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A 6 page paper that reviews a journal article: School Counselors, Comprehensive School Counseling Programs, and Academic Achievement: Are School Counselors Promising More Than They Can Deliver? By Brown and Trusty (2005). The essay provides a synopsis of the article and the writer briefly comments on the value of the article. Unlike most article reviews, this essay includes comments from a separate author. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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9(1), 1-8. Brown and Trusty (2005) begin their article by pointing out that by stating there is little support for the notion that "school counseling programs improve achievement" (p.
1). This is an interesting statement in view of the position of ASCA (American School Counselor Association) which states that academic achievement is the primary mission of the school counselor
(Brown and Trusty, 2005). The authors also state there is indeed evidence that counselors can help to improve academic achievement by using certain "strategic interventions" (Brown and Trusty, 2005, p.
1). ASCA bases its belief on the premise that a "comprehensive school counseling program" can be designed in such a way as to enhance student achievement (Brown and Trusty, 2005).
The authors conjecture the reason for ASCAs statement was to encourage school counselors to design and implement a comprehensive school counseling program (Brown and Trusty, 2005). The authors article is
to investigate this specific issue - whether or not such a comprehensive program improves academic achievement (Brown and Trusty, 2005). However, it is important to point out that the authors
do believe that by using very specific strategic interventions, school counselor can in fact improve student achievement (Brown and Trusty, 2005). They are not convinced, however, that designing a comprehensive
school counseling program would improve achievement (Brown and Trusty, 2005). As an example of strategic intervention, the authors cite a middle school study that demonstrated peer tutoring combines with counseling
resulted in higher academic achievement than just peer tutoring alone (Brown and Trusty, 2005). The authors contend that more variables need to be considered when conducting such a study, e.g.,
self-concept (Brown and Trusty, 2005). They seem to suggest that counseling might enhance self-concept sufficiently that academic achievement would follow. Studies using other interventions have also been successful in increasing
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