School counselor

As a professional school counselor, I will have both the ability and responsibility to assist children and adolescents in the imperative task of taking responsibility for growth that nurtures self-esteem and effective functioning. I must accept responsibility for improving educational practices through continuing my own education and participating in professional development activities. Providing children with a positive school experience paves the way for a more successful academic career. This

The motivation of many school counselors comes from many of the school's students. They strive to try and better themselves by bettering students in their vicinity and helping them grasp how life is set up. When students are transitioning through different faces in their lives, whether it be a young girl who has had her first period and thinks something is wrong with her or a young boy who sees that he is more interested in the same sex than the opposite sex, school counselors give their very best

The presenting issue of the client’s referral was from the school counselor with the concern of grades falling. The counselor presented the issue that the client has been acting out of character this school semester, isolating from his classmates and teachers. In addition, the client has been refusing to do any assignment or homework. After meeting with the client the social worker found out that there is a lot of anger and resentment present towards his mother for leaving his father. It occurred

I decided to interview my school counselor, Ms. Tina Nelson through a phone call on July 13, 2015. Ms. Nelson has a Bachelors Degree in Psychology and the reason that I chose to interview her instead of anyone else is because she is one of my favorite school staff members at Jones Senior High School; also one of the few adults that have a psychology degree in which I can easily interview without any problems. Ms. Nelson has been a huge help this last two years that I have attended Jones Senior; she

students, regardless of race, gender or class. The National Education Association reports that 160,000 children are absent intentionally from school each day because they fear being bullied whether it is an attack or just intimidation by other students. This accounts for 15% of all school absenteeism (Hunter, 2012). Dan Olweus (1993) from the National School Safety Center tells us that bullying includes three parts: (1)

School counselors do a variety of tasks to help students. They assist in the decision making process. These decisions affect the academic and personal lives of the students. Thus, counselors play an important role in students’ lives. Counselors work as part of a team with teachers, nurses, administrators, and other psychologists, sociologists or psychiatrists to resolve student 's learning and/or behavior problems. Counselors also evaluate the effectiveness of programs and procedures present in the

School counselors have a duty to serve all students within an educational institution regardless of their sexual orientation. In addition to demonstrating empathetic emotional support for lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) students, school counselors must acquire adequate training and knowledge related to LGB issues in order to competently counsel LGB students. This paper is a review of an article based in multicultural counseling theory that examined high school counselors’ levels of competency, training

through federal student financial aid limitations, many observers and commentators are attentive to the consequences for those students that fall prey to these schools. Few investigate or understand those that are or were employed at such institutions. Just as the students of these institutions were deceived, as an employee of a for-profit school, I was also led astray by such machinations. This is not to say that all for-profit institutions are inherently evil, though many would not exist without

article: School leadership and counselors working together to address bullying Date: 2012 Author(s): Shelia Austin, Glenda Reynolds, Shirley Barnes Article overview: In their article, "School Leadership And Counselors Working Together To Address Bullying" (Austin, Reynolds, Barnes, 2012), argues that school policies concerning bullying must be implemented by school administration in order to eliminate the effects that bullying has on students in a learning environment. Since school counselors have

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