Candidates will read case studies or watch a video that represent issues and cha

Candidates will read case studies or watch a video that represent issues and challenges faced by school counselors in applying counseling techniques in P-12 school environments and submit reflections. (2-page minimum per submission).
You can use the questions below to guide your answers. You can use the questions below to guide your answers.
1. How
would you work with this student?
2. Would
you refer them to personal counseling?
3.
What additional information would you elicit from this
student?
4.
What kind of resources can you offer the student/family?
Case Study–Melinda Melinda is a 17-year-old from a lower middle class, suburban, mostly Caucasian high school. The teacher states that Melinda does not seem to be growing physically, socially, emotionally or intellectually. She walks about as if in a daze. Melinda had a round face and thin brown hair that is either pulled back with a rubber band or combed straight down and covering her eyes. She has a small frame and tiny, puffy hands. She is also among the shortest people in her grade. When most girls her age are involved with the peer culture, she has no positive relationships with kids her age. Melinda is in a special resource class, but the other children mostly ignore her. The counselor believes Melinda has no friends because she is a slow learner, is shy, and dresses in clothes purchased at second hand stores. The counselor at school has tried unsuccessfully to involve Melinda’s parents. The mother had come to school one time to pick up Melinda when she got sick, and the counselor had smelled alcohol on her breath. Both parents work at a truck stop off the highway and have stated that they are too busy to meet with teachers or the counselor. Carma, Melinda’s mother came to school for a team meeting with the teacher, principal, and school counselor. Carma mentions that she and her husband come from good German stock and know the value of work. Carma said, “Neil couldn’t come. It is crazy at work and he doesn’t believe in this crap anyway. Carma had a laundry list of complaints about Melinda. She didn’t do her homework or chores. She wouldn’t make friends. She was sullen and sulky. Near the end of the session, Carma soften a little and expressed regret for drinking when she was pregnant, but then quickly moved back to her anger at Melinda’s misbehavior.