Professional School Counseling articles from August 2008

Professional School Counseling archives from August 2008

Eight reasons to read Professional School Counseling.(EDITOR'S NOTE)
August 1, 2008... In this column, I'd like to make a strong argument for why practicing school counselors, as well as counselor educators and school counseling graduate students, should make a habit of reading Professional School Counseling. I'll use examples...

Correction.(Correction notice)
August 1, 2008... An article in the December 2007 issue of Professional School Counseling, "Joining the Conversation about Educating Our Poorest Children: Emerging Leadership Roles for School Counselors in High-Poverty Schools," should have contained the...

Four views of the professional school counselor-principal relationship: a Q-methodology study.(Report)
August 1, 2008... This study in this article investigated how school counselors and principals perceive their professional relationship. Q methodology was used to develop 45 opinion statements about the relationship between school counselors and principals, and...

Managing the quagmire of counseling in a school: bringing the parents onboard.(Report)
August 1, 2008... The American School Counselor Association's Ethical Standards for School Counselors respects parents' rights and responsibilities toward their children and at the same time addresses confidentiality as the professional school counselor's...

Traumatic symptoms in sexually abused children: implications for school counselors.(Report)
August 1, 2008... School counselors have a duty to formulate strategies that aid in the detection and prevention of child sexual abuse (American School Counselor Association, 2003). School counselors are charged with helping sexually abused children by...

Middle school counselors' competence in conducting developmental classroom lessons: is teaching experience necessary?(Report)
August 1, 2008... Is teaching experience necessary for school counselors to feel competent when conducting developmental classroom lessons? The study in this article investigated the relationship between previous teaching experience and practicing middle school...

An evaluation of suicide gatekeeper training for school counselors and teachers.(Report)
August 1, 2008... The study in this article compared counselors and teachers on measures of suicide knowledge and prevention practices after participation in a statewide training program in student suicide prevention using the "Question, Persuade, and Refer"...

The influence of the war in Iraq on American youth's fears: implications for professional school counselors.(Report)
August 1, 2008... Before and after the initial invasion of Iraq in 2003, the fears of youth in grades 2-12 were examined using the American Fear Survey Schedule for Children and Adolescents (Burnham, 2005). In a pre-invasion and post-invasion comparison, results...

School counselors walking the walk and talking the talk: a grounded theory of effective program implementation.(Report)
August 1, 2008... Comprehensive, developmental school counseling programming has been associated with numerous benefits for students and is considered current best practice. A qualitative, grounded theory study was conducted to investigate eight professional...

School counselors' attitudes regarding statewide comprehensive developmental guidance model implementation.(PERSPECTIVE FROM THE FIELD)(Report)
August 1, 2008... The pilot study in this article identified facilitators and barriers to implementing the Massachusetts Model for Comprehensive School Counseling Programs. The Concerns-Based Adoption Model served as a framework to understand how school...