Professional School Counseling articles from June 2002

Professional School Counseling archives from June 2002

School counseling: a hopeful profession. (From The Editor).
June 1, 2002... Hope seems to be a relevant construct from which to view school counseling (Snyder, 1994). According to Snyder, "Hope is the sum of the mental willpower and waypower that you have for your goals" (p. 5), and "A goal is something we want to...

Hopeful choices: a school counselor's guide to hope theory.
June 1, 2002... Throughout their school years, students are faced with array of increasingly important and difficult choices. These range from deciding what to do for the elementary school science fair and whom to ask to the eighth grade dance, if and where to...

Using single-participant research to assess counseling approaches on children's off-task behavior.(Statistical Data Included)
June 1, 2002... Off-task behavior in today's students may pale in comparison to the seriousness of the violent student behavior reported almost daily in the media. However, Langdon (1997), in a Phi Delta Kappa Poll of Teachers' Attitudes toward the Public...

A response to common themes in school counseling.
June 1, 2002... My first experience as a school counselor was in Neah Bay, Washington, the home of the Makah Indian Nation. As a K-12 counselor, I experienced diversity issues from many directions--developmental, multicultural, educational, and occupational....

Helping elementary-age children cope with disasters.
June 1, 2002... On September 11, 2001, the unthinkable occurred. Millions of people around the world witnessed on television a horrifying calamity. The towers of the World Trade Center in New York City and a section of the Pentagon were destroyed in acts of...

Students with disabilities: school counselor involvement and preparation.
June 1, 2002... Legislation has greatly impacted educational opportunities for students with disabilities. Prior to the implementation of Public Law 94-142 (the Education for All Handicapped Children Act [EAHCA] of 1975), many students with disabilities...

Student perceptions of the transition from elementary to middle school.
June 1, 2002... Transitions are often a difficult time of life. The stress and challenge inherent in adjustment can create developmental crises for even the heartiest individuals. Helping students in transition is similarly challenging. To facilitate...

School counselors' interest in professional literature and research.
June 1, 2002... Although school counseling has existed in some form since the late 19th Century (Paisley & Borders, 1995), it did not attain the status of a true profession until the middle of the 20th Century. Hallmarks of a profession include the existence...

A systems approach to substance abuse identification and intervention for school counselors.
June 1, 2002... Though a novice school counselor, the first author of this article nevertheless had confidence in his abilities to assist adolescents with various difficulties. He was relatively young and not that far removed from the population with which he...

An experiential and systemic approach to encourage collaboration and community building.
June 1, 2002... School counselors have been encouraged to adopt a family systems perspective in schools (Amatea, 1989; Amatea & Brown, 2000; Carns & Carns, 1997; Fish & Jain, 1997; Hinkle, 1993; Widerman & Widerman, 1995). A major concept of this approach...

The collaborative group counseling referral process: description and teacher evaluation. (Perspectives From The Field).
June 1, 2002... Research suggests that school-based group counseling interventions can be effective in enhancing the psychosocial well-being of students (Prout & Prout, 1998) and that school counselors spend a substantial amount of time providing these...

A multicultural must for every school counselor.(Understanding Homosexuality, Changing Schools: A Text for Teachers, Counselors, and Administrators )
June 1, 2002... Understanding Homosexuality, Changing Schools: A Text for Teachers, Counselors, and Administrators by A. Lipkin; Westview Press; 1999; 504 pages, $39, hardcover. The topic of homosexuality is one many educators--teachers, administrators,...