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The Influence Of Specialization-Specific Supervision On School Counselors’ Perceptions Of Preparedness, Professional Identity, And Perceived Supervisor Effectiveness, Reshelle C. Marino Dec 2011

The Influence Of Specialization-Specific Supervision On School Counselors’ Perceptions Of Preparedness, Professional Identity, And Perceived Supervisor Effectiveness, Reshelle C. Marino

University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

Despite the vast array of research evidence supporting supervision as a necessary component of the professional identity development of counselors, many counselors in training do not receive adequate supervision (Cashwell & Dooley, 2001). The school counseling profession has continued to struggle with the development of a widely recognized and consistent professional identity (Herlihy, Gray, & McCollum, 2002). Although there are many supervision models provided in the counseling literature (Bernard & Goodyear, 2008), there are not any consistently agreed-upon supervision models specific to the training of school counselors.

The purpose of this research was to evaluate school counselors’ perceptions of their …