitioner.
Goal 3: Graduates will demonstrate professional dispositions and ethical decision-making in athletic counseling.
- SLO 6: Students will demonstrate sociocultural awareness and responsiveness, including attention to identity, context, power, and systems that influence athletes, teams, and organizations.
- SLO 7: Students will demonstrate critical thinking and sound professional judgment when conceptualizing performance-related concerns, recognizing boundaries of competence, and identifying when consultation and/or referral is appropriate.
- SLO 8: Students will demonstrate the ability to evaluate, integrate, and apply ethics and professional values relevant to athletic counseling, including confidentiality, multiple roles in sport settings, and responsible professional conduct.
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