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elementary school counselors spend a large portion of time
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-counseling
-consulting -teaching parent help activities |
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Student Assistance Programs
(SAPs) |
composed of school personnel from a variety of backgrounds
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family counseling interventions by school counselors use 3 primary subsystems
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1.the family
2.the school 3.family & school interactions |
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games
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offer a safe, relatively non treatening connection to children's problems
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4 areas concerns from needs assessments fall into
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-school
-family relationship -relationship with others -the self |
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needs assessment
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structured surveys that focus on the systemic appraisal of the type, depth & scope of problems in particular populations
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ways to prevent suicide
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be aware of their danger signs and alert counselors or mental health helpers
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Couselors participate in:
Individual Education Plan(IEPs) |
ed program tailored to special need of certain children
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couselors can enhance self esteem by
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skill building, such as improving social skills, problem solving skills and coping skills
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2.service coordiator
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determines whether he or she has the expertise to handle situation, if not refer
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priority of elementary school counselors
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making themselves known and establishing links with others
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dev of elementary school counseling was slow for 3 reasons
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1.many people believed that teachers sould serve as counselors for students
2.counseling was primarily concerned with vocational dev. which is not a major focus of elementary kids 3.people did not recognize a need for counseling at elementary levels |
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wrap around programs
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provide direct assistence for youth at risk of violence as well as his or her family and community/school personnel who come in contact with the youth
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schools are like families:
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-attempt to foster dev. in an environment that is often less than ideal
-face persistent problems |
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bibliotherapy
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the use of booka as aids to help children gain insight into their problems and find appropriate solutions
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elementary school counseling programs emphasize the 4 c's
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-counseling services
-coordination of activities -consultation with others -curriculum dev. |
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schools are homeostatic
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interaction patterns remain constant
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high school counselors
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bogged down with nonprofessional activities
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elementary school programs can
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positively influence the affective, behavioral, & inter personal domains of childrens lives and as a result, can affect children's achievement positively
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professional growth cluster
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programs for school staff and paraprofessionals
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play therapy
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children express emotions by manipulating play media such as toys
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elementary school counselors
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-work with kids form a purely preventive and dev. perspective
-facilitate optimal dev. of the whole child |
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in remediation sessions, you children respond best to techniques that require
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active participation
ex.play therapy,use of games, bibliotherapy |
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Brewer- life skills training
(high school) |
eduation & guidance meant assisting youg people in living
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assessment service cluster
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tests and evaluate services
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career resource cluster
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focus on the students future goals and vocation
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curriculum service
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facilitates course placements and academic adjustments
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self esteem
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results from comparison of oneself to others in a peer group
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by law elementary school counselors must report
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child abuse
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technique to combat potential destructiveness
multiple concurrent actions: |
-counselors access more than one set of services within the community at a time
-this is a coordinated action between school & community agencies |
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communication service cluster
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inform general public about what the school counseling program is doing
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best way to work remedially with middle school is to combine it with
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a preventive approach
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most common characteristic in middle school kids is
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unlikeness
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peer monitoring
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-older student paired up with younger student
-older student accepts and teaches the younger student through cooperative learning |
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middle school kids in counseling are called
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-bubblegummers or transescent
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ex. of prevention:divorce
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-teach topic in classroom guidance classes
-alleviates negative stereotypes and myths about divorce |
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self counseling
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when people thing the ideas they believe, then react to those with logical emotional reactions and logical physical behaviors
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guidance programs need
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-a proactive, dev. comprehensive approach
-to address conflict resolution & peer mediation |
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counseling services
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provided on an individual, group or peer level& are offered during off school and in school hours
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community contact cluster
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working with parents and other interested people to open the lines of communication between the school and other agencies
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crisis person
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deals with emergencies
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rational self counseling
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way to help students help themselves to deal effectively with their emotions
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3 distint school ages populations:
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-elementary k-gr.5
-middle school gr.6-gr.8 -secondary school-gr.9-gr.12 |
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3.info administrator
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coordinate a plan in whichindividuals or agencies in nonschool counseling settings deliver student services
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conflict for secondary counselors
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engaging in student counseling
vs. doing academic & administrative tasks |
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secondary school counselors focus on
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specific problematic behaviors that occur in their setting
ie.depression, parental divorce, teen parenting |
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Morganett's group counseling
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-prevention program
-dev. skills for living -flexibility in helping students deal with sensitive areas |
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Succeeding in School's Approach
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-promising prevention program
-help children become comfortable with themselfs, teachers & schools -kids active in learning process -lesson focus is prosocial event |
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middle school kids experience
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more anxiety that elementary or high school
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Elkind-middle graders must deal successfully with 3 basic stress situations
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1.Type A: foreseeable & avoidable ie.walking in a dangerous area at night
2.Type B: neither foreseeable of avoidable ie.unexpected death 3.Type C: foreseeable but not avoidable ie.going to the dentist |
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counseling in middle school
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focus on the child's total dev. (holistic)
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secondary school counselors are involved in
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-prevention
-remediation -intervention -cooperation -facilitation |
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throughprimary prevention students become more
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self reliant and less dominated by a peer group
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peer education
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the strongest means of dissuading adolescents from engaging in destructive behaviors
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peer counselors
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specially selected and trained students who serve the school & the counselor in positive & unique ways
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secondary school counselors usually do not
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deal directly with sever mental disorders due to time and resources
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school counselor as service coordinator from 3 roles
1.information retriever |
collect info about particular somplex situation
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remediation
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the act of trying to make a situation right
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