Professional School Counseling articles

Recent articles from Professional School Counseling

Teacher perceptions of the professional school counselor role: a national study.(Report)
June 1, 2009... In a national survey, teachers were asked about their perceptions of the professional school counselor role as defined by the American School Counselor Association (ASCA, 2005). Teachers were questioned about the extent that they believed that school counselors should engage in and were...

School counselors and child abuse reporting: a national survey.(Report)
June 1, 2009... A study was done to investigate school counselors' child abuse reporting behaviors and perceptions regarding the child abuse reporting process. Participants were randomly selected from the American School Counselor Association membership database with 193 school counselors returning...

School counselor dispositions as predictors of data usage.(Report)
June 1, 2009... This article examined school counselor dispositions (e g,, general self-efficacy, counselor, self-efficacy, openness to change, commitment to counseling improvement/professional development) that predict data usage among K-12 professional school counselors. For the study, 130 professional...

Ethnic labeling in Mexican-origin youth: a qualitative assessment.(Report)
June 1, 2009... Outcomes are reported from a qualitative investigation addressing ethnic label selection, meaning, use, and influences upon Mexican-origin youth. Participants selected multiple labels with distinct meanings and influences. Findings indicate a need for school counselors to honor student label...

RECOGNIZE: a social norms campaign to reduce rumor spreading in a junior high school.(Report)
June 1, 2009... This article studied changes in rumor spreading and perceptions of peers' rumor spreading among students at one public junior high school following a social norms marketing campaign. Results of the study show that perceptions of peer rumor spreading fell following the campaign, but...