The primary problem of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of trained peer counselors on the personal growth of freshman students at a small liberal arts college. An effort was also made to determine if training residence hall student assistants in counseling skills affected freshman perceptions of those assistants.A...
The purposes of this investigation were to: (1) assist the elementary schools of
Oregon in the development and implementation
of elementary school guidance programs, and (2) develop recommendations
for improving programs of guidance as well as counselor
preparation programs.
The investigation focused upon the personal and educational
background of current...
Purpose: The basic purpose of this study was to evaluate theeffectiveness of paraprofessional workers trained to work as guidanceassistants to professional counselors in elementary and secondaryschools. The study included an identification of the appropriate roleof guidance assistants, counselors, and administrators in their relationshipwith one another in a team setting. Role...
The purpose of this study was to provide a descriptive account of school
counselors' perceptions of helpful and hindering events of their Oregon State
University's (OSU) master's level preservice school counselor social advocacy
training. Participants as co-researchers in this study engaged in the in-depth
interview process, shared perceptions of helpful...
The purposes of this investigation were: (l) To attempt to
determine how well programs of guidance services were felt to be
functioning in meeting the needs of pupils through an analysis of
guidance services in selected high schools in Oregon, and (2) To
develop recommendations for improving programs of guidance...
Supervision is an essential component of the development of pre-professional school counselors. Oftentimes, school counseling site supervisors are called upon to supervise graduate school counseling students without any requisite supervision training. The lack of supervision training is of significant professional concern, and there is an established need to translate recommended...
Suicide is currently the third leading cause of death for adolescents ages 15- 24. While much attention has been given to this topic, no research has examined what specific information is being taught to pre-service school counselors. The purpose of this descriptive study was to evaluate the pre-service suicide prevention...
Latinos have the lowest high school completion rates in the United States (United States Census, 2010). School counselors are well positioned to lead the efforts to increase these rates. Indeed, such leadership is mandated by both the ethical and program standards of the American School Counselor Association. However, little is...
The purpose of the dissertation was to gain an understanding of counselor professional identity and identity development, as well as an understanding of the experiences of doctoral students as they develop their professional identity within a nontraditional (hybrid) counselor education (CE) program. This was accomplished through systematic literature review of...
This study was undertaken to: 1) determine the
relationship between community college counselor role
congruence and job satisfaction and 2) to consider
factors that contribute to or depreciate counselor role
congruence and job satisfaction.
The subjects consisted of four groups that were
compared in terms of their perceptions of community...
This study examined the education and preparation of
220 full-time learning assistance professionals in
California's public Community College, State University, and
University of California systems. The purpose of the study
was to describe selected characteristics of the
professionals and to assess their implications for future
training programs. The results were...
This study investigated the experiences of lesbians who are school counselors. A naturalistic/grounded study paradigm was utilized. The participants in the study were five lesbians who were school counselors from rural and urban settings. In-depth interviews were conducted with each of the participants. During the interview process, analysis occurred via...
School counselors have potential to make significant gains in closing the achievement gap for all students as advocated for by the American School Counseling Association. School counseling is moving away from the no-model model of services delivery that places counselors at the whim of principals, parents and teachers who traditionally...
The American School Counseling Association’s Code of Ethics states that counselors and counselor trainees must be competent providers of multicultural counseling, able to practice effectively with clients whose identities differ from their own. Pre-service school counselors receive very little training around immigration status and how to work with clients who...
Suicide is the primary cause of death of adolescents in Ireland. While much attention has been given this phenomenon, no research has specifically examined the role of guidance counsellors in secondary schools in Ireland in addressing this phenomenon. The purpose of this research was to examine the self-efficacy of guidance...
This paper presents the results of a qualitative research study conducted with school counselors from four middle schools in Oregon and their interaction with Latino and European American students. The relationship maintained with ESL programs is
explored. This document includes the research problem, a short overview of the
researcher's professional...
Boyd and Walter (1975) identified the need to provide supervision for school counselors almost forty years ago. Michelle Obama, the First Lady of the United States (2014), in her address at the American School Counselor Association Conference stated that school counselors needed to be provided with professional development opportunities designed...
Fennema and Sherman (1976) defined math anxiety as "feelings of anxiety, dread, nervousness, and associated bodily symptoms related to doing mathematics" (p. 326). The longitudinal impact that math anxiety has on adolescent students can include their experiencing reduced math achievement, avoiding majors that involve large amounts of math, and choosing...
In the 1961-62 academic year there were thirteen National
Defense Education Act Counseling and Guidance Training Institutes
established at institutions of higher education about the country.
The purpose of these institutes was to upgrade the counseling and
guidance skills of personnel employed as half-time counselors in
secondary schools. As a...
Martin Buber was an internationally known scholar,
teacher, and author whose works covered education, communication,
politics, theology, philosophy, counseling,
and related fields. The purpose of this study was to
discover the implications of Buber's philosophy of education
for the student services profession. Previous
attempts to relate Martin Buber's philosophy to...
Substance abuse is a prevalent occurrence among adolescents. A review of the
literature revealed that adolescent substance abuse has a strong connection to their
academic performance. School counselors address adolescents' academic and
personal/social needs by providing services through prevention education, responsive
services, and collaboration with community members. Yet, there is...
School attendance is perceived as a critical issue in today’s primary and secondary educational systems. This manuscript reviews literature that speaks to the complexity of issues related to truancy and then posits that many of the interventions typically recommended to address truancy are ones that school counselors already provide or...
Among the many mental health concerns schools face today, self-injury is quickly gaining attention. It is estimated that almost 14% of adolescents have self-injured and the numbers are predicted to rise (Ross & Heath, 2002). Adolescents spend more of their waking hours in the school building than at home or...
School counseling site supervisors provide a critical contribution to the professional
development of master's program school counseling interns; however, their training
needs remain unidentified in the literature. To that end, the purpose of this quantitative
study was to explore the training needs of site supervisors of master's program school
counseling...
The role and function of school counselors remains a consistent source of concern in the school counseling profession. Aligning school counseling activities with comprehensive school counseling practice is a way to standardize the profession. Creating a school board policy for counseling is a strategy to gain support for and institutionalize...
Student problem behavior continues to be a primary concern in schools and, as resources decrease and greater burden is placed upon teachers, schools are pursuing better ways to mange student behavior. Researchers have continually found that when correctly implemented, Positive Behavior Supports (PBS) is an effective system for mitigating problem...
Current gross categorical models of classification for human
behavior are unsatisfactory, a science by consensus that is
unreliable, invalid, and gives rise to psychological tests that
use sophisticated statistics to poorly mirror diagnoses that are
already unreliable and without scientific validity. Both for
diagnosis and progress in therapy, current diagnostic...
The purpose of this study was to investigate the initial on-site supervision experience of school counseling interns. Current counseling supervision research has failed to address dynamics specific to the context of school counselor training and professional development. This gap in the research suggest that examining the phenomenological experience of what...
The central problem of this study was to determine
whether ego stage scores are valid predictors of empathy and
mature moral judgment in women graduate counseling students.
The research was based on the theories of ego development
(Loevinger, 1976), empathy (Rogers, 1975; Hogan, 1975) and
moral values (Hogan, 1970).
Forty-three...
The decision to attend a university creates many important decisions for a young adult, with one of the most important being the choice of where to live while they make the transition into independent adults. Many choose to live on campus during this critical time. The differences that exist, and...
