Introduction As student affairs professionals, in-training, it is important that we evaluate and reflect helping styles as well as the effects we have on students as a result of that helping. With all of the difficulties students face, in this and future generations, the methods and philosophies of helping have never been more important. Any training for student affairs professionals has to consider mental health, student experience, and the relationship with the student as well as adjusting their philosophy of helping, “formed from perceptions and beliefs about how … things should be and why they should be that way,” and applying professional methods to their natural ideas (Galloway Burke, M., Duba Sauerheber, J., Hughey, J. W., & Laves, …show more content…
As far as how this integrates into helping students, I focus on the following questions: what do they value? How do I fit into their lives and how can I help improve their experiences? Why do they want to attend college? What do they hope to accomplish in finishing a degree? Does what they are saying correlate with their degree, courses, or extracurriculars? The survey results highlighted the cognitive-behavior scores which, to me, indicates that as a helper, I must know why people behave the way they do and I then use that information to parse together predictions about that person and how they react in certain situations. As a student affairs professional, knowing why students do the things they do is important in determining how I can assist …show more content…
It is an important piece of the functionality of a college and shape the different activities, degree programs, and coursework students can choose from. Student affairs exists on the college campus because students exist on the college campus.
While students do not always see it as a positive part of their development, student affairs supports the student from the start to completion of their degree or certification. Students need encouragement, guidance, and support through resources during their college careers. Student affairs is the center of determining all the needs for students on campus and fulfilling those needs.
Student affairs works toward supporting student development and assisting students in finding their purpose on campus. Supporting students with purpose is where helping philosophies and methods become important. Helping students must have a purpose toward the development of the student and their success or student affairs professionals would not exist on the college campus. When student success is down in any way, shape, or form, student affairs creates new ways to improve, change, and increase development for students in beneficial, meaningful, and intentional ways.
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Counselors may want to reduce students’ stress, but a blanket ban is not the solution. Students are often well aware of
Direct student services are in person interaction between the counselor and student. The services are described as, school counseling core curriculum, individual student planning, and responsive services. As a trainee, it has been well-educated that those three aspects of direct service is vital for the success of each student. The core curriculum are lessons that are designed to assist and attain desired competencies and to provide the knowledge, attitude, and skill needed for each student developmental level (ASCA, 2016). For instance, a
According to Munsch and Cortez, (2014), the intellectual structure of excellence proves to be the basis of student affairs organization. Perfection in this context is the school’s or person’s habits that integrates students in learning Moreover, excellence will be used to describe activities that have proven through observation to serve as best or better actions. Student’s affairs practitioner need to be abreast intellectually, they are at least required to have a baccalaureate degree. Master’s degree is usually the prerequisite for mental health related fields. Student affairs practioners need to be competent in the following areas: (a) advising and helping. It focuses on advising
And finally, colleges and universities have to be inclusive of varied student subpopulations. They need to determine and address the special needs of groups such as racial/ethnic minorities, women, athletes, Greeks, students of different ages, and gay and lesbian students.
The American Counseling Association is the largest professional counselor association in the world and serves over 56,000 helpers by providing resources and tools to utilize for best practices in the counseling field (ACA, n.d.). As an ACA member, professional counselors have access to professional journals, webinars, forums and other mediums that can strengthen and enhance helping skills and best practices. It would be of great advantage for both graduate students training in a counseling field, as well as professional counselors working in their field to take advantage of the being a member of the ACA.
Without external support outside the counseling session many underrepresented groups are not being assisted in a variety of ways. The NACADA declaration of core values states “Advisors are sensitive to the values of the surrounding community of making higher education more accessible through educational opportunities and resources”. Brilliant students who do not receive academic or financial assistance through supporting services (e.g. Learning Centers, EOP&S, and Puente Program) will focus on factors not
In college students must learn how to manage their time, organize their schedule that meets their college and personal duties, how to be resourceful, and how to interact with people whom they never met. Before college, a variety of students already learned how to accomplish these skills, but only a few of these students are fully responsible for themselves before leaving their home. Students who are dependent are most likely to have been helped by their parents who took an overprotective or extreme interest in the life of their children. Many students do not get the help they need to become independent and being overwhelmed may lead a student to commit suicide, fail, or even drop out during college. If a student fails, his or her self-esteem can be permanently damage, and the consequences can effect an entire lifetime. Students must receive more helped by college administrators and professors and influence them to self-mange better. It is understandable that some people do not want colleges to help more because they want the students to do mista...
