...School counselors have a responsibility to provide ethical services to students while taking into consideration students and stakeholders’ unique cultures. The American School Counselor Association ([ASCA] 2010) Ethical Standards for School Counselors preamble states that school counselors should be advocates, leaders, collaborators, and consultants. In addition, school counselors have a responsibility to uphold each person’s right to be respected and treated with dignity while having access to a school counseling program that advocates for and supports all students from diverse backgrounds (ASCA, 2010). Scenario 1: If a counselor’s religious beliefs differed from a student it would be important to not impose the counselor’s beliefs onto...
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...Personal experience that makes me a quality candidate for a school counselor includes my passion for helping others, problem-solving ability and communication skills. Throughout life, I’ve found that whenever friends are having issues I’m the first go-to. Helping others to solve problems is something I’ve always been passionate about. By helping others to solve problems I’ve realized that not all people handle conflict in the same way and that different solutions are needed in each situation. I feel my degree in Psychology has helped me to develop the communication and interpersonal skills I need to be a good school counselor. Over time I have witnessed how beneficial school counselors can be. I personally benefitted from the myriad of services...
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...former school counselors. I first met Mrs. Mielke when I transferred to Monte Vista high school, while I was having health issues. Monte Vista had a reputation for being the school for the bad kids, and while I was there I never expected to meet a person who cared as much and put in as much effort as Mrs. Mielke. She was the only counselor that ever really made me believe that I was capable of going to college and it was because of her that I was brave enough to stand up to my other counselors about the things I wanted. During my interview with her I feel like I learned a lot of things. The first thing I learned was that Mrs. Mielke didn’t start off as a psychology major. She mentioned that...
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...THE ROLES OF COLLEGE GUIDANCE COUNSELORS IN CALABARZON: IMPLICATIONS TO GUIDANCE PROGRAM AND SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION M. H. A. SEMIRA Batangas State University Gov. Pablo Borbon Campus I, Rizal Avenue, Batangas City ABSTRACT The study was undertaken to identify and assess the roles of college guidance counselors in CALABARZON and its implications to the schools guidance program and school administration. According to Erford (2003), the transformative roles of school counselors were leaders, advocates, collaborators, counselors and coordinators and data utilizers. Likewise, Kuhn (2004) explained that better understanding of the roles of guidance counselors diminished some of the misconceptions and confusions of the counselors’ roles. The above-mentioned roles were reflective of the American culture that is why the present study utilized the guidance counselors’ roles presented by De Jesus (2006) which was based on Philippine context. Findings revealed that the guidance counselors highly recognized their roles as counselor, coordinator, consultant, conductor of activities, and change agent. Thus, they were contributory to the effective implementation of the guidance programs in every college or university in the region under study. INTRODUCTION The roles of school counselors have changed dramatically over time. As the 20th century began, school counselors did not exist. Instead teachers were using few minutes of their day to provide students with vocational...
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...Last summer I was asked to be a youth Vacation Bible School counselor at a local Methodist church. As someone who doesn't subscribe to any religious group, I was hesitant at first, but ultimately I agreed because I love children. I was put in a group with two other youth leaders and about 12 elementary school kids, I quickly realized I would have to join forces with the other youth to keep a handle on the children we were supposed to keep safe. The other Counselors in my group had been a part of this church for years, and to say the least, I felt out of place. It was difficult to connect with them at first because we had such stark differences in our upbringing, it felt like there was no common ground. At the end of the week, I realized how...
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...Today's school counselors deal routinely with complicated situations in which students have acute counseling needs, including cases of severe depression and suicidal ideation, pregnancy, substance abuse, school violence, and child abuse (Page, Pietrzak, & Sutton, 2001). To respond adequately to these needs, counselors must have both strong clinical skills and a keen awareness of the legal and ethical ramifications of any actions they may take or fail to take. These mandates are particularly challenging when school counselors are isolated in their settings or are so burdened with clerical and administrative tasks that they are unable to adequately address the counseling needs of the students they serve. School counselors in these situations may feel stressed and overworked and may be experiencing professional burnout. As a consequence, they can become unsure of their abilities and effectiveness and may experience erosion in their skills and competence (Crutchfield & Borders, 1997). This process runs counter to their ethical responsibility to maintain and increase their competence (American Counseling Association [ACA] 1995, Section C.2.) When school counselors fail to practice competently, this can become a legal problem as well as an ethical issue, because a malpractice lawsuit could result. Supervision can be an effective means of assisting school counselors to maintain and enhance their competence. Supervision can provide opportunities for continuing clinical-skill development...
