Professional School Counseling articles from October 2006

Professional School Counseling archives from October 2006

Introduction to special issue: examining disability and giftedness in schools.
October 1, 2006... To set the stage for this special issue, we briefly want to explore the concepts of disability and giftedness. Disability and giftedness often are viewed as occupying different ends of a continuum: "Special education is really one piece of a...

Correction.(Correction notice)
October 1, 2006... An article in the June 2006 issue (Vol. 9, No. 5) contained an incomplete list of authors. The correct author information for "Recent Innovations in Small-N Designs for Research and Practice in Professional Counseling" should have read as...

School counselors and school psychologists: collaborating to ensure minority students receive appropriate consideration for special educational programs.
October 1, 2006... This article first discusses the challenges in providing psychoeducational services to the rapidly increasing minority populations in the United States, then describes problems encountered by educators. This is followed by a brief elaboration...

The impact of vulnerabilities and strengths on the academic experiences of twice-exceptional students: a message to school counselors.
October 1, 2006... The ever-broadening roles of school counselors range from traditional (advisor for college planning) to novel (advocating for students with learning difficulties or giftedness). A newly recognized group of learners, with both learning...

Developing relationships with rehabilitation counselors to meet the transition needs of students with disabilities.
October 1, 2006... The purpose of this article is to outline how school and rehabilitation counselors can work together more effectively to meet the needs of students with disabilities. School and rehabilitation counselors share similar education, goals, and...

Helping build lives: career and life development of gifted and talented students.
October 1, 2006... Gifted individuals are capable of or demonstrate superior performance. Career counseling of gifted and talented students must acknowledge the unique career and life development issues that may impact their career planning. Common issues are...

Addressing counseling needs of gifted students.
October 1, 2006... Counseling concerns of highly able students may reflect characteristics associated with giftedness. Yet school counselor training programs give scant attention to this phenomenon and to the social and emotional development of these students....

Understanding the concerns of parents of students with disabilities: challenges and roles for school counselors.
October 1, 2006... Parents of children with disabilities share concerns common to all parents, but they also have additional concerns that are unique to their children's disabilities. Professional school counselors can be more effective in their work with parents...

Counseling exceptional individuals and their families: a systems perspective.
October 1, 2006... This article presents three models of counseling exceptional students from a systems perspective. The authors present their definition of counseling, the goals of counseling, and the counseling relationship from a systems perspective. Each...

Creating positive school experiences for students with disabilities.
October 1, 2006... The school experiences of students with disabilities can be positively or negatively influenced by the attitudes and behaviors of students and school personnel and by general school policies. School counselors can take the lead in assessing...

No Child Left Behind: gifted children and school counselors.(No Child Left Behind Act of 2001)
October 1, 2006... A gifted-education researcher discusses the potential effects of No Child Left Behind on gifted children and adolescents as well as implications for those who counsel such children in public schools. With the primary purpose of stimulating...

The use of the ASCA National Model[R] in supervision.(American School Counselor Association)
October 1, 2006... This study investigated the types of supervisory activities provided to school counselor trainees. The researchers examined the responses of 73 practicing school counselors from the Southern region who were members of the American School...

Just don't shut the door on me: aspirations of adolescents in crisis.(Survey)
October 1, 2006... A qualitative investigation examined aspirations of youth experiencing significant educational, legal, or emotional difficulty. A research panel of five professional school counselors analyzed transcripts from interviews of 15 youth having...

Culturally responsive school counseling for Hispanic/Latino students and families: the need for bilingual school counselors.
October 1, 2006... Hispanic/Latino students are the largest minority school-age population (Pew Hispanic Center, 2005). In this study, pupil services administrators in Florida identified concerns about Hispanic/Latino children and families and the need for...

Building learning communities through social and emotional learning: navigating. the rough seas of implementation.
October 1, 2006... Educators have come to recognize the importance of their efforts in building students' social and emotional skills. However, the creation of lasting programming often fails to keep pace with educators' best intentions. In this article, the...

Incidental counseling: a key to cost-effective systemic change.(PERSPECTIVE FROM THE FIELD)
October 1, 2006... Incidental counseling occurs when school staff members respond to students in ways strikingly similar to counseling. Incidental counseling is offered as a simple and effective way for school counselors to engage in systemic change. Two case...