The recent endorsement of the advocacy competencies by the American Counseling Association signals their relevance to the school counseling profession. This article outlines the importance of being a social change agent, the value of advocacy in K-12 schools, and how school counselors can use the advocacy competencies as a framework for promoting…

The article is a personal and professional account by 2 counselor educators who worked together as professional school counselors in the same high school setting. Both reflect on the "storied" nature of their professional development and define participatory leadership in school counseling as emerging from engagement and participation in…

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…

Counselor education faculty (n=138) from programs in school counseling accredited by the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Education Programs (CACREP) were surveyed and found to have substantial involvement in activities relevant to K-12 education. (Author)

With recent calls for accountability in school counseling, it is imperative that counselor educators are structuring the professional identity development of counselors-in-training through guided learning experiences with a focus on demonstrated effectiveness. The author presents examples of course objectives and learning experiences from five…

During the past decade, there has been an increasing gender achievement gap with male students lagging behind their female counterparts on a number of important indicators of school success. This article examines recommendations and strategies for school counselors working with middle school boys to enhance the learning environment, to promote…

New and experienced school counselors will find this handbook to be a valuable resource that addresses most of the challenging situations they confront everyday. "Top 10 Topics" will also interest counselor educators who train graduate students to do group-work. This book is filled with reproducible activities, in-depth discussion questions,…

Presents interview with C.H. Patterson, renowned scholar and contributor to the profession of counseling. Patterson discusses the evolution of his interest in school counseling and considers the future of school counseling and the school counselor's role. (NB)

Surveys 267 American School Counseling Association members regarding their current supervision, desire for clinical supervision, and rating of supervision goals. Although a small minority of respondents indicated that they were currently receiving supervision, a majority of respondents indicated a desire to receive supervision. Discusses…

Professional organizations regularly review and revise their codes of ethics. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) completed this task in June 2004. At the 2004 national conference, the leadership team, consisting of state presidents, past presidents, and president elects, voted to adopt the changes. These changes, as outlined in Table…

This paper addresses a survey conducted to examine knowledge of ethics in school counselor candidates. Students in school counseling practicum and internship classes indicated their familiarity with ethical codes and ethical decision making-models and responded to items pertaining to ethical dilemmas. Areas of concern to counselor educators…

Teenage parenthood is a major societal concern requiring collaborative, professional interventions. Both independent and collaborative roles for counselor educators and school counselors are needed to address the many needs of teenage parents. Issues, problems, considerations, and roles are discussed. Author asserts counseling specialties can use…

Despite calls for collaboration between counselor educators and school counselors, little is known about how collaboratives develop and what, if any, benefits are derived by the participants. Describes an 8-year collaboration between a group of university-based counselor educators and school counselors in a partnership community. Interviews reveal…

The American School Counselor Association has endorsed group work as an important component of school counseling programs, and research has demonstrated the effectiveness of group work in schools. Yet there is still considerable variation in practice of group work in schools. The type of group training preservice school counselors receive is an…

As school counselors and counselors educators, it is imperative to remain knowledgeable of trends and changes in school counseling. While school counselors experience the daily events and relationships in a school setting, school counselor educators stay informed about trends or changes in school counseling by reading relevant scholarly…