School Counseling Scenarios

In the coaching discussion it was not said that my conduct was not meeting expectations, but not allow myself to be in situations where it appears I’m being insubordinate.

You are a Licensed Professional School Counselor working in a middle school in North Carolina and one of my former students Tierra has graduated and has come by my office to share her plans after graduation. While talking with her, she has informed me that she had been romantically involved with her high school counselor, Zack for most of her senior year in high school but that they had recently decided to just be friends. Tierra also stated they had not been involved sexually, and had not gone any further than kissing.

The role of a school counselor is an intriguing one because they do not work with a specific type of client. While they will always be working with young children or teenagers, the problems their clients come to them with can be so different from client to client. One session might be dealing with questions about career choices. Another might be about dealing with bullying. Some days a school counselor may even have to be there for a child who was a victim of sexual or physical abuse. It is because of this wide range of demands that a school counselor should be well-versed in many types of counseling theories.

school counselors assigned to that specific school. The meeting will address the purpose of the study and the floor will be open to any questions the employees of the school may have regarding the study. This process will continue until the research team has been given permission by 24 high schools (8 in each socioeconomic area) to ask their students to participate in the study.

School counseling has a unique ethical code that is listed on the American School Counseling Association (ASAC) website. The code starts with responsibility to students and supporting student development. This means school counselors have an obligation to the students, including treating each student with dignity and respect. Furthermore, respecting student and family values, beliefs, sexual orientation, gender identification, and cultural backgrounds. School counselors have a goal of supporting students and families in a short-term setting, then referring to outside services for long-term counseling. Additionally, the fundamental role of parents/guardians need to be recognized. School counseling is not designed to make diagnoses, but to be mindful of how a student’s diagnosis could affect academic success. School counselors have a responsibility to support student’s maximum development by having concern for academic, career, social, and emotional needs. School counselors must be knowledgeable of laws and regulations to protect and inform students of their rights. Lastly, appropriate boundaries must be maintained, including sexual and romantic relationships which are prohibited, regardless of the student’s age (ASCA, 2016, pp. 1-2).

As Sharyah’s school counselor, I have had many opportunities to converse with her and I am always impressed. She is a mature, confident, intelligent young lady who will take full and appropriate advantage of the EAGLE CONNECT program to get acclimated with university culture and academic rigor of college.

In the scenario of Taneka who is 17-year old African American female, who is in high school. She lives in a single parent home with two other siblings, 14-year old brother's name Derrick, and 12-year old sister name Kenya. She has been working part time positions to help her mother with bills and recently she started working in a retail shop in the mall, where she realized that she likes people and they respond to her well, that made her start thinking about the possibility of going to college.

The following article, School Counselor Advocacy: When Law and Ethics May Collide, looks at a situation when ethical codes differ and cause a conflict between legal compliance and ethical behavior. At times the laws have not caught up to the times which can cause ethical issues for professionals. The article says, “Law and ethical codes can offer differing messages, with legal protection not necessarily accompanying ethical norms.” Since counselors work in such a sensitive work environment it is important for one to be careful and thoughtful before sharing their own personal believes. The woman in the article stood up for her first amendment rights when dealing with a troubled school situation. She was aware of her rights even when the lines

This situation could have been different if the petitioner would have responded in a timely manner. Instead, the petitioner did not accept the notice to appear and sent the notice back to the postal service. If the petitioner had moved then they should have forward their address. No assisting that the HISD provided to the petitioner was good enough for the petitioner. I believe if the petitioner would have observed the progress that their child was making compared to the progress before the BSC classroom and counseling. They would have not tried to sue the school

I had the privilege of interviewing Jason Hanson, a pastor from Sovereign Grace Church. Exposure of counseling was early for Jason, watching his Dad oversee the high school ministry. Jason has counseled various couples, parents and teens in and out of Sovereign Grace. He sees his job as an opportunity to be invited into peoples lives, to serve them and see where they are in life. Faith in the Lord is the core influence that Jason uses in his counseling and his clients are aware of this at the beginning of every session.

This is definitely a difficult situation to be placed in as a counselor. As you stated in your post according to the ACA code of ethics it’s the counselor’s primary responsibility to respect the dignity and promote the welfare of the client but in this situation, it’s extremely difficult. In this case scenario will be hard for the counselor to promote independence and other self-care activities due to her current mental state. So, as a counselor, it could be therapeutic for her to have that time to spend with her grandchildren and transporting them around which could give her some form of purpose but there’s a safety concern to have her engaging in those type of activities. The client stated she is delusional and reports have auditory hallucinations

There are two generational groups of teachers that exist within the Teaching and Learning Communities of the current Education Industry. The model of working with students in education is no longer traditional but dynamic and involves the teacher and the school system becoming diversity based to deal with the multitude of different types of people that use the education system. This new paradigm shift has promoted a new look at the difference in the generations of teaching and learning techniques. The landscape of education is extremely diverse today in every way. Even when working in the profession whether it is a public system or chartered system, schools have to hire and staff their schools that are also diverse in scope and

Morgan I also choose to use scenario 2. Furthermore, I agree that the major red flags in this scenario is the initial refusal of service to counsel the client based on faith alone. There could be a multitude of reasons as to why the client choose to use a counselor outside of his faith. However, it seems apparent the main reason why the client chooses to use outside resources for his gambling problem is because the root cause is from him proclaiming his faith going door-to-door. But, this leads to a major problem that the counselor and the client agreed initially that the counseling sessions would exclude faith in the counseling sessions. Furthermore, this leads to an inherent conflict of interest as the root of the problem is faith based.

At the University of Florida, a study by James Archer, JR., they looked into why students who had been waitlisted to receive counseling services did not return after their initial meeting with a counselor. They used a survey which was responded by 59 participants. They received both positive and negative responses from the participants, 39% being the participants felt the first meeting with the counselor was enough for the time being and will possibly make an appointment for a later date. Other students (50.8%), felt the initial meeting was enough to help them work through their problem. Out of the 59 participants, 18.6% of them reported they did not return due to the long waitlist. (Archer, 1984). A small percentage of participants ended up finding services elsewhere. The university provided alternative treatment options such as group counseling or workshops were made available (Archer, 1984). Students seemed to respond well to the alternative treatment options, but still wished they could have had a meeting with a counselor about their problems instead of being waitlisted.

Jason has the right to stop taking his medication, and the resources existed to assist him in his state is very limited, so there is little anyone can do for his situation. Nevertheless, as a counselor I would examine Jason mentally including his competency in his decision making, to dictate how I should best proceed taken a passive approach directed toward him. For Jason has history of suicidal ideation and mental depression, due to this reason I would likely breach confidentiality to inform the supervisor in his support group. Furthermore, I would encourage Jason to continue seeking counseling; and keep taking his medications despite the side effects behind these medications, because the risk of him dying will increase tenfold when he stops