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Determining Evidence-Based Outcomes in School-Aged Youth: Free-Access Instruments for School Counselor Use
- Source :
- Professional School Counseling. March, 2019, Vol. 22 Issue 1-B, p1, 10 p.
- Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- School counselors must demonstrate effectiveness of counseling services in a cost-effective manner. This article reviews and applies commonly used, free-access assessment instruments for use with school-aged youth to provide evidence of effective individual, small-group, and large-group interventions. We present instruments assessing depression, anxiety, disruptive behavior, and trauma, so that school counselors can learn basic administration, scoring, interpretation procedures, and psychometric utility to allow immediate use with diverse students. Keywords assessment, counseling instruments, outcome measures<br />Every year in the United States, about 20% of youth experience significant emotional or behavioral challenges (Brown, Green, Desai, Weitzman, & Rosenthal, 2014; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2013). [...]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10962409
- Volume :
- 22
- Issue :
- 1-B
- Database :
- Gale General OneFile
- Journal :
- Professional School Counseling
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsgcl.613864157
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/2156759X19834431