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School Counselor-Parent Collaborations: Parents' Perceptions Of How School Counselors Can Meet Their Needs, Natalie Grubbs

Counseling and Psychological Services Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to gain a fuller understanding of the sort of assistance, support, or education parents feel they need from school counselors in parenting adolescents. The research question examined was: What sort of assistance, support, or education do independent school parents feel they need from school counselors in raising adolescent children? The participants for this study were parents of middle school children attending an independent school located in an urban southern city. All parents of children attending the independent school were asked to respond to an online “needs assessment” survey asking parents to select parent education …