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Group-Oriented Practices of Middle School Counselors

Abstract

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This study is an investigation into the middle school counseling programs that facilitate the early adolescent need to belong to a group. Particular focus is on the effectiveness of teacher-advisory programs, peer mediation programs, and group counseling programs, and how all three programs work together as components of a comprehensive middle school guidance program. Factors associated with successful implementation of these programs and the role of the middle school counselor in the implementation these three programs were also examined. Five middle schools were studied, using qualitative interviews of principals, counselors, and teachers. A focus group of seven to ten students was conducted at each middle school. Results provide a look at several different ways to combine the three programs in a middle school, along with factors for successful implementation.

Degree

thesis:*
Name thesis:degree_name
Ph. D.
Level thesis:degree_level
doctoral
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
Counselor Education
Department dc:contributor.department
Counselor Education
Grantor dc:publisher
Virginia Tech
Year dc:date.issued
1999

Author and committee

dc:creator, dc:contributor.*
Author dc:creator
  • Esposito, Judith Folmar
Chair dc:contributor.committeechair
  • Curcio, Claire Cole Vaught
Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember
  • Agnew, David T.
  • Lynch, Sherry K.
  • Getz, Hilda M.
  • Fortune, Jimmie C.

Subjects

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Rights

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Statement dc:rights
  • In Copyright

Identifiers

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Dc Identifier Other
etd-090899-150617
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/28913

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citation

Esposito, Judith Folmar. Group-Oriented Practices of Middle School Counselors. doctoral thesis, Virginia Tech, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/28913