School counsellors are professionals with specialized training in personal counselling who work in school settings. They are usually the front-line school personnel required to deal with youth suicide. Despite the important roles of school counsellors, there is little research that explores the experiences of school counsellors who have lost…

The current exploratory-descriptive study used a survey design method to examine guidance counsellors' and educational psychologists' perceptions of their preparation, motivation, and effectiveness in preventing, assessing, and intervening into student high-risk behaviour. The study also explored training associated with addressing high-risk…

Presents an overview of invitational counseling, an approach to counseling based on self-concept theory, perceptual psychology, and invitational theory. The approach is encouraged as an expanded framework for designing comprehensive school counseling programs of services for students, parents, and teachers. (Author/RJM)

Investigated adolescents' self-perceived need for health-related services, instruction, and environmental changes. Results indicate significant differences between students classed as high and lower risks for suicide and between minority and majority adolescents. Counseling services, services related to sexuality, and interpersonal relationships…

Used a concept-mapping process to understand parents' (N=25) expectations of an elementary school counselor's role. Parents requested that the counselor become highly involved in providing services that involve support, referral, education, and information. Parents expected that the school counselor would collaborate extensively with them. Other…

Analyzed college students' (N=193) opinions regarding the academic and career advising they had received from high school guidance counselors, high school teachers, university guidance counselors, and university professors. Results indicate that students perceived advice from high school and university guidance counselors as less useful than high…