Professional School Counseling articles from April 2002

Professional School Counseling archives from April 2002

Enhancing student learning: school reform and school counselors. (From The Editor).
April 1, 2002... The first four articles of this issue of Professional School Counseling focus on school reform and school counselors. With the emphasis on increased accountability, raising standards, and enhanced student learning, the topic is relevant for...

School reform and perspectives on the role of school counselors: a century of proposals for change.
April 1, 2002... In a rising crescendo of presidential exhortations and policy debates about the need for school reform in the United States, it is difficult to remember that calls for school reform are not new. Indeed, it can be argued that since the...

School counselors and school reform: new directions.
April 1, 2002... As with other pupil service professions, school counseling is going through a period of extensive reform and restructuring (Bemak, 2000; Gysbers & Henderson, 2000, 2001; Lapan, 2001; Porter, Epp, & Bryant, 2000). What the end product will be...

School counselors: becoming key players in school reform.
April 1, 2002... School reform has moved to the forefront of public issues as stakeholders throughout the United States increase the emphasis on raising the educational achievement of all students. At the same time, the cost of doing business in education...

Empowering students to become self-regulated learners.
April 1, 2002... Professional school counselors must focus their efforts to accomplish objectives central to their school's overriding mission (Sprinthall, 1981). Today, as never before, schools must empower students to enhance their academic achievement and...

The practice of school counseling in rural and small town schools.
April 1, 2002... Focusing narrowly upon the increasing urbanization and suburbanization of the U. S. population might lead one to view rural and small town schools to be a decreasingly important bit of nostalgia. However, the U. S. Department of Education's...

Readiness to serve students with disabilities: a survey of elementary school counselors.
April 1, 2002... The roles and responsibilities of school counselors changed dramatically over the past 50 years. In the early 1950s, school counselors primarily provided vocational/career guidance for high school students (Neely, 1982). The role gradually...

The role of school counselors in homework intervention.
April 1, 2002... Counselor involvement in student academic development often has focused on interventions with students whose personal and/or social difficulties interfere with their capacities to perform well academically. At the middle school and high school...

Factors impacting the successful implementation of comprehensive guidance and counseling programs in Nova Scotia.
April 1, 2002... Responding to the increasing challenges faced by Nova Scotia schools, the provincial Department of Education initiated, 4 years ago, the development of a comprehensive guidance and counseling program to address the guidance and counseling needs...