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Development Stages and School Counseling, 2006.
Highlights the importance of understanding the implications of developmental stages on the ability of a school guidance counselor successfully performing their job.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 5 sources, $ 53.95
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School guidance counselors are often caught in the middle of a conundrum: school is supposed to prepare one academically for the future, but how do you figure out why the child is not progressing? Failure to learn is not always equated to not being academically inclined. By looking to other developmental factors, the school guidance counselor can achieve a more salient set of results per student or student group than by just focusing on academic performance as reported by teachers and grades. This paper highlights the role of various developmental theories with a discussion of their applicability for the school guidance counselor. While the focus on this paper is primarily young teens/early adolescents and middle school guidance counselors, other developmental stages are also identified that apply to younger or older individuals.
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School Counseling, 2005.
This paper discusses school counseling in a multicultural society.
2,690 words (approx. 10.8 pages), 17 sources, APA, $ 80.95
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This paper explains that the need for multicultural competencies development among school counseling professionals has been acknowledged by the American Psychological Association and the American Counseling Association, whose ethnic standards dictate that school counselors should achieve a certain level of multicultural competence prior to embarking on a professional career in student counseling. The author points out that, despite the acknowledgment of a need for increased awareness and training to ensure a positive student/counselor relationship, there is little evidence that much is being done to establish a core set of standardized competencies for student counselors. The paper stresses that minority students may be less likely than other students to seek out assistance from counselors; therefore, student counselors might consider a more aggressive approach to ensure they can provide culturally relevant services.
Table of Contents
Introduction
School Counseling in a Multicultural Society
Training and Competency
Multiculturalism and Counseling
Analysis/Recommendations
Conclusions
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"Diversity is more and more considered a critical element of education and school counseling programs in an ever more multicultural society. The term has been used to describe existing variables including cultural differences and beliefs that exist among populations whose personal experiences are generally considered different from those of the majority or 'norm'. Counseling a diverse student population is among the challenges that professional school counselors now face. Diversification of communities has resulted in a need for new core competencies to be developed among school counseling professionals that includes instruction geared toward working with people who have norms, values and personal views that are different from those of the majority population."
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School Counseling, 2005.
This paper is an extensive review of literature about the role and profession of school counseling.
3,305 words (approx. 13.2 pages), 26 sources, APA, $ 94.95
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This paper explains that school counselors play an important role in providing assistance to students by giving them someone to talk to and by offering direction for those experiencing difficulties in their academic careers. The author points out that counselors play a particular role for special needs children, whether those suffering from learning disabilities or from physical disabilities or those with some other issue that prevents them from maintaining their focus in class. The paper stresses the importance of the counselor taking a holistic wellness perspective involving the parents and their situation in the process.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Students and Self-Awareness
Educational Correction
Role of the Counselor
Teacher Involvement
Student Involvement
Regimes
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"The attitudes of the students are clearly of importance to the school health counselor and must be taken into account in both the consultative and counseling roles. West, Kayser, Overton, and Saltmarsh (1991) note certain student perceptions that inhibit counseling. It was estimated by the President's Commission on Mental Health in 1978 that 5 to 15 percent of all children and adolescents require some type of mental health service, and considering the number that actually receive help, there is a large population of troubled youth remaining unrecognized and untreated. One problem is that children and adolescents do not have a clear perception of themselves or of counseling and so are seldom self-referred. They are also frequently pointed toward counseling by an adult who has identified in them what are often subtle or disguised requests for help."
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School Health Counseling, 1992.
An examination of health counseling in schools, which involves coordinating different concerns of the assessment of student problems and for intervention strategies to cope with these problems. With a focus on issues of measurement.
2,025 words (approx. 8.1 pages), 12 sources, $ 71.95
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"Measurements
Introduction
Issues of health measurement include measurement practices themselves, the implications of health measurements for developing school-based programs both for education and health improvement, and the predictive implications of such measurements over time. Health measurement is a regular part of the work of the school nurse and school counselor. It may begin with various written materials such as applications which include measurements made outside the educational institution by private doctors and hospitals and include measurements made within the school itself by health professionals either assessing the entire student population periodically or maintaining records on those students..."
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School Counseling, 2003.
Discusses several areas of counseling.
2,475 words (approx. 9.9 pages), 6 sources, $ 87.95
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Summarizes five articles and their application to the school counseling situation. The goal of counseling to reduce environmental and institutional barriers that impede academic success for students K-12. Covers issues of bullying.
