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A Social Constructivist Approach to Preparing School Counselors to Work Effectively in Urban Schools
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Martinez, Robert R.; Dye, Lacretia; Gonzalez, Laura M. – Urban Review: Issues and Ideas in Public Education, 2017
In this article a social construction framework is used to improve the capacity of school counselors and trainees to work effectively with African American and Latina/o students in urban schools. Three key theoretical tenets of the social construction worldview are presented as a new lens for thinking about the "meaning-making" process…
Descriptors: Social Theories, Constructivism (Learning), School Counselors, Counselor Training
The Goal Wheel: Adapting Navajo Philosophy and the Medicine Wheel to Work with Adolescents
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Garner, Holly; Bruce, Mary Alice; Stellern, John – Journal for Specialists in Group Work, 2011
The purpose of this article is to describe a group counseling model that is based on the indigenous medicine wheel as well as Navajo philosophy by which to help troubled adolescents restore harmony and balance in their lives, through establishing goals and sequential steps to accomplish these goals. The authors call this model the Goal Wheel. A…
Descriptors: Navajo (Nation), Adolescents, School Counseling, Group Counseling
GIRLSS: A Study of the Effectiveness of a Multi-Modal Intervention to Reduce Relational Aggression
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Splett, Joni Williams – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Relational aggression has quickly become a serious issue in schools. In response, school professionals have sought and developed interventions despite a dearth of empirical examination and support. The current study bolsters this area by examining the initial efficacy of GIRLSS, an intervention developed over multiple iterations incorporating the…
Descriptors: Aggression, Interpersonal Relationship, Student Behavior, Intervention
What Really Matters is School Counselor Empowerment: A Response to Hipolito-Delgado and Lee
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Schmidt, John J. – Professional School Counseling, 2007
The author critiques an article by Hipolito-Delgado and Lee ("Empowerment Theory for the Professional School Counselor: A Manifesto for What Really Matters," Professional School Counseling, v10 n4 p327-332 Apr 2007) in which they use empowerment theory as a springboard to determining "what really matters" in professional school counseling. He…
Descriptors: School Counselors, Empowerment, School Counseling, Counselor Role
ASCA Ethical Standards and the Relevance of Eastern Ethical Theories
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Cook, Amy L.; Houser, Rick A. – Journal of School Counseling, 2009
As schools become increasingly diverse through immigration and growth of minority groups, it is important that school counselors incorporate culturally sensitive ethical decision-making in their practice. The use of Western ethical theories in the application of professional codes of ethics provides a specific perspective in ethical…
Descriptors: Asians, Immigrants, Religious Factors, Student Diversity
College Expectations of Rural Appalachian Youth: An Exploration of Social Cognitive Career Theory Factors
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Ali, Saba Rasheed; Saunders, Jodi L. – Career Development Quarterly, 2006
An examination of social cognitive career theory (SCCT; R. W. Lent, S. D. Brown, & G. Hackett, 1994, 2000) factors contributing to the college expectations of high school students (N = 87) in rural Appalachia was conducted. Hierarchical multiple regression analyses revealed support for the role of SCCT variables in predicting expectations to…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Rural Schools, Social Theories, Social Cognition