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Establishing Best Practice in School Counselling via Collaborative Leadership in the Counsellor-School Administrator Dyad
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Reavie, Michael S. – Canadian Journal of Educational Administration and Policy, 2015
School counselling services in Canada are inconsistent due to differing provincial guidelines. The lack of a national school counselling model and inconsistent provincial guidelines results in limited awareness of best practice and inconsistent services for students. Administrators and school counsellors have differing perspectives related to the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Best Practices, School Counseling, School Counselors
Guidance Counsellor Strategies for Handling Bullying
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Power-Elliott, Michleen; Harris, Gregory E. – British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 2012
The purpose of this exploratory-descriptive study was to examine how guidance counsellors in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador would handle a specific verbal-relational bullying incident. Also of interest was guidance counsellor involvement and training in bullying programmes and Positive Behaviour Supports. Data for this study was…
Descriptors: Bullying, Foreign Countries, School Counselors, Questionnaires
Ethical Considerations of Social Networking for Counsellors
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Bratt, William Edgar Vernon – Canadian Journal of Counselling and Psychotherapy, 2010
The use of online social networking websites has increased among Canadians in recent years. There are many professional and ethical implications for counsellors who use these sites (Boyd, 2007). Although they offer advantages to counsellors, their use can also raise issues around ethical conduct. Because the counselling literature has not yet…
Descriptors: Social Networks, Ethics, Counselors, Web Sites
Contemplating Regulation of Counsellors in Canadian Schools: Current Issues and Concerns
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Keats, Patrice A.; Laitsch, Daniel – Canadian Journal of Educational Administration and Policy, 2010
According to current research, mental health issues are the leading health problem for Canadian children. Surveys also indicate that fewer than 25% of children are receiving care (Waddell, McEwan, Shepherd, Offord, & Hua, 2005); thus, schools play a key role in assessment, access to services, and possible referral to appropriate outside…
Descriptors: Child Health, Foreign Countries, School Counseling, School Counselors
Job Stress, Coping Strategies, and Burnout among Abuse-Specific Counselors
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Wallace, Sam Loc; Lee, Jayoung; Lee, Sang Min – Journal of Employment Counseling, 2010
The purpose of this study is to investigate whether effective coping strategies play an important role to reduce burnout levels among sexual or substance abuse counselors. The authors examined whether coping strategies mediated or moderated relations between job stress and burnout in a sample of 232 abuse-specific counselors. Results indicated…
Descriptors: Stress Variables, Substance Abuse, Role Conflict, Figurative Language
High School Students' Decisions to Pursue University: What Do (Should) Guidance Counsellors and Teachers Tell Them?
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Alexitch, Louise R.; Kobussen, Glen P.; Stookey, Sarah – Guidance & Counselling, 2004
Information provided to high school students by their guidance counsellors and teachers can affect how students view university or college, as well as their expectations and level of preparation for the academic demands of higher education. This article describes two studies conducted with high school students that examined the type of information…
Descriptors: High School Students, Decision Making, School Counselors, Secondary School Teachers