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"Introduction Peterson & Nisenholz (1994) define school counseling as a profession that focuses on the relations and interactions between students and their school environment with the expressed purpose of reducing the effect of environmental and..."
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Gay High School Students and Counseling, 2003.
Discuses issues relating to the identification of and counseling of gay and lesbian high school students.
2,760 words (approx. 11.0 pages), 15 sources, APA, $ 95.95
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This paper discuses issues relevant to the identification and counseling of gay and lesbian high school students. It looks at the importance of counselors and teachers understanding the unique stressors of gay and lesbian students and an often unsupportive, unacccepting, hostile school environment. The paper conducts a research study of high school gay or lesbian students who have been subject to harassment, violence and verbal abuse.
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Issues in School Counseling, 2002.
A look at counseling program at an inner city elementary School.
2,400 words (approx. 9.6 pages), 10 sources, $ 89.95
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This ten-page graduate paper describes the counseling program at an inner city elementary School, where the majority of students are minority, African-American and Hispanics and low income population.
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Middle School Admissions Counseling, 2007.
An action plan for admissions counselors to provide timely and effective guidance to middle school students entering high school.
2,334 words (approx. 9.3 pages), 9 sources, MLA, $ 71.95
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The paper presents a rationale in support of an action plan for admissions counselors working with students entering high school. The paper also provides a reference point to be used in the plan's implementation, program goals and behavior objectives of the plan and looks at the subjects involved in the action plan. The paper provides an overview of the action plan and a proposed way to evaluate it, followed by a discussion of the reasonable expectations of the action plan if it was actually implemented in a public high school today. The author is confident that this action plan can provide the framework for high school admissions counselors to help young learners formulate the right decisions concerning their high school experience and beyond.
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Rationale
Reference Point
Program Goals and Behavior Objectives
Subjects and/or Audience
Action Plan
Evaluation
Expectations if Plan is Implemented
Milestones
Conclusion
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"Graduating middle school students are faced with some important decisions as they progress through their early academic careers and enter high school, and the decisions they make during this period in their lives may well affect their academic performance and professional careers later in life (Barrow, 2001). High school admissions counselors are in an excellent position to help these young learners make the right choice early on, but because resources are by definition scarce, many public high school admissions counselors are faced with some profound challenges in trying to deliver timely and effective guidance to these students because of the dynamic nature of the workforce and the changing definitions of what constitutes a quality education in the 21st century."
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Grief Counseling in the Schools, 2004.
This paper discusses the use of grief counseling in high schools after traumatic events, especially the suicide of a student.
2,920 words (approx. 11.7 pages), 10 sources, APA, $ 86.95
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This paper explains that grief counseling in schools has grown as a discipline in response to teen suicides, natural disasters, bombings, and shootings. The author points out that trauma experts handle the immediate aftershocks of disaster, and, once they leave, grief counselors take over to provide longer-term help for those who have suffered a loss. This paper concludes that, with school suicides and other traumatic events on the increase, school officials have to be aware of these possibilities and try to provide for them in their planning.
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Introduction
Teenage Suicide
Grief Counseling
Approaches to Grief
Conclusion
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"While bereavement is the state of having lost a significant other to death, grief is the personal response to the loss and mourning is the public expression of that loss. Bereavement is an intensely demanding, multidimensional adaptive process and so should be seen as both an opportunity for significant personal growth and a vector of disease when its mental and physical health consequences are considered. Some one third of all bereaved people incur problems for which professional assistance is indicated, and among the problems encountered are increased use of tobacco, alcohol, sedatives, and anxiolytics by the bereaved. Depression syndromes are seen in nearly one half of all grieving people, while 10 percent suffer major depression. Also possible is health deterioration lasting 13 months or longer, including increased physical symptoms and illness, severe depressive mood, and increased health services utilization and hospitalization; this is seen in 15 to 25 percent of the widowed."
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Counseling for School Girls, 2003.
A discussion of the counseling needs of Hispanic American middle school girls.
2,070 words (approx. 8.3 pages), 15 sources, APA, $ 71.95
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This paper addrsses the specific counseling needs of Hispanic American middle school girls. The paper looks at the challenge to school counselors presented by immigrant students. The paper also discusses the importance of school counselors developing a multicultural perspective.
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"The recent increase in the number of immigrant students in elementary and secondary schools, especially those of Asian and Hispanic descent, has posed a significant challenge for..."
