Behavioral Intervention

According to Fiedler, Simpson, and Clark (2006), “Parents often turn to school personnel for up-to-date information about best practice in behavioral interventions” (p. 233). Which is why it’s so important for school counselors to be go to workshops or read articles about behavioral interventions. As a school counselor graduate student to prepare myself for next semester’s internship, I would need to attend counseling seminars or workshops hosted by Fresno State or the local school unified around Fresno. Even educating myself by reading up-to-date counseling articles from the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) or meeting up the head school counselors from the district will also be helpful. Once I become more proficient in the different …show more content…
Fiedler, Simpson, and Clark (2006), wrote “School personnel and family members, aware and concerned about the students’ transition to adulthood, need to include students in the conversation so they realize the importance of transition planning to their life” (p. 285). As a school counselor intern next semester, I plan to build rapport with all students and focus on how to get students from where they’re currently at right now to where they envision themselves in the future. I plan to host workshops during lunch or afterschool with other school counselors, connect students with clubs and organization in the school, and go into the classrooms and talk about the different things they can do, whether it’s preparation for college or career readiness, to how to survive adulthood such as how to wash laundry, how to cook healthy meals, or how to spend money wisely. Fiedler, Simpson, and Clark (2006) also said, “… adolescents with disabilities cannot see the imminence of their own adulthood” (p. 285). Which is why, the school counselors and the rest of the school staff must come together and help these students be successfully as they transition out from high