I cannot recall a more rewarding experience than helping facilitate a child’s education while enabling parent participation alike. These experiences have drawn me to my current position as an Educational Assistant where I am constantly interacting and establishing relationships with students, learning about their goals and aspirations. It is that same desire to empower our future students that has steered me towards a career as a school counselor. By enrolling in the Masters in counseling program, I aspire to develop methods and experience to become an effective, experienced, and adaptable school counselor that promotes self-awareness, allowing students to realize their full potential and impetus them towards a promising future. I want to learn skills that facilitate personal and career development, ensuring that our students grow accomplishing their goals and ambitions. To discover techniques that help students improve in all areas of academic achievement, establishing relationships with students and parents alike. By becoming a school counselor, I am determined to become an advocate for underserved youth. I aim to become an effective agent educational reform, providing support for students in the various institutions that may disempower
Student Club(s). The establishment student-run groups on campus through the support and alliances of the mental health organizations will help to raise awareness among the students. Examples include clubs such as “NAMI on Campus” and “Active Minds”. Since these are student-run clubs, these are usually low-budget establishments and the liaison with external organizations helps provide community resources for mental health services. This also provides a comfortable setting for students to open up about their problems with friends or groups and thus raise awareness and reduce the stigma. [11, 12]
During the past three years of college, my interest in counseling has been affirmed through a variety of experiences. One important experience that influenced my decision to pursue a career as a school counselor was my involvement in my community service sorority, Chi Delta Alpha. Through Chi Delta Alpha, I volunteered on several occasions, among them I babysat children to provide parents with a night off; I was responsible for a group of elementary students as they experienced college classes and I painted a caboose for a local playground. A theme that has remained constant throughout all my different experiences is that making a difference in a person’s life is a rewarding experience, and I know that I desire a career that enables me to support high school students as they face difficult situations.
School counseling has evolved over the years into a significant component of the educational system. School counselors are taking on new roles in schools as leaders, working with “school administration and staff in developing student attitudes and behavior which are necessary to maintain proper control, acceptable standards of self-discipline and a suitable learning environment within the school” (Secondary School Counselor 2012). Counselors work in “diverse community settings designed to provide a variety of counseling, rehabilitation, and support services” (Counselors, 2010). When working in a school district as a counselor, you can either be an elementary school counselor, middle school counselor or a high school counselor. This essays explores a recent interview with a high school counselor.
Academic advising plays a huge role in students’ lives and it is a share responsibility between the student and their advisors. There are many ways in which advising benefit students. Advising enhance students’ abilities to utilize the resources that colleges provide for their students. Guiding students to stay in the right track of their academic courses and following up with all the updates and requirements to graduate is also objectives of the advisors. Advisors encourage students to get involved in the college activities, such as clubs, sports, extra courses and so on of the resources that are available for students. They help students to find scholarships and prepare them to transfer to the next step of what they want to do after their college careers. There are many positive effects of having an advisor in your college career. However, many students these days do not take an advantage of this resource due to lack of Advising communication and others. Although the advising office and the advisors lack several skills, such as good communication, not enough time spent with students, and limited knowledge. However, there are many positive effects of having advisors
The purpose of guidance counseling is to help students achieve happiness and success within their social and educational context. For young children this involves adaptation to the educational environment, and addressing any social or family problems that may interfere with the child's psychological health. For older children choice of career based on interest and ability takes precedence, although serious problems such as alcohol or drug abuse, sexual abuse or domestic violence situations, bullying and other situations that lead to severe stress are also addressed. The successful school counselor is one who takes the role of a loving parent, concerned and empathetic, able to listen and win the trust of students and with the time and self-confidence to make a difference in their lives.
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The education of students is of course their responsibility but the most important thing to remember is that those in an administrative position is also concerned with the costs. The important factors to consider with administratives is the success rate of mental health education. Administratives would want to be certain they are getting value out of investing in the program. It would also be important to talk about the impact that mental health has on a student 's learning. It has been realized that mental health is closely tied to success in school. Young people who have emotional problems have been identified to be more likely to do poorly at school meanwhile those teeneagers who have higher levels of mental well-being have been recognized to be more engaged in classes and better academic success (Lavis,