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Counseling Christian Students in Public Schools, 1994.
A look at the psychological and theological issues for therapists treating fundamentalist students. Includes self-esteem, cultural pluralism, secular vs. religious views and legal and ethical concerns.
2,700 words (approx. 10.8 pages), 14 sources, $ 95.95
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"Counseling Christian Fundamentalist Students in the Public School
Introduction
Peterson and Nisenholz (1994) have noted that one of the primary objectives in the education of counselors is that they be made ready and able to work with a variety of clients. However, what can the counselor do when the client's belief system and values appear to be disparate from those which the counselor holds, and when the institution within which the counselor works does not easily lend itself to shifting the client to another counselor whose belief system is more compatible? This is precisely the situation in which many school counselors find themselves when counseling Christian fundamentalist students where fundamentalist is defined as a person who believes that the..."
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School Culture and School Safety, 2004.
Examines the existing and significant relationship between school culture and school safety.
32,586 words (approx. 130.3 pages), 101 sources, MLA, $ 249.95
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This is a quantitative research study that is designed to assess the impact of school culture on school safety and school violence. The paper looks at what schools can do to create proper environments that are conducive to safety and whether there are identifiable behaviors within school culture that contribute to safety. The paper also analyzes the perceptions of teachers and administrators about school culture and order.
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"Another important point that is stressed when looking at school culture and safety is the fact that strong leaders generally make an effort to express sincere feelings toward students and their lives, and have a real belief that the students have the potential to become successful and productive adults (Kenworthy & O'Driscoll, 2000). Effective leaders create effective schools that are resilient to violence and other risks and promote resiliency in students."
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Public Schools vs. Private Schools, 2005.
A look at the accusation that public schools do not produce graduates capable of living and working successfully in their own culture.
3,100 words (approx. 12.4 pages), 9 sources, APA, $ 90.95
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This paper attempts to demonstrate that private schools succeed at preparing graduates to succeed after graduation, whereas public schools do not. The paper puts forth the hypothesis that private schools teach their students to succeed, not because of a great deal of money poured into education, but because the schools are free to teach the curricula they choose and because they prepare students to return to their own cultures and succeed. The paper further hypothesizes that public schools, on the other hand, are not free to teach curricula not aimed at improving standardized test scores, and the successful public school student is not prepared to return to his or her culture in a trade, but to transition out of it into an anachronistic academic culture.
Introduction
Hypothesis
Review of the Literature
Education and Culture
Teaching Dispositions
Outmoded Educational Model
Would Vo-tech be a Better Public School Goal?
Developing the Person Instead of the Mind
Opposition to Change in Public Schools
Alternatives to Public and Private School
Methodology
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"There are two, or possibly even three, co-existent educational systems in the United States. The largest of these is the public education system, followed by the private schools and increasingly popular home-schooling. The third system will be mentioned only tangentially, as the real problems with U.S. education are considered to reside in the public schools. In recent decades, there have been various schemes put forth regarding vouchers for families who want to send their children to private schools but cannot afford the fees; none of these has borne fruit. In any case, it is doubtful that the private schools could absorb the numbers of students who would want to attend if vouchers were a reality. The problem with the public schools has been identified by most of the public and by many researchers as one of curriculum."
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Home School vs. Public School, 2004.
An opinion paper that states reasons why home-schooling is a better option for one's children.
1,325 words (approx. 5.3 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 44.95
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This paper presents arguments on both sides for and against home-schooling. It explains the benefits of parents being the main educators for their children, but also cites reasons, such as social development of the children, being affected. The paper concludes, however, that home-schooling could be the best option for specific people and that the system produces well-balanced children. Includes a thorough annotated bibliography and many sources attached at the end of the paper.
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"Each year more and more home schoolers are rising to the top of their fields and are being regarded as choice recruits for major colleges and universities across the country. Studies have proven that overall home educated children are more mature, well-balanced, and more confident than children educated in the public school system. What appears to be crucial to their success is the one-on-one relationship with the parent-teacher and the opportunity to learn as they are ready."
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A Comparative Analysis of Public Schools and Private Schools, 2006.
An analysis of public and private schools in Canada.
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This paper discusses how education is one of the most important goods in our society. A person's educational achievements to a large extent determine how their life will be, while the educational system a country fosters determines its economic outcomes to a large extent. The paper further discusses how that in Canada, most education is provided by the government and many people would argue that this is the way it should be, as it is only government that has the resources and expertise to take on this important role
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