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Coping With Divorce, Amanda Sue Lawless Anderson

Graduate Research Papers

This research paper targets children who are experiencing divorce in their families. The purpose of this paper is to assist counselors in knowing how divorce affects children and how to work effectively with children and families experiencing divorce. A look at the various developmental stages, the grief process of divorce, practical interventions to be used with children experiencing divorce, and providing resources for educators and parents will assist counselors and parents in helping children to cope with their experience.

Adolescent Depression : Implications For The High School Counselor, Mary C. Zierke

Graduate Research Papers

For many teenagers, today depression is more thanjust a case of the blues. An estimated 6 - 30% percent of teenagers suffer from clinical depression. Life is not always happy and carefree, and for many adolescents, these are not the best years of their lives. Given the prevalence and seriousness of adolescent depression, it is important that teenagers suffering from this disorder receive quick and effective treatment. Since most teenagers spend a majority of their day in schools, school counselors play a critical role in addressing teenage depression. The importance of this paper was to examine the causes for depression …

Online Technological Delivery Systems In Academic Advising, Nicole Muhs

Graduate Research Papers

Advancements in technology are impacting every sector in our nation, and institutions of higher education are no exception. Academic advising is one division of student affairs at colleges and universities that has benefited from past technological advancements. Making advising processes more efficient and effective has helped advisors focus on a developmental approach when working with students, which is a method endorsed by many professionals within the field.

Online and web-based services are another area of advancement, which some advising offices are currently implementing to further assist them in their objectives. The range of these services is vast and the ways …

Underachievement And Movitation : Why Children Underachieve And The School Counselor's Role In Helping Students, Sarah M. Kakacek

Graduate Research Papers

Underachievement and lack of motivation are two matters of concern that are significantly affecting elementary children in North American classrooms (Wigfield & Eccles, 2002). School counselors have responsibilities to encourage and foster growth in children's learning through the use of combined techniques such as self-monitoring and self-evaluation. In addition, counselors are attempting to understand and further explore channels that may stifle a child's progress including, but not limited to: the classroom environment, the child's belief system, internal needs and cognitions, the child's sense of autonomy as well as competency, and basic needs of belonging and fun.

In aiding the underachieved …

A Review Of Online Career Services In The Twenty-First Century, Marsha Yvette Saddler

Graduate Research Papers

The need to examine and explore the status of career services online is not only timely, but necessary in the ever-changing technology movement that has affected the very culture of student affairs in American higher education. The purpose of this paper is to accomplish that task by providing a synopsis of research gathered from three main categories of online career services, and to discuss how using the Internet to deliver these services can enhance the career development of college students.

Marketing Strategies For Career Services, Jessie Heideman

Graduate Research Papers

There are many marketing strategies career centers can use. Faculty, staff, alumni, and parents are extremely important targets to which services can be marketed. If career centers gain their support, they can promote the career center to students as well. Creating a marketing plan and a brand identity is another part of the process to market students to the career center. Once the career center achieves this step, the next step is looking at certain marketing ideas that may fit their specific college goals. The use of technology is another crucial strategy that can help attract students to career centers. …

Asian International Students' And Asian Americans' Counseling Characteristic Preferences And Impact Of Counselor Ethnicity, Robin L. Sandberg

Graduate Research Papers

The number of international students pursuing higher education in the United States continues to grow each year. While over 190 countries are represented, over half of the students are coming from Asian countries. According to a 2001 survey of international students studying in the United States, 55% of students come from Asian countries, with China, India, and Japan listed as the top three countries of origin. This paper will focus primarily on (1) the exploration of Asian international students' openness to United States counseling services offered on college campuses, (2) the counselor characteristic preferences of Asian international students, and ultimately …

Identity Formation Of Asian American Teenagers And The Role Of The School Counselor, Susan K. Baker

Graduate Research Papers

Teachers and counselors who work with young people know that adolescence is a time of physical, mental, emotional, and social change. Adolescence is a time when teenagers are trying to form an identity for themselves and as they go through this process, many factors will help form who they are and who they become. Most teenagers are able to navigate these years with little conflict, on the other hand, some struggle with different issues. Adolescents have to deal with issues related to sexuality, peer pressure, and development to name a few. However, adolescents belonging to ethnic/racial underrepresented groups have to …

Addressing Peer Mediation : Conflict Resolution In Schools, Amy Junkermeier

Graduate Research Papers

The purpose of this paper is to review existing literature and research on peer mediation ip schools. A critical review is necessary due to the increasing popularity of peer mediation programs despite limited empirical evidence to support their usage. Examining the strengths and weaknesses of previous research is an important part of establishing program effectiveness and overcoming barriers to successful implementation. A critique of the research and implications for future research are also provided.

