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Direct linkGriffin, Dana; Galassi, John P. – Professional School Counseling, 2010
In focus groups, parents of both academically successful seventh-grade students and at-risk students (i.e., failing one or more classes, numerous behavioral referrals, and/or suspensions) in a rural middle school identified perceived barriers to student success as well as school and community resources for overcoming those barriers. Qualitative…
Descriptors: Focus Groups, Academic Achievement, Parent School Relationship, School Counselors
Galassi, John P.; Griffin, Dana; Akos, Patrick – Professional School Counseling, 2008
Articles in this special issue illustrate how Strengths-Based School Counseling complements the ASCA National Model[R] by strengthening the foundation of comprehensive school counseling programs, emphasizing promotion-oriented delivery, reinforcing the accountability and evidence base, engaging in developmental advocacy, and highlighting the…
Descriptors: School Counseling, Leadership, School Counselors, Academic Achievement
Ware, William B.; Galassi, John P. – Professional School Counseling, 2006
Correlational data and regression analysis provide the school counselor with a method to describe growth in achievement test scores from elementary to high school. Using Microsoft Excel, this article shows the reader in a step-by-step manner how to describe this growth pattern and how to evaluate interventions that attempt to enhance achievement…
Descriptors: Ethnic Groups, Elementary Secondary Education, School Counselors, Achievement Tests
Peer reviewedAkos, Patrick; Galassi, John P. – Professional School Counseling, 2004
Respondents to a questionnaire about the elementary-middle and middle-high school transition experience respectively were 173 sixth grade students, 83 parents, and 12 teachers, and 320 ninth grade students, 61 parents and 17 teachers. Results revealed that school transitions posed both challenges and opportunities for students. Parents and…
Descriptors: Questionnaires, Parent Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes, Student Attitudes
Peer reviewedBrown, Duane; Galassi, John P.; Akos, Patrick – Professional School Counseling, 2004
Two studies of school counselors' perceptions of the impact of the North Carolina ABC (high-stakes) testing program are reported in this article. (For ease of interpretation, percentages were rounded to the nearest whole number in both studies.) One hundred forty-one counselors who attended their state association's professional conference…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Testing Programs, State Standards, School Counseling
Peer reviewedGalassi, John P.; Gulledge, Suzanne A. – Professional School Counseling, 1997
Discusses the underutilization of Teacher-Advisor Programs (TAP), and their importance in promoting middle-school students' educational, personal, and social development. Looks at TAP's role in middle school education, the rationale for middle school counselor involvement in TAP, potential counselor roles in TAP, and some unanswered questions.…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Adolescents, Middle Schools, Program Descriptions
