Professional School Counseling articles from April 2006

Professional School Counseling archives from April 2006

Moving forward.
April 1, 2006... This will be my last issue as editor of Professional School Counseling. For the past two and one-half years it has been an honor to serve as editor of this fine journal. It is now my time to transition out of this role and pass the leadership...

Multiple role balance, job satisfaction, and life satisfaction in women school counselors.
April 1, 2006... Many prior studies have reported that school counselors are at risk for experiencing mental health difficulties (eg., professional burnout) as a result of their participation in a wide variety of service-oriented roles. The majority of school...

School counselors and school psychologists: collaborative partners in promoting culturally competent schools.
April 1, 2006... Culturally competent schools are successful in both meeting the challenges and seizing the opportunities associated with multiculturalism and diversity. This article explores collaboration between school counselors and school psychologists for...

School-based social justice: the achieving success identity pathways program.
April 1, 2006... It is imperative that school counselors become actively, engaged in promoting school success for all students. For youth from low-income and diverse backgrounds, future career opportunities are predicated on achieving educational success....

School Counseling Leadership Team: a statewide collaborative model to transform school counseling.
April 1, 2006... The School Counseling Leadership Team (SCLT) is a model of a collaborative team formed to advocate for the transformed role of professional school counselors. The members of the SCLT included school district counseling supervisors, counselor...

"No Child Left Behind": implications for school counselors.(No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 )
April 1, 2006... In this qualitative study, 210 school counselors responded to a Web-based national survey exploring the effects of the No Child Left Behind legislation. They described how much they knew about the legislation, outlined the positive and negative...

Identification of school bullies by survey methods.
April 1, 2006... How can middle school counselors identify bullies? This study compared two methods of identifying bullies in a sample of 386 middle school students. A peer nomination survey identified many more bullies than did student self-report. Moreover,...

Helping students cope in an age of terrorism: strategies for school counselors.
April 1, 2006... School counselors experience unique challenges as they struggle to provide students with coping skills geared to the outside world including acts of terrorism. School-aged students in the United States are one of the most vulnerable populations...

Counseling adolescent students affected by the war in Iraq: using history as a guide.(PERSPECTIVES FROM THE FIELD)
April 1, 2006... The schemes of war of today's generation of adolescents might be heavily influenced by the War in Iraq because it is the first war this generation is likely to remember living through. Although the War in Iraq has produced a unique set of...

Cyber-communication: finding its place in school counseling practice, education, and professional development.(PERSPECTIVES FROM THE FIELD)
April 1, 2006... Cyber--or computer-mediated communication is transforming school counselor education in curriculum delivery, supervision, and professional development, as well as changing the nature of interactions among counselors, school personnel, parents,...

Collaborative relationships: school counselors and non-school mental health professionals working together to improve the mental health needs of students.(PERSPECTIVES FROM THE FIELD)
April 1, 2006... Fifty-three school counselors and administrators employed in middle and high school settings were surveyed regarding their thoughts about school districts working collaboratively with non-school mental health professionals to respond to the...