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...comprehensive school counseling program based upon the academic, career, and social/emotional needs of the students within the school. The foundation has three main components: program focus, student competencies, and professional competencies. The program focus begins with gathering beliefs that are important to the success of the school counseling program. Next, a vision statement, mission statement, and program goals are created. Student competencies include the ASCA Student Standards, which help to develop a standard for student development. Professional Competencies includes the ASCA School Counselor Competencies and ASCA Ethical Standards for School Counselors, which help to determine if school counselors are being successful in their job performance. The mission statement of our school counseling office is to deliver a school counseling program that nurtures each student's academic, career, and social/emotional needs. School counselors, teachers, and parents will work together to help students become well rounded, successful young adults. 2.Management: The purpose of the management component is to provide organizational assessments and tools to establish a successful school counseling program. These assessments and tools help school counselors to develop, implement, and evaluate their school counseling program. Assessments such as the School Counselor Competencies, the School Counseling Program Assessment, and the Use-of-Time Assessment help school counselors evaluate...
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...Adoption counselors are a type of counselor that deals with all aspects of the adoption process. They work with the family that is going to be adopting, and they work with the biological parents of the adoptee. They help them through the adoption. Adoption can be an extremely hard thing for everyone included. It is very emotional and stressful. The counselors are there to help everyone get through it. Adoption counselors are needed to be the mediator between the birth parents and the adoptive parents. They can bridge the gap between the two and make the adoption process go as smoothly as possible. They are there for both parties. They provide support and encouragement to the families and offer advice since they are true counselors. There are...
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...Bibliographies Fontes, L.A. (2000). Children Exposed to Marital Violence: How School Counselors Can Help. Professional School Counseling, 3(4), 231-236. This article was chosen because it offered a different perspective than that of previous ones. Obviously, its focus is on interventions potentially useful to school counselors. However, this author felt it was an important article to include. This is because private practitioners frequently consult with school counselors about their client’s school behavior and academic achievement. Familiarity with the ways a school counselor can help could prove very valuable. The article begins with an extensive literature review. This review provides statistics, definitions of terms, a description of the connection between wife abuse and child abuse and theoretical frameworks to understand the effects of violence. These theoretical frameworks include Social Learning Theory, the PTSD theory and Attachment Theory. Next, the authors offer techniques to identify children from violent homes. These techniques include looking for a child who acts out scenes of marital violence in play. It is recommended that the child be asked direct questions about family violence. The issue of mandated reporting of domestic violence is covered in the next section. Legal obligations are reviewed. Also, the types of risks to which children can be exposed are listed. Ways to help the child in school are then presented. These include the goals of individual counseling...
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...Registration Frustration On July 13, I decided to return to Merced College after not attending school for some time. Going back to school was a big decision that I thought about for the last two semesters. I always seem to have a lot going on and it was just something that crossed through my mind from time to time. I never imagined I could find a way to make it happen until the day I decided that I needed to go back to college. Upon enrolling in school, I have experienced college-related stress while registering, financing my education, and enrolling in classes. In the summer of 2014, I was looking at the college website attempting to figure out the process for registering at Merced College. While looking at the website, I could not find the assessment testing schedule. I knew previously I had seen the schedule online, but I couldn’t find it this time. It was a mistake to assume that the college was not offering assessment testing during the summer. A professor from Merced College checked into the motel where I work. She stated she needed time away from home to grade papers. I started to talk to her and mentioned to her I wanted to attend college, but I could not find the assessment dates. She advised me to start the registration process then go to the college and I could find out the dates from there. She then encouraged me by saying I was making an excellent decision to return to school and wished me the best of luck. That night I registered for Merced College through the website...
