The training programs that polytechnic students undertake focus on practical and real-world application skills for their future careers. In the process, students need career counseling that strengthens their career decision-making. Web-based career counseling has a great deal of potential for increasing students' career decision-making…

This class action research required to develop online counseling teaching. The objectives were 1) to develop a learning management plan for an online counseling unit that promotes the competency in the counseling service of teaching professional students and 2) to study the change in the competency in the counselling service after studying with…

Centralised student support such as academic advising, career guidance, and wellbeing services are important elements of the first-year student experience. While some studies have investigated how use of these services relates to student outcomes, there has been little focus on how they might influence student engagement. The current study…

Assessing students' multicultural self-efficacy was a challenging duty for high school counselors, particularly in conjunction with the understanding function of school counseling. The main objective of this development research was to design and validate a scale for measuring the multicultural self-efficacy of high school students. The 851 public…

Aims: This paper presents and evaluates the consultation model Tree of Change (ToC) which offers an alternative approach to traditional problem-solving consultation frameworks for practice in educational psychology. ToC aims to resolve many of the issues associated with the traditional deficit models by enhancing the positive developmental…

Directors of color at college counseling centers face many challenges. In this article, three directors of color will describe the issues they face on a daily basis working in predominantly white institutions to illustrate how racial identities intersect with leadership. Included among the dynamics explored are the external pressures of…

Clinical genetic testing is recommended for individuals diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. There are only a few reports of how these recommendations are followed and especially missing for European countries. We aimed to analyze the rate of access, utilization, and awareness of clinical genetic testing among autistic individuals in Sweden…

Leadership is an integral component of the professional identity of school counselors. We build upon extant scholarship on school counseling leadership and supervision, supervision of counseling leadership, and the ASCA National Model to identify needs and strategies for the supervision of school counseling leadership. We investigate strategies…

This study examined proactive career behavior among college students engaging in career interventions. Specifically, the impact of proactive career behavior on career readiness and career goal attainment was investigated. The study sought to discover what proactive career behaviors are displayed by students who engage in career interventions. The…

The Higher Education Policy Institute polled 1,105 students via the National Union of Students (NUS) for their views on careers services and employment. The results have been published in this report. The results show a large majority of students want to see more higher education courses co-designed with employers. But there is also a large…

As national headlines inform us of increasing school violence, adolescent suicide, and other mental health issues, there is an obvious need to offer support to adolescents in their schools. This study was spurred by the researcher's practice as a mental health clinician and school counselor working in a variety of public and private schools over…

Twenty-first-century schools serve socio-culturally diverse students with varied abilities and motivations for learning (Learning First Alliance, 2001). Preparing students for life success requires a broad, balanced education that ensures their mastery of essential academic skills and prepares them to become responsible adults (Association for…

This quantitative study aimed to expand upon existing research, which discussed student expectations, the relationship between expectations and retention, persistence, and student success, as well as why understanding student expectations is important to supporting student success. This research study explored these concepts from a lens of…

Accelerated baccalaureate nursing programs (ABSN) have grown to meet the needs of the health care industry. These short-term programs attract unique groups of learners that have achieved baccalaureate degrees in other disciplines and are recruited to an intense, fast-paced program that differs from a traditional baccalaureate nursing program. The…

Purpose: This study, a theory-based interventional study, aims to promote self-care behaviors regarding sexual and reproductive health in adolescents (female) in Karaj, Iran. Design/methodology/approach: This study was conducted on 90 female students of the Alborz University of Medical Sciences in Iran. For selecting subjects, the researchers went…