{"title":"School Counselors’ Knowledge and Involvement Concerning Gifted and Talented Students","authors":"N. Carlson, Cheryl C. Holcomb-Mccoy, T. Miller","doi":"10.1080/2326716X.2017.1294122","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/2326716X.2017.1294122","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This study explored school counselors’ self-reported knowledge and involvement with gifted and talented (GT) students. A survey instrument was developed and completed by 328 school counselors. Principal factor analysis with oblimin rotation identified two dimensions underlying the construct of knowledge and three dimensions underlying the construct of involvement, one of which was “advocacy.” General GT knowledge was associated with all aspects of involvement, and identification knowledge was associated with advocacy.","PeriodicalId":37213,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Counselor Leadership and Advocacy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-02-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74568093","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Sisters in Social Justice: Do Counselors and Social Workers Advocate Differently?","authors":"Alexandria K. Kerwin, E. Doughty","doi":"10.1080/2326716X.2017.1294123","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/2326716X.2017.1294123","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to explore a panel of experts’ opinions concerning potential features distinguishing social justice advocacy in counseling from social work. The experts in the area of social justice counseling came to consensus on issues concerning social justice and professional identity. The panelists concluded that distinguishing the two professions is counterproductive to the mission of helping professions. Several expert responses addressed the integration of social justice advocacy into the professional identity of counseling, including use of professional guidelines and education strategies.","PeriodicalId":37213,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Counselor Leadership and Advocacy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-02-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73967678","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cynthia M. Bevly, Sahar Loseu, Elizabeth A. Prosek
{"title":"Infusing Social Justice Advocacy in Supervision Coursework","authors":"Cynthia M. Bevly, Sahar Loseu, Elizabeth A. Prosek","doi":"10.1080/2326716X.2017.1282330","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/2326716X.2017.1282330","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Social justice advocacy is an essential component of the counseling profession. Researchers have suggested that counselors enhance their roles to embrace a social justice advocacy orientation with clients. However, little pedagogical knowledge exists on how to infuse social justice advocacy throughout supervision coursework in counseling doctoral programs. Therefore, we outline specific strategies for counselor educators to infuse a social justice advocacy orientation into supervision coursework.","PeriodicalId":37213,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Counselor Leadership and Advocacy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74880975","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Javier F. Casado Pérez, J. V. Carney, Richard J. Hazler
{"title":"Student Leadership TEAMs: A Leadership Empowerment Intervention for School (Re)Connectedness","authors":"Javier F. Casado Pérez, J. V. Carney, Richard J. Hazler","doi":"10.1080/2326716X.2017.1288590","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/2326716X.2017.1288590","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Schools face ongoing pressure to increase a sense of connectedness and prosocial behaviors among students, an especially challenging objective when working with marginalized youth. Leadership empowerment interventions can accomplish this while also building student self-efficacy, wellness, self-exploration, and social support. We draw from research on these interventions to examine a new team-focused leadership empowerment intervention (Student Leadership TEAMs; SLTs). Initial qualitative data from four second-grade students appears to support the conceptual basis of SLTs.","PeriodicalId":37213,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Counselor Leadership and Advocacy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87884577","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
W. Bradley McKibben, Wesley B. Webber, Edward Wahesh
{"title":"Exploring CSI Chapter Leaders’ Development Toward Leadership Excellence","authors":"W. Bradley McKibben, Wesley B. Webber, Edward Wahesh","doi":"10.1080/2326716X.2017.1282332","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/2326716X.2017.1282332","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The authors used content analysis to explore the application of CSI’s Principles and Practices of Leadership Excellence (PPLE) to CSI chapter leadership through the voices of chapter leaders. With a sample of 50 student leaders, the authors found that CSI chapter leaders engage in behaviors consistent with the PPLE, albeit inconsistently. Implications for research and practice, including emphasis on intentional training to foster leadership excellence, are discussed.","PeriodicalId":37213,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Counselor Leadership and Advocacy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78803677","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Accreditation, Professional Identity Development, and Professional Competence: A Discriminant Analysis","authors":"Kara M. Hurt-Avila, Jaime H. Castillo","doi":"10.1080/2326716X.2017.1282331","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/2326716X.2017.1282331","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Researchers explored the relationship among professional identity, professional competence, and graduate program accreditation status of 134 practicum counselors-in-training. Descriptive discriminant analysis demonstrated specific characteristics of professional identity and professional competence were indicators of Council for Accreditation and Related Educational Programs (CACREP) accredited program status. Findings support further investigation of the role of CACREP standards in counselor education, training standards, and licensure and certification requirements.","PeriodicalId":37213,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Counselor Leadership and Advocacy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74822230","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Crafting a One-Minute Counselor Professional Identity Statement","authors":"Stephanie T. Burns","doi":"10.1080/2326716X.2017.1284623","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/2326716X.2017.1284623","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT A seven-step format is discussed to help counselors create a One-Minute Counselor Professional Identity Statement. The statement can be adjusted for various audiences to maximize the counselor’s ability to work with their client population of interest, receive reimbursement for services, offer the full range of services they have been trained to provide in accordance with their scope of practice, as well as be taken seriously when advocating for clients.","PeriodicalId":37213,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Counselor Leadership and Advocacy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88830161","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"School Counselors’ Approach to Ethical Decision Making","authors":"M. Luke, D. Gilbride, Kristopher M. Goodrich","doi":"10.1080/2326716X.2016.1223569","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/2326716X.2016.1223569","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This cross-sectional study explored 897 participants’ decision making in response to a school counseling case containing an ethical dilemma and compared respondents’ approach to the variables included in the Intercultural Model of Ethical Decision Making (IMED). Although 60% of participants identified that the school counselor’s beliefs could influence decision making, only 10% identified the ethical issue. Differences were found in the resources consulted across those who identified the ethical issue and those who did not. Results and implications are discussed.","PeriodicalId":37213,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Counselor Leadership and Advocacy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87733501","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Chloe Lancaster, A. Lenz, M. Brasfield, Laura Ann Bailey-Smith, M. Dempsey
{"title":"Evaluation of a School Counselor-Led Creativity Intervention Group: An Opportunity for School Counselor Leadership and Advocacy","authors":"Chloe Lancaster, A. Lenz, M. Brasfield, Laura Ann Bailey-Smith, M. Dempsey","doi":"10.1080/2326716X.2016.1278412","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/2326716X.2016.1278412","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This article presents findings from a school counselor-operated creativity enrichment program targeting academically underperforming second-grade students. Results from this pre/posttest study indicate that students in the treatment groups significantly increased their creative ability as measured by the Torrance Test of Creative Thinking when compared to a matched control group. Implications for school counselor advocacy, leadership, and programming are discussed.","PeriodicalId":37213,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Counselor Leadership and Advocacy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81373470","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"On Being a Profession: A Historical Perspective on Counselor Licensure and Accreditation","authors":"G. Lawson","doi":"10.1080/2326716X.2016.1169955","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/2326716X.2016.1169955","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT State regulatory boards and counseling professional organizations are adopting positions that require a degree from a CACREP-accredited program as a prerequisite for licensure as a professional counselor. This article highlights some of the history of counseling licensure and accreditation for counseling programs and situates the objections of those who oppose CACREP accreditation in the context of the counseling profession’s history and development as a unique profession with a distinct identity.","PeriodicalId":37213,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Counselor Leadership and Advocacy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81329093","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}