Professional School Counseling articles from February 2002

Professional School Counseling archives from February 2002

School counseling: continuing the discussion and enhancing the profession. (From The Editor).
February 1, 2002... My hope is that the four articles of the December issue of Professional School Counseling, which focused on school counseling from perspectives of the past, present, and future, provided relevant content for your consideration. In addition, I...

Response to the past, present, and future of school counseling: raising some issue.(response to Stan Baker and others, Professional School Counseling, vol. 5, p. 75, 84, 96, 106, December 2001)
February 1, 2002... Although I want to view myself as being objective and still firmly entrenched in the scientific method, my response to the four articles published in the December 2001 issue of Professional School Counseling (PSC) that focused on the past,...

In search of the profession's finest hour: a critique of four views of 21st century school counseling.(response to Stan Baker and others, Professional School Counseling, vol. 5, p. 75, 84, 96, 106, December 2001)
February 1, 2002... Given the steady progress of the school counseling profession over the years, one would expect to find several publications where the authors have discussed its stage-like trajectory, while concurrently providing insightful recommendations to...

School counseling now and in the future: a reaction.(response to Stan Baker and others, Professional School Counseling, vol. 5, p. 75, 84, 96, 106, December 2001)
February 1, 2002... Here, at the beginning of the 21st Century, the focus in the December 2001 issue of Professional School Counseling provided an opportunity for school counselors and counselor educators to stop and reflect on the status of the profession. The...

Cultivating student potential.(response to Stan Baker and others, Professional School Counseling, vol. 5, p. 75, 84, 96, 106, December 2001)
February 1, 2002... I have worked for 13 years as a high school counselor in a school of approximately 1,900 students from urban, suburban, rural areas, and 35 percent of the student body are students of color. During the 2000-2001 year I served as president of...

School counseling in the 21st century: personal and professional reflections.(response to Stan Baker and others, Professional School Counseling, vol. 5, p. 75, 84, 96, 106, December 2001)
February 1, 2002... I have two very vague memories of my high school guidance counselor, the only counselor I remember from my 12 years in public school. Both memories are from my senior year. One is related to paperwork regarding a scholarship nomination I...

A concept map of male partners in teenage pregnancy: implications for school counselors.(Statistical Data Included)
February 1, 2002... U.S. teen pregnancy rates remain high compared to those of other industrialized nations (Adolescent Health, 1995), despite the drop that has occurred since they peaked in 1991 (Ventura, Clarke, & Matthews, 1996). Because the well-documented...

Developmental counseling and therapy: an effective approach to understanding and counseling children.
February 1, 2002... The roles and functions of school counselors are notably complex and multifaceted (Bruss & Kopala, 1993; Gysbers & Henderson, 2000; Skovholt & Ronnestad, 1992). Sink and MacDonald (1998) noted that these roles have changed over time, and that...

Attitudes of American School Counselor Association members toward utilizing paraprofessionals in school counseling.(Statistical Data Included)
February 1, 2002... School counseling professionals often experience challenges finding ample time for providing direct counseling and guidance services to students (Gysbers & Henderson, 2000). Specifically, noncounseling duties assigned to school counselors may...

Addressing adolescent depression: a role for school counselors.
February 1, 2002... Depression may be one of the most overlooked and under-treated psychological disorders of adolescence. It is a syndromal disorder that is more than just feeling sad, blue, or down in the dumps. Reynolds (1990) noted that this disorder affects...