ERIC Number: EJ802309
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2007-Sep
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From Apprehension to Advocacy: A Q Study into Preservice School Counselors' Attitudes toward Working with Students with Disabilities
Janson, Chris; Miller, Lynne Guillot; Rainey, Steve
Journal of Special Education Leadership, v20 n2 p73-83 Sep 2007
This study investigated the attitudes of school counseling students toward working with students with disabilities. Q methodology was used to develop 43 opinion statements that reflected the attitudes toward providing school counseling services to students with disabilities. Fifty-one school counseling students then sorted these statements. Data analysis identified three types of attitudes toward working with students with disabilities: advocate for systemic change, promoter of social and emotional well-being, and uncertain self-focuser. Implications for how special education administrators and educators might work with preservice and in-service school counselors were explored. (Contains 1 figure.)
Descriptors: Counseling Services, Q Methodology, Disabilities, School Counseling, Data Analysis, School Counselors, Masters Degrees, Higher Education, Student Attitudes, Counseling Effectiveness, Counselor Educators, Educational Administration, Cooperation
Council of Administrators of Special Education. Fort Valley State University, 1005 State University Drive, Fort Valley, GA 31030. Tel: 478-825-7667; Fax: 478-825-7811; Web site: http://www.casecec.org
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: No Child Left Behind Act 2001
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