This article discusses school counselors' multifaceted role as educator-counselor-leader-collaborator, inextricably linked roles so necessary to build strengths-based school-family-community partnerships. We examined the effects of one such partnership on 20 elementary school students, using photo elicitation and interviews to explore students'…

Researchers analyzed data collected from elementary school students (N = 893) to further establish the psychometric soundness of the My Class Inventory--Short Form Revised (MCI-SFR). A confirmatory factor analysis was conducted resulting in a good fit for a four-factor model, which corresponds to the instrument's four scales (Cohesion,…

There are limited school counseling resources that address the unique post high school transition issues faced by students with High-functioning Autism Spectrum Disorder (HASD). While many school counselors have excellent skills in assessment, advising, and career planning, it is worthwhile to expand these to include working with students with…

The increasingly diverse student demographics reflect a myriad of needs in the interrelated arenas of educational achievement, social-behavioral adjustment, and career development, while federal legislation, the ethical standards of the American School Counselor Association (ASCA; 2004a), and the ASCA (2005a) National Model have emphasized…

Counselors should engineer extending and corrective experiences for their counselees. If appropriately selected, such experiences can prove a powerful adjunct to the more traditional counseling relationship. Counselors can use school and community experiences to accomplish guidance goals. (Author)

This article defines process observation and how it can be used by professional school counselors to assist classroom teachers in enhancing the learning environment for students. Further, this article elucidates the skills used by process observers. A case illustration is provided to demonstrate application of this service. Finally, practical…

The utilization of contracted behavioral counseling gets the counselor out of his office and in direct contact with teachers and students in arranging effective classroom environments to meet individualized student problems. (Author)

U.S. classrooms reflect the diversity of a nation in the midst of transformation. These issues of student diversity force educators and policymakers to explore and more importantly address the needs of a changing population. A key person in the school to help facilitate positive interactions between diverse students, parents, and faculty is the…

Instruction can be enhanced via counselor involvement in the classroom, which this article describes. (LD)

The use of the Work Box, time out," and associated procedures to alter specific, inappropriate behavior begins a chain of events in which the child emits appropriate classroom behavior which is rewarded by his social environment. The adaptive behavior continues after intervention because the significant persons in the child's environment have…

As an agent of change, the counselor should emerge from the closet of his office and be involved in group counseling in contexts where student and faculty feelings are starting to ferment. This would require helping teachers to improve the psychological settings in their classrooms, conducting rap sessions" with faculty and students, and setting…

Proposes that the skill of counselors is what is most needed to provide an effective school violence prevention program. Argues that the use of choice theory is the only way to remove external controls from the classroom and to create environments in which students both succeed and enjoy school. (GCP)