Professional School Counseling articles from October 2002

Professional School Counseling archives from October 2002

Commitment to excellence. (From The Editor).
October 1, 2002... Being named editor of Professional School Counseling is a humbling and challenging responsibility. It is humbling because of the huge boots I need to fill; the boots of all previous editors of our professional school counseling journal. Names...

Foreword. (Special issue: legal and ethical issues in school counseling).
October 1, 2002... Throughout my career, I have had the privilege of consulting with school counselors regarding the legal and ethical challenges they encounter in their professional positions. I have written on this topic, conducted numerous workshops, served as...

An ethics quiz for school counselors. (Special issue: legal and ethical issues in school counseling).
October 1, 2002... All practicing counselors, including those in schools, are encouraged to review the contents of the professional codes of ethics that apply to them and to consult ethical standards documents when ethical dilemmas arise (Corey, Corey, &...

A study of legal issues encountered by school counselors and perceptions of their preparedness to respond to legal challenges. (Special issue: legal and ethical issues in school counseling).
October 1, 2002... School counselors are encountering many legal issues (Corey, Corey, & Callanan, 1998; Fernandez, 1992), and various authors have discussed the areas of school counselors' legal vulnerability. Lawrence and Kurpius (2000), Remley and Herlihy...

Privacy and confidentiality in school counseling. (Special issue: legal and ethical issues in school counseling).
October 1, 2002... Trust is an essential component in the development of helping relationships. Counselors regard the promise of confidentiality to be essential for the development of client trust. Most individuals seeking counseling services assume that what...

Negligence in academic advising and abortion counseling: courts rulings and implications. (Special issue: legal and ethical issues in school counseling).
October 1, 2002... Navigating the legal and ethical waters of any profession can be daunting but the waters are especially murky in a human service profession such as counseling. When you add to the complications of counseling individuals clients who are minors...

Legal and ethical challenges in counseling suicidal students. (Special issue: legal and ethical issues in school counseling).
October 1, 2002... Suicide rates for adolescents have risen more than 300% since the 1950s, yet the rates for the population in general have remained relatively stable (King, 2001). In 1997, the suicide rate among 15- to 24-year-olds was 11.4 per 100,000 (King,...

An ethical and legal perspective on the role of school counselors in preventing violence in schools. (Special issue: legal and ethical issues in school counseling).
October 1, 2002... Recent, highly publicized school shootings have had a tremendous impact on the public's perception of school safety (Vossekuil, Reddy, Fein, Borum, & Modzeleski, 2000). These events have prompted school officials to consider prevention...

Legal and ethical issues in school counselor supervision. (Special issue: legal and ethical issues in school counseling).
October 1, 2002... Today's school counselors deal routinely with complicated situations in which students have acute counseling needs, including cases of severe depression and suicidal ideation, pregnancy, substance abuse, school violence, and child abuse (Page,...

"The opportunity was there!" A qualitative study of early-entrant school counselors. (General Features).
October 1, 2002... Our nation's schools are facing increased challenges--violence, drug abuse, eating disorders, behavior problems, and suicide. There is a shortage of highly qualified school counselors prepared to deal with a range of students, from those who...

Applying APA's learner-centered principles to school-based group counseling. (General Features).(American Psychological Association)
October 1, 2002... Like most educators, school counselors assist students with a wide range of concerns and abilities. Counselors should not approach their profession with a "cookie-cutter" set of plans and interventions that fail to meet the needs of their...

HIV/AIDS knowledge and beliefs among pre-service and in-service school counselors. (General Features).
October 1, 2002... Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) are major and growing concerns in American education (McFarland & Oliver, 1999). Numerous public health experts and health promotion advocates have identified...