Assessing Career Indecision : A Guide For Practitioners, Jennifer Jakubek

Graduate Research Papers

Researchers first began classifying people as career-decided or career-undecided nearly 100 years ago (Parson, 1909). The concept of career indecision began to become a serious issue once people started having choices and could make decisions regarding their career options. Despite widespread presence on college campuses, career counselors had no standardized method to assess this indecision until very recently.

Since the late 1970s several assessments have been created. The purpose of this paper is to analyze seven of these assessments as an aid for practitioners who deal with undecided students.

Wilderness Orientation Programs : Their Impact On Student Development And Retention, Mary L. Russell

Graduate Research Papers

This paper is designed to accomplish two purposes. First, I will examine current writings and research on orientation programs in general and on Wilderness Orientation Programs and look at how these particular forms of orientation programs are benefiting colleges and universities in terms of student development and retention. Second, in an attempt to further analyze Wilderness Orientation Programs in the light of student development, I will apply Klein's Framework and Chickering's Seven Vectors to the concepts of Wilderness Orientation Programs. I will conclude with recommendations for further research.

Adolescent Depression : An Overview Of The Symptoms, Causes, Assessments, And Treatment, Joanne C. Wickham

Graduate Research Papers

Adolescence is said to be the most stressful time in a person's life (Greenberg, 1989). Although the majority of adolescents adapt without much trouble, there are those who do not accept the changes as successfully as others (Greenberg, 1989). The pressures from parents, peers, school, and society can often lead to temporary periods of depression. In the 1960s, adolescent depression was unusual. However, depression in the 1990s has become the 'common cold' of mental illness (Seligman, 1995).

Mentoring To Foster Children's Emerging Literacy, Janet K. Archer

Graduate Research Papers

Many children benefit from additional association with supportive adults at school. Mentoring programs are one way of providing support. Mentors can assist in fostering children's personal-social and thinking-language abilities.

A brochure with basic guidelines for mentors has been developed. It is intended as a reference source with suggestions for mentoring procedures and language activities.

Student-Led Conferences : A Better Way, Beverly A. Maronn

Graduate Research Papers

The purpose of this journal article is to inform teachers and administrators of a better way to conduct student-led conferences. The typical format is to hold these conferences in a small, advisory setting. This paper describes an alternative format, a "homeroom" arrangement, in which one teacher is available to facilitate the conferences of 12-20 students. The staff at Harlan Community Middle School has found that a large group, everybody together-type setting works better. The gym/commons/media center location alleviates many of the problems associated with the small group setting.

School-Based Intervention Programs For Dropouts, Mmamiki Gaolatlhe Kamanakao

Graduate Research Papers

The primary purpose of this paper is to provide an extensive review of the literature and research related to the dropout problem in the United States. It discusses some of the intervention programs in school settings that have been evaluated to date. The role of school psychologists in planning and implementing the components that make those intervention programs successful are highlighted. Chapter two describes the nature and extent of the dropout problem, and how the lack of a uniform definition and good data aggravates this problem.

Causes of dropping out and its consequences to the individuals and the society at …

Multicultural Counseling With Latino Youth, Amy S. Roling

Graduate Research Papers

The author of this paper examined current literature reviewing Latino youth issues and considerations in counseling this population. First, the author will discuss the importance of multicultural counseling education in counselor training programs. Considerations and factors will then be identified for working specifically with Latino youth. Next, the risk of low academic achievement for Latino youth will be discussed. Then, the author will explore assessing and diagnosing members of the Latino population. Finally, she will describe conclusions about current research and implications for future counselors.

Electronic Job Searching : Suggestions For Educators, Jan Andreesen

Graduate Research Papers

The Internet offers an abundance of resources and information to the job seeker. Because of this great wealth of data, it is important educators are able to assist students in developing a path to take when utilizing the Internet as a job searching tool. When job searching using the Internet, students can go online to determine their interests, research various careers, research various companies, and research general and specific job listings using online job boards and online newspaper classifieds. The Internet also offers information on the various resume formats needed by today's job seeker. These resume formats include those that …

Women, Mentoring, And The Degree : Tiptoeing Through The Academic Tulips, Linda Marie Schneider

Graduate Research Papers

The purpose of this paper is to examine issues related to mentoring women in higher education. Specifically, this paper will address issues concerning the chilly climate women face on campus, issues that focus on gender stereotypes for women in higher education, and issues which prohibit successful mentoring between women. students and.administrators. Finally, recommendations for student service administrators to· enhance mentoring relationships are suggested.

