Document Type

Article

Publication Date

6-2019

Journal Title

Journal of School-Based Counseling Policy and Evaluation

Volume Number

1

Issue Number

2

First Page

34

Last Page

50

DOI

https://doi.org/10.25774/8nz2-4y62

Version

Publisher PDF: the final published version of the article, with professional formatting and typesetting

Keywords

school-based counselor, role, activities, professional issues

Abstract

This study was conducted to determine: how a US sample of American Counseling Association (ACA) affiliated school-based counselors viewed their role; the extent to which various activities were practiced; and, how demographic variables (e.g., work setting and professional identity) were related to both perceptions of role and practice. Participants (N = 249) completed the International Survey of School Counselors Activities-US (ISSA-US) online, which measured both perceptions of the appropriateness of 42 activities and whether these activities are reported to be enacted. US counselors had a broad definition of their role and showed a high degree of consensus regarding the appropriateness of activities. Grade level proved to be an important determinate of the level of enactment of both group counseling and college and career counseling. The implications for of these findings for redefining the role of school counselors in the US and for international comparative research are discussed.

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