Professional School Counseling articles from December 2008

Professional School Counseling archives from December 2008

Corrections.(Correction notice)
December 1, 2008... An article in the October 2008 issue of Professional School Counseling, "Examining Variation in Attitudes Toward Aggressive Retaliation and Perceptions of Safety Among Bullies, Victims, and Bully/Victims," included an incomplete Table 1, due to...

Strengths-based school counseling: introduction to the special issue.(EDITORIAL INTRODUCTION)
December 1, 2008... Two major and mutually supportive paradigm shifts are impacting school counseling practice in the 21st century. The first shift, which is already well underway, emanates from within our discipline. The ASCA National Model[R] (American School...

Commentary on the strengths perspective and potential applications in school counseling.(Essay)
December 1, 2008... In its history, professional social work has long given at least lip service to the idea of building on client strengths as a part of the helping enterprise. This article provides an overview of the strengths approach to practice as it has...

Promoting competence and resilience in the school context.(Report)
December 1, 2008... Four decades of research on resilience in young people provide compelling data and models for applications in the school context. Resilience theory and findings are highly congruent with Strengths-Based School Counseling (SBSC) as formulated by...

Positive psychology and character strengths: application to strengths-based school counseling.(Report)
December 1, 2008... The basic premise of positive psychology is that the happiness and fulfillment of children and youth entail more than the identification and treatment of their problems. This article provides an overview of positive psychology and the Values in...

Promoting multicultural personality development: a strengths-based, positive psychology worldview for schools.(Report)
December 1, 2008... This article extends the relevance of multicultural development to the Strengths-Based School Counseling (SBSC; Galassi & Akos, 2007) perspective. A relatively new construct for school counselors, the "multiculrural personality" (MP), is...

Promoting hope: suggestions for school counselors.(Report)
December 1, 2008... School counselors need multiple resources to assist today's students in developing to their fullest potential. This development might often be measured outwardly by academic success; however, psychological and emotional well-being of students...

Supportive learning communities and the transformative role of professional school counselors.(Report)
December 1, 2008... This article considers some of the key processes and methods needed to reenvision and transform comprehensive school counseling programs (CSCPs) as strengths-based, prevention-focused learning communities. Specifically, following a discussion...

Cultivating strengths-based professional identities.(PERSPECTIVES FROM THE FIELD)(Report)
December 1, 2008... This article shares how school counselors-in-training are oriented to cultivate strengths-based professional identities based on culturally relevant and evidence-based practices that support the developmental learning abilities of all students....

Succeeding in school: a qualitative study of primarily American Indian students' use of an online intervention.(PERSPECTIVES FROM THE FIELD)(Report)
December 1, 2008... This article provides an abbreviated description of a qualitative study of the Succeeding in School (SIS) program, an Internet-based intervention designed to help students reflect on key elements of academic and career success. The American...

Every student matters: enhancing strengths-based school counseling through the application of mattering.(PERSPECTIVES FROM THE FIELD)(Report)
December 1, 2008... Mattering to others involves individuals' perceptions that they are important and are valued by other people in interpersonal relationships and within systems. Mattering is a foundational concept that can inform the implementation of...

Tackling male underachievement: enhancing a strengths-based learning environment for middle school boys.(PERSPECTIVES FROM THE FIELD)(Report)
December 1, 2008... During the past decade, there has been an increasing gender achievement gap with male students lagging behind their female counterparts on a number of important indicators of school success. This article examines recommendations and strategies...

Purpose-centered career development: a strengths-based approach to finding meaning and purpose in careers.(PERSPECTIVES FROM THE FIELD)(Report)
December 1, 2008... Although having a sense of purpose and meaning in life has been found to play an important role in overall life and career satisfaction, this is not an area that is typically cultivated during career exploration activities. This article...

The cross-age mentoring program: a developmental intervention for promoting students' connectedness across grade levels.(PERSPECTIVES FROM THE FIELD)(Report)
December 1, 2008... In cross-age peer mentoring programs, high school students mentor younger students. Prior research demonstrates the positive effects for mentees as well as for mentors. This context-based, strengths-promoting intervention is designed to help...

The elementary school counselor's role in fostering caring school communities.(PERSPECTIVES FROM THE FIELD)(Report)
December 1, 2008... The school counselor can play a key role in fostering a caring school community (CSC). The counselor can engage in a comprehensive, preventive, and developmental intervention that helps to promote a sense of belongingness. Furthermore, this...

Strengths-based partnerships: a school-family-community partnership approach to empowering students.(PERSPECTIVES FROM THE FIELD)(Report)
December 1, 2008... When school counselors team and collaborate with school personnel, families, and community members to foster strengths-based partnerships, they are able to implement classroom, schoolwide, and community-based programs and interventions that...

Connections through clubs: collaboration and coordination of a schoolwide program.(PERSPECTIVES FROM THE FIELD)(Report)
December 1, 2008... The "Connections Through Clubs" program provides all students with the opportunity to participate in a small-group extracurricular activity and mentoring experience led by school faculty, staff, and community members during the school day...

Advocacy in the IEP process: strengths-based school counseling in action.(PERSPECTIVES FROM THE FIELD)(Individualized Education Plan)(Report)
December 1, 2008... As the number of students in schools receiving special education services rises, the need for advocacy for these students increases as well. Because school counselors already possess specialized training beneficial to all stakeholders in the...

The Boston connects program: promoting learning and healthy development.(PERSPECTIVES FROM THE FIELD)(Report)
December 1, 2008... ********** In contrast to the problem-focused approach that has traditionally characterized the profession of school counseling, the field has moved in recent years toward a strengths-based approach. The ASCA National Model[R] (American...

A strengths-based approach to promoting prosocial behavior among African American and Latino students.(PERSPECTIVES FROM THE FIELD)(Report)
December 1, 2008... This article presents an overview of a strengths-based school discipline initiative that was developed in response to the high suspension and expulsion rates of African American and Latino male students at a racially diverse, urban high school...

Strengths-based school counseling and the ASCA National Model[R].(FINAL FEATURE)(American School Counselor Association)
December 1, 2008... Articles in this special issue illustrate how Strengths-Based School Counseling complements the ASCA National Model[R] by strengthening the foundation of comprehensive school counseling programs, emphasizing promotion-oriented delivery,...