Professional School Counseling articles from February 2004

Professional School Counseling archives from February 2004

Parent support and African American adolescents' career self-efficacy.
February 1, 2004... This study examined African American adolescents' perceived parent support for the four sources of self-efficacy information hypothesized by Bandura and for their efficacy in four areas: career planning and exploration, knowledge of self and...

Counselor intervention in the post-secondary planning of African American Students with learning disabilities.
February 1, 2004... Transitioning African American students with learning disabilities from high school to post secondary education requires that school counselors be flexible in their roles and functions. This is critical as school counselors work within personal...

School counselors and research revisited.
February 1, 2004... This article presents the results of a questionnaire on various aspects of research completed by 763 school counselors. Three subscales were derived using factor analysis: Confidence in Research Ability, Perceived Relevance of Research, and...

Perceptions of school counselors and school principals about the National Standards for School Counseling Programs and the Transforming School Counseling Initiative.
February 1, 2004... In a national survey, members from the American School Counselor Association, the National Association of Secondary School Principals, and the National Association of Elementary School Principals were asked the extent to which professional...

School counselors' perceptions of their involvement in school-family-community partnerships.
February 1, 2004... This study investigated school counselors' perceptions about their involvement in nine school-family-community (SFC) partnership programs and barriers to their involvement in such partnerships. A random sample of 72 school counselors in South...

What counselors do in high-achieving schools: a study on the role of the school counselor.
February 1, 2004... School counselors are being challenged to redefine their role to better support the overall academic performance of students. In light of this challenge, counselors need to know characteristics of counseling programs in high-achieving schools....

Assessing the multicultural competence of school counselors: a checklist.
February 1, 2004... With the increasing number of children from diverse backgrounds entering the U. S. school systems, it is imperative that school counselors gain a working knowledge of how to best serve these children. This article provides a checklist of 51...

The relationship between social interest and coping resources in children.
February 1, 2004... Previous research using adult subjects suggests that social interest affects an individual's coping resources. The purpose of this research was to examine empirically the relationship of social interest and coping skills in young children. Data...

Adolescents who self-injure: implications and strategies for school counselors.
February 1, 2004... This article explores strategies for school counselors to use in intervening and managing adolescent students who engage in self-injurious behaviors. The school counselor's roles in intervention, referral, education, advocacy, and prevention...

School counselors and psychotropic medication: assessing training, experience, and school policy issues.
February 1, 2004... This article reports the results of a national survey of school counselors that gathered information about the extent of school children's psychiatric diagnoses and usage of psychotropic medication, school policy issues arising from these...