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10:22 am
January 17, 2011
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I've just read from the Washington Post that there was a shortage of school counselors now. The Post said that there was one counselor for every 457 students, on the average. And this was data obtained BEFORE many of the states had their education budgets cut in 2010!
3:00 pm
January 10, 2011
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How sad is that! Cut the budgets and cut the counselors! My cousin is a guidance counselor and she went from Full time to part time. The school now has 2 part time counselor's working there. That is it and it's a school that has K through 12th grade.
7:30 am
January 19, 2011
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Hmmmn... why, what is the recommended ratio for school counselors and students?
9:56 am
January 19, 2011
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I guess we need to train more school counselors or make the job more attractive in terms of compensation.
9:57 am
January 19, 2011
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mimimimi said:
Hmmmn… why, what is the recommended ratio for school counselors and students?
I think that the the recommended ratio is one counselor for every 250 students. Check this out:
schoolcounselor.org/files/ratios 202008-2009.pdf
12:26 pm
January 20, 2011
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I agree. I think that with all the school shootings happening left and right, school counselors would be able to help that situation. Not only that, it's been found that students in states where there are more aggressive counseling policies have the highest test score gains.
6:41 pm
January 20, 2011
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I also think that dealing with this shortage would be most beneficial for students. Can you imagine having to talk to 250 students during the school year? What if it's more!
Not all students would just go to you and say they have problems coping, or they suspect that they have mental health issues...
1:00 am
January 21, 2011
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Interestingly, Arizona had one of the highest shortage: 1 counselor for every 743 students! This is where Jared Lee Loughner was from, the one who killed 6 people and wounded another 14 in a shooting spree.
5:22 am
November 29, 2014
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Thank you.
4:08 am
November 5, 2014
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It is very sad to this. Counselor is important for school students. They need to make more counselor for providing best counseling to the school students.
12:42 am
June 5, 2016
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very thank you.
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