Michael Block - Azusa Pacific University

Michael Block, Ph.D.

Program Director, School Counseling
Professor, School Counseling and School Psychology

Phone: (626) 815-5436
Email: mblock@apu.edu
Fax: (626) 815-5351

Michael Block, Ph.D., is a professor in the School of Education and has more than 25 years of experience in public education as an educator and counselor. He has held many leadership positions in education in such areas as school counseling, career development, and curriculum planning. Much of Block's research and practice has included working with students who are at-risk. Block has been successful in producing numerous innovative strategies for increasing motivation and self-responsibility in students. His primary goal is to assist candidates entering the school counseling and psychology field in order to optimize their service in schools and communities with a Christ honoring commitment.

Education

Ph.D. – Human Services Administration, Walden University, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1994
M.S.Ed. – Counseling, Northern State University, South Dakota, 1990
B.S.Ed. – Business Education, Northern State University, South Dakota, 1986

Department

School of Education
- School Counseling and School Psychology

Expertise

Career development

Curriculum planning

School counseling

Courses Taught

EDCO 528 – Community, Family, and School Collaboration
EDCO 533 – Counseling Theories and Techniques
EDCO 534 – Assessment, Measurements, and Testing of Individuals
EDCO 535 – Professionalism, Ethics, and Law
EDCO 549 – Career Development Theories and Techniques
EDCO 557 – Human Growth, Development, and Learning
EDCO 564 – School Counseling Fieldwork 1
EDCO 568 – School Counseling Fieldwork 2
EDCO 579 – Sociocultural Competence
EDCO 583 – Intervention Through Consultation
EDCO 587 – PPS Leadership, Ethics, and Professionalism
EDCO 592 – Foundations and Ethics in Research
EDCO 593 – Historical Development of School Counseling and School Psychology