Center for the Study of Technology in Counseling and Career Development

Dunlap Success Center
100 S. Woodward Ave

The Florida State University

Tallahassee, FL 32306-4162

(850) 644-6431 (voice) (850) 644-3273 (FAX)

http://www.career.fsu.edu/techcenter

Purpose

The Center for the Study of Technology in Counseling and Career Development was established in 1986 to assist practitioners, researchers, software developers, and policy makers in improving the design and use of computer applications in counseling and career development. The Center also assists practitioners, researchers, and policy makers in improving the cost-effectiveness of career service delivery. The work of the center is institutional, state, national, and international in focus.

Funding and Organization

As a Type IV Center in the State university system, all funding must be generated from outside the institution, with the exception of funds for office space and minimum operating costs which are provided by the FSU Career Center. The center, which is physically located within the FSU Career Center, is organizationally a unit of both the Department of Human Services and Studies of the College of Education and the Career Center of the Division of Student Affairs.

Goals and Populations Served

Research

1) Conduct original research on the impact of computer technology in counseling and development on individual users and on institutions for the purpose of improving the effectiveness of counseling and guidance services;

2) Disseminate bibliographies and technical reports to persons conducting research related to the use of technology in counseling and career development for the purpose of contributing the quality of research completed on this topic; and

3) Conduct theory-based research and development activities to improve the effectiveness of career service delivery.

Service

1) Conduct in-service training for various counseling professionals via workshops, seminars, and symposia sponsored by professional associations, institutions and agencies;

2) Provide practitioners, researchers, software developers, and policy makers with ready access to computer software to facilitate the evaluation process;

3) Provide professional associations with input on ethical, service delivery, and training standards related to the use of computer technology in counseling and career development; and

4) Provide system developers with data and recommendations regarding the optimum design and use of computer technology in counseling and career development.

Teaching

1) Provide students in graduate level counseling courses in the university with instructional materials and access to up-to-date computer software necessary to integrate theory and practice related to the use of technology in counseling and career development; and

2) Provide faculty and staff in the university access to instructional materials and computer software necessary to facilitate multidisciplinary teaching and research efforts.

3) Provide graduate students in counseling and higher education in the university with instructional materials on improving the cost-effectiveness of career service delivery.