School Counseling Series

School Counseling Series

Introduction

The history of school counseling as a specialty of the counseling professional has been well documented in the literature (Barnett, Rivers, 1996). The specialty was initially shaped by the social reform movement during the late 19th Century and has evolved from an early focus on career and moral development to today's comprehensive, developmental, and collaborative school counseling programs. During the intervening years, school counseling programs and their particular areas of emphases have alternated based on the social, political, economic, and psychological issues facing schools, communities, families, children, and adolescents. At times, school counselors have worked more exclusively ...