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...Roxborough Composite School (2003-2008) QUALIFICATIONS: Providing scheduling and testing for students to assist in their immediate and long-term educational objectives and career goals. Offer individual counselling, crisis intervention, vocational counselling. Life skill training, career/ college counselling administer and interpret guidance assessment instruments that measure interests, learning style, personality and personal awareness. Partner with teachers, parents, and students to mitigate academic concerns and ensure personal and educational success. CARIBBEAN EXAMINATION COUNCIL: SUBJECT GRADE Electronic Document Preparation Management 2 Mathematics 2 Office Administration 2 Principles of Business 3 Human and Social Biology 2 English 3 WORK EXPERIENCE: CLERK- BUCCOO HEALTH CENTRE Clerical duties such as filing, reception and record keeping CLEANER AT ROXBOROUGH PRE-SCHOOL REFERNCES: MR. MARC SCIPIO Head of Department (science) Roxborough Secondary School Roxborough...
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...young children who are of school age. Most students today need someone who is unbiased and will just listen to them vent and let out all their fears and anger. Most schools staff counselors who can attend to these children in a time of need through death of a family member or even a traumatic experience in the school. Counselors deal with students who can handle students with behavioral problems or who will just sit and listen to a student going through a tough divorce in the family. Students with emotional and behavioral problems tend to not do so well academically. According to Speck (2012), the position analysis questionnaire is an instrument that can be used to analyze any job. Position Analysis Questionnaire Method Professional school counselors are educators with a master’s degree along with a state school counseling certificate. With apprehending to the 10 principles of the “Interstate New Teachers Assessment and Support Consortium”(n.d) website are content pedagogy, student development, diverse learners, multiple instructional strategies, motivation/management, communication/technology, planning, assessments, reflective practice/professional growth, and school/community involvement. Elementary school teachers have a classroom full of students with minimal discipline resources. It is imperative for facilitators to maintain their authority to keep order in the classroom. Students have to face different obstacles in regards to enjoying school and learning as well as...
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...School Counseling Standard Ten Research and Evaluation: Counselors have to continuously look at the different ways that they can improve their skills. In doing this, they have to try to get a better understanding of the skills and processes of research and evaluation aimed at improving school guidance and counseling programs. It is good to be a member of a national counseling organization that has a publication or magazine that comes out on a regular basis that helps to keep counselors informed about certain trends and changes in the counseling profession. An effective counselor is always looking for ways through research and outside input to help improve their program. In order to know what needs to be improved in a program, you must use a variety of sources to help you investigate what needs to be improved. Things that can be used are data, surveys, parent, teacher, student inputs, etc. I had the privilege of interviewing several teachers and an administrator in order to get their input on how they thought a Comprehensive School Counseling Program should be ran and what function the program should provide service for. This in turn led to an Interview Assignment Paper that summarized my finding. This will help me to improve upon things that others perceive as important to the program that maybe we are not currently doing or doing correctly. As school counselor, it will be very important for me o make sure that I read article that address issues that...
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...Abstract: This paper evaluates an ethical school counseling dilemma where a counselor is ultimately faced with a student’s disclosure of suicidal intentions. The setting takes place in a public high school where Lakia, a counselor decides to begin a “relationship skills” group. Lakia post advertisements drawing interest from current students through the schools counseling office. She advertised with little information regarding the mission or purpose of the group. Lakia did not request information from students interested in the group such as their interest to participate, the nature of their past and current problems or previous experiences with other groups. The first meeting began with a total of nine students heavily skewed in the female gender with only two male participants. During the opening of the first meeting, one of the male participants named Robert self discloses his violent past and that he often experiences anger issues predominantly toward women. During a break, five of the female participants decide to exclude themselves from the group. Robert then proceeds to become emotional and unveils his intentions to commit suicide when he arrives home afterschool. This paper will evaluate this ethical dilemma using the American Counseling Association’s (ACA) Decision Model. Evaluation will include discussions identifying the problem, applying the American School Counseling Association (ASCA) Ethical Code, determining the nature and dimensions of the dilemma...
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...power. Spirituality as it is seen in Christianity is to believe in God. As a Christian, we believe that God loves us. We believe that Jesus died for us. We believe that Jesus rose from the dead with all power in his hand. Spirituality as it relates to Christianity says believe on a merciful God that loves and offers us redemption in spite of, and because of, our sins. In regards to counseling and my personal value of spirituality, I understand my need to be multiculturally aware and vigilante towards ethically serving the needs of my clients. According to Elliott (2008), while conflicts regarding sexual orientation and gender identity often receive attention, other value conflicts may emerge in the counseling process both for practicing counselors and...
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