A Research Paper Presented To The Department Of Educational Administration And Counseling, Eric C. Wood

Graduate Research Papers

I began to seriously think about teaching as a career during my senior year of high school. Before that, I knew I was going to college, but I had no idea what I was going to study. I was going to play football, and if I learned something along the way that was fine. A knee injury during the third game of my senior year quickly altered any thought of ever playing football again. I knew I wanted to stay around football and figured the only way to do that was to coach. Teaching was going to be the vehicle …

Perceptions Of Children, Parents, And Teachers Regarding Low Academic Progress During Pre-Referral Intervention, Beth Ann Thompson

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

The purposes of this study were two fold: (a) to describe the interplay of the variables such as low progress, communication, instruction and help for a child, interventions, consultation services, meetings between the school and home, and peers as perceived by elementary children who have low progress in at least one academic subject, their parents, and their teachers; and (b) to describe roles and responsibilities of the teachers, parents, and children as they participated in pre-referral activities.

Nine subjects participated in this study to compose three triads; one student from fourth-grade, the mother, and teacher; one student from fifth-grade, the …

Attitudes Of Sophomore/Junior High School African American Males Toward Career-Related Organizations, Phyllis Gail Harris

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

Young Leaders in Action, a career-related organization for high school sophomore and junior high school students, has had little success attracting African American males as participants.

The purpose of the study was to describe the attitudes of African American sophomore and junior high school males regarding participation in career-related organizations such as Young Leaders in Action. The study was to help identify barriers to participation as perceived by waterloo East and West Public High School sophomore and junior African America males. The study investigated student attitude of participation and leadership.

Based on the proposition that the recruiting process of career-related …

The Influence Of Students' Social Class Status Upon Secondary School Counselors' Judgments About Students' Potential For College Attendance, Judith Ann Schindler

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

The purpose of this qualitative study was to determine the extent to which students' social class origins influence guidance counselors' judgments about students’ potential for college work. Forty experienced practicing high school guidance counselors from a Midwestern state participated. Each participant read nine vignettes each describing a fictitious eleventh grade boy and containing information regarding his social class, achievement, career interest, and stated desire to attain college or postsecondary education. (Half the participants received vignettes indicating that advisees desired college education; the others received vignettes indicating advisees' more general desire to attain postsecondary education.) Three of the nine advisees were …

Counselor Perception Of The Need And Role Of Guidance Consultants In Iowa’S Area Education Agencies, Lauren Simonson

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

While Area Education Agencies (AEA's) have hired consultants in many curriculum areas, few guidance consultants have, at the time of this study, been hired.

The research of literature showed that counselors, at all stages of their career, have need of consultative help. Much of this need arose from an environment in which counselors work. They needed help in reaching their potential. Guidance consultants were seen as a help in reaching this potential.

A survey of Iowa school counselors was made to determine present need and role of guidance consultants. Data was received from one-hundred sixty-four counselors (78 percent of the …

Counseling From The Use Of Existential Principles, Otelia Kay Kraft Stensrud

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

Existentialism offers principles which establish a basis for formulating an understanding of man. This philosophy presents perceptions of man which, if considered by counselors, could expand and enrich the counselors' understanding of human existence. The intent of this study was to show that as a result of insight into existential principles and the implementation of these principles in counseling practice, counselors could be better able to facilitate client growth.

The first chapter of this study discussed principles of existential philosophy which established a basis for understanding human existence. Significant principles included the importance of each individual and his experienced world, …

Iowa High School Principals’ Perceptions Of The Innovative Role Of The Secondary School Counselor, Russell Newlin

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

This study had three purposes. The first was to describe the perceptions of Iowa high school principals with regard to some innovative counselor functions. The second was to compare the principals' perceptions of the innovative functions with Iowa secondary counselors' own role conceptions. The third purpose was to compare secondary counselors' perceptions of their principals' response with the principals' actual response.

The literature indicated that the major determinant of the counselor's role and function in the school, other than the counselor himself, was the principal. It was suggested that there was high agreement by principals and counselors on the actual …

Occupational Prestige Rankings And Future Occupational Expectations Of Iowa High School Seniors, Jackson Neal Baty

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

This study is an analysis of occupational prestige ratings of 3,122 Iowa high school seniors belonging to the class of 1970. They represented 90 percent of the seniors attending 21 randomly selected high schools, 18 of which can be categorized as public schools, two of which are parochial (Roman Catholic), and one of which is a university-connected laboratory school. There was one school (less than 250 students), one medium-size school (250-499 students), and one large school (500 or more students) in each of Iowa's seven congressional districts