Certain at-risk behavior patterns are often associated with traumatic childhood experiences. With the role of schools evolving to shape children's developmental needs in today's world, educators across the globe bear an increasingly greater responsibility to identify and address these symptoms associated with childhood trauma. Given the…

Suggests advocacy and career education are legitimate counselor activities in helping minorities with career planning. Urges career counselors to expand clients' motivation and interest, identify resources, and monitor environmental changes. (KMF)

The 2003 edition of this annual guidebook presents a range of different ideas and strategies to help counselors promote greater public awareness of the profession during Counseling Awareness Month (April) and throughout the year. The eight categories included are: (1) Celebrating Counseling Awareness Month; (2) Promoting Public Awareness in April…

This guide encourages counselors to actively celebrate Counseling Awareness Month. It was designed to simplify planning and publicizing activities for counselors involved with Counseling Awareness Month. It includes information about activities ranging from the simple, such as wearing a Counseling Awareness Month T-shirt, to the ambitious, such as…

This document defines the role and responsibilities of Missouri's vocational special needs counselors as they work with special needs students in vocational programs at the secondary and postsecondary levels and offers advice on how they can fulfill their role and responsibilities. Following the introduction is the questionnaire used in a survey…

Couched in the context of NCLB, the reauthorized IDEA, and the ASCA National Model, this handbook revisits the important role that school counselors play in the personal, social, academic, and career development of students with disabilities. Revised throughout, this new edition provides: (1) Clear explanations of changes shaping the legal…