final pt. 2 (career, school, college counseling) Flashcards
Important aspects:
-The need for ______ counseling is greater than the need for psychotherapy- deals with the inner and outer world of individuals
-can be therapeutic as there is a positive correlation between career and personal adjustment
-is difficult because the counselor must be aware of both personal and work variables and how they interact
career counseling
info related to the world of work that can be useful in the process of career development
career information
facts about occupational and educational opportunites
career data
all activities that disseminate info about the present or future vocations in such a way that individuals become more knowledgeable and aware about who they are in relation to the world of work
career guidance
traits of clients should be assessed and then matched with factors inherent in various occupations
6 categories of personality and occupation:
realistic, conventional, enterprising, investigative, artistic, social
trait and factor theory
creator for trait and factor theory (was used by EG Williamson during the Great Depression)
frank parsons
people associated with developmental theories
Donald Super and Eli Ginzberg
developmental theory:
more inclusive, more concerned with longitudinal expression of ______ ________, and more inclined to highlight the importance of ____ _______
-Super believed career choice is linked with implementing one’s vocational self-concept, he suggested 5 stages of __________ ___________ (growth, exploration, establishment, maintenance, and decline/disengagement)
career behavior
self concept
vocational development
assumes that personal attributes, the environment, and overt behavior operate with each other in an interlocking bidirectional way
-most important part is self-efficacy (one’s belief regarding their ability to successfully perform in a particular task)
-4 factors influence career choice (genetic endowment, conditions and events in environment, learning experiences, task approach skills)
social cognitive career theory
based on meaning-making; its an interactive process, as clients talk, career counselors communicate with them about their understanding of the client’s own world
-careers do not unfold, they develop as individuals make choices that express their self-concepts and substantiate their goals in the social reality of work roles
constructivist career theory
become better adjusted academically and developmentally while feeling safer, having better relationships with peers and teachers, believing their education is relevant to their futures, having fewer problems in school, and earning higher grades
goals of school counseling programs
ASCA national model:
4 components of comprehensive programs:
f__________ (beliefs, philosophy, mission)
d_______ _____ (guidance curriculum, individual student planning, responsive services)
m_________ _______ (agreements, action plan, data, calendar)
a_____________ (results reports, performance standards, program audit)
promotes 3 main areas to support mission of schools:
academic achievement
career planning
personal and social development
foundations, delivery system, management systems, accountability
Tasks include implementing effective classroom guidance
-Provide individual and small-group counseling
-Assist students in identifying skills and abilities
-Work with special populations
-Develop career awareness
-Coordinate school, community, and business resources
-Consult with teachers and other professionals
-Communicate with parents
-Participate in school improvement and interdisciplinary teams
elementary school
-4 C’s- counseling services, coordinating activities, consulting with others, curriculum development
-Focus on 3 primary subsystems- family, school, and school x family interactions
-Multiple concurrent actions- counselors access more than one set of services within the community at one time
-Peer mediators- specially selected and trained students who serve the school and the counselor in positive and unique ways
-School wide positive behavior support programs
-Support students’ development of self esteem
-Help at risk students in these areas: academic competencies, self-concept, communication skills, coping abilities, and control
-Use needs assessments to determine what needs to be remediated and at what level
-Engage in date-based decision making where the school counselor uses data about student performance and behavior that identify problems that need to be addressed
-Play therapy and games
elementary remediation activities
-Stress growth, development and transition
-Provide individual counseling, group experiences, peer support systems, teacher consultation, student assessment, parent consultation, and evaluation of guidance services
-Help students make decisions so that students can help themselves in the future
middle school
-Succeeding in school approach
-Developmental counseling and therapy (DCT)- provides a systematic way for counselors to relate to middle schoolers in their preferred developmental orientation
-Peer mentoring- cooperative learning arrangement and both students learn and benefit
-teacher-advisor programs (TAP)- an emphasis on everybody, including teachers, being responsible for guidance
8 service areas/service clusters vital to a comprehensive middle school guidance program:
(Comm, curriculum, assessment, career, counseling services, crisis center, community contact, professional growth)
middle school prevention activities