Professional School Counseling articles from June 2006

Professional School Counseling archives from June 2006

Introductory comments.
June 1, 2006... The genesis of this special issue was an informal conversation among members of the editorial board of Professional School Counseling (PSC) over the paucity of quality school counseling research. The topic was so germane at the time given the...

Does psychotherapy help some students? An overview of psychotherapy outcome research.(HOW RESEARCH CAN INFORM PRACTICE)
June 1, 2006... This article provides a brief overview of the outcome research on psychotherapy with children and adolescents. Outcome research indicates that psychotherapy can be effective with both children and adolescents, with meta-analyses indicating that...

Using correlational and prediction data to enhance student achievement in K-12 schools: a practical application for school counselors.(RESEARCH ISSUES AND METHODS)
June 1, 2006... Correlational data and regression analysis provide the school counselor with a method to describe growth in achievement test scores from elementary to high school. Using Microsoft Excel, this article shows the reader in a step-by-step manner...

Using comparison groups in school counseling research: a primer.
June 1, 2006... This article describes comparison group research designs and discusses how such designs can be used in school counseling research to demonstrate the effectiveness of school counselors and school counseling interventions. The article includes a...

Conducting qualitative research: a practical guide for school counselors.
June 1, 2006... This article discusses the concept of school counselor as researcher. Qualitative research is defined, explained, and differentiated from quantitative research. School counselor questions that lend themselves to qualitative research are...

Action research and school counseling: closing the gap between research and practice.
June 1, 2006... Action research can be a valuable resource for strengthening the link between theory and practice in school counseling. Action research emphasizes practitioner action for change in conjunction with rigorous reflection on practice and careful...

Producing evidence to show counseling effectiveness in the schools.
June 1, 2006... School counselors have been remiss in documenting how the school counseling program is an essential component to the growth of school-aged youth. As a result, school counseling programs and personnel either have been eliminated or school...

Recent innovations in small-N designs for research and practice in professional school counseling.
June 1, 2006... This article illustrates an innovative small-N research design that researchers and practitioners can use to investigate questions of interest in professional school counseling. The distributed criterion (DC) design integrates elements of three...

Practical significance: the use of effect sizes in school counseling research.
June 1, 2006... In response to the increasing call by professional organizations, journal editors, and statisticians to include not only derived significance levels from quantitative statistical procedures but also measures of effect sizes (ES), this article...

The ASCA National School Counseling Research Center: a brief history and agenda.(American School Counselor Association)
June 1, 2006... In this article, the American School Counselor Association National School Counseling Research Center's history, development, and future goals are described. ********** Accountability is not a new phenomenon; it has been of concern...

Resources for school counselors and counselor educators: The Center for School Counseling Outcome Research.
June 1, 2006... The Center for School Counseling Outcome Research (CSCOR) was founded in January 2003 to provide leadership in promoting quality school counseling research and to give practicing school counselors ready access to relevant research in order for...

Research methods in school counseling: a summary for the practitioner.
June 1, 2006... This article summarizes, for the practitioner, the key "take home" points of the 10 articles included in this special issue on school counseling research. Professional school counselors must be astute consumers of research in order to sift...