Describes the Keenan Project in Columbia, South Carolina, which provides ongoing group guidance to students on various topics, including communication skills, family concerns, and study skills. Its success is attributed to careful attention to building support, using available resources, including other staff members, and following systematic…

It has become the role of student support services to delivery strategies to enhance academic achievement and success for their students. In this paper, several strategies are described that several school districts in South Carolina used to bring about change. One strategy involved adopting a comprehensive guidance program that promotes and…

School counselors agree that for school counseling programs to be successful, parent participation is essential. Involving parents in designing a school counseling program increases the chances that the counseling objectives will be reinforced at home. One effective strategy used by the Dorchester School District in South Carolina is conducting a…