The "American School Counselor Association (ASCA) School Counselor Professional Standards & Competencies" can provide the foundation for guiding and evaluating school counselors' practices and programs (ASCA, 2019). When appropriate measures are used to evaluate PK-12 school counselors, teachers, principals, and student support…

What difference do your career programs and services make in clients' lives? How do you know? Answer these questions and more. Learn a practical approach to learning outcomes assessment that helps you tell the story of your career programs and services, celebrate your successes, and continuously improve your practice. Within this monograph, you…

This quantitative study examined professional identity development and orientation for 489 counseling practitioners, educators, and trainees as predicted by participant-identified sex and engagement in professional activities. Differences between male and female participants regarding aspects of professional identity were evaluated. Discriminant…

This study evaluated psychological counseling and guidance services based on elementary and secondary education teachers' views. Participants were 204 teachers. "School Guidance Services Scale" and "Teacher Personal Information Form" were used for gathering the necessary information. Percentage calculations and multiple regression analysis were…

Gives some suggestions for implementing a self-assessment of counseling programs, discusses some issues involved in examining the relationship between counseling and sexism, and provides a list of resources and materials to assist in beginning modification of the counseling curriculum. (Author/RK)

Peer counseling cannot take the place of a valid guidance program within a school. It can, however, augment an ongoing guidance effort by providing appropriate experiences for students and thus freeing trained guidance personnel for more specialized work. (Author)

A counselor self rating scale is presented which is designed for use with junior and senior high school counselors. (JC)

No significant differences were found between the two methods, although the personal request group had a slightly higher return rate. (Author/CJ)

The purpose of this study was to determine what changes had occurred, if any, in the characteristics and activities of elementary school counselors since baseline data had been obtained nine years earlier. Some major shifts are reported. (Author)

Psychoanalytic theory and cognitive dissonance theory predict that clients who pay a fee for counseling benefit more than clients who do not pay. Results of this study suggest that paying a fee does not significantly influence counseling outcome as measured by client evaluations of counselors. (Author)

An 8 month study of the certification practices and procedures for school counsellors throughout Canada and the U. S. has led this investigator to the conclusion that present certification procedures are largely limiting, unimaginative, academically-oriented, bound by fixed course hours--and are set too low. Methods for certification vary from…

This study examined the effects of audio and video recording on clients when recording is done for the purpose of counselor supervision. Video recording inhibited the self-exploration of clients with personal problems and it also resulted in less satisfaction with counseling. Both recording methods inhibited self-exploration in clients with…

Undergraduate students (N=1,032) using a peer advisement service completed a questionnaire containing a personal profile, reasons for using the service, previous use, how students learned of service, and evaluation of peer advisers. Results support continued use of existing peer advisement training model, which includes interpersonal communication…

This study sought to determine student satisfaction with services, and any differences in counseling experiences between those who feel they had benefited from counseling and those who had not. Somewhat more than half the students were not satisfied, which may be typical of opinion at most counseling centers. There is a need to reexamine the type…