Supporting students returning to school after a mental health crisis often involves more training than many school staff members receive. With the increase in youth mental health diagnoses, there has also been an increase in the number of youth requiring psychiatric emergency department visits and hospitalizations. As such, this study employed a…

School attendance officers play a pivotal role in the public school system. They verify the residency of students, assist homeless families in seeking community- and school-based services, and help students to enroll in the General Education Development (GED) high school equivalency testing program. Their primary role, though, is that of ensuring…

The author conducted a survey of localities in the State of Virginia to discern present procedures for personnel evaluation of school social workers. Based on this survey, it appears that in the state relatively few divisions have developed procedures for school social workers or even pupil personnel workers in general. (Author)

Little specific information exists on the number of school counselors needed in the United States for the next five to ten years. To gauge this need, the results of a 1996-1997 survey of all state-level departments of education are reported here. Information concerning the employment future for school counselors nation-wide is also offered, as are…