School Counselors’ Experiences With Empowerment and Students on the Autism Spectrum: A Qualitative Study

The consensus definition of counseling by the American Advisory Association (ACA) is a revolutionary moment that connects consulting professionals to general remarks. One important factor is the concept of empowerment and its impact on advisory relations. School counselors who work with people with special needs, especially with people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), can use empowerment practices as a means to achieve the goals outlined by the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) I am experiencing a rapid increase in numbers. . People with special needs. Researchers in this qualitative phenomenological study will try to better understand the experiences of school counseling experts working with ASD students and how they empower students. Four research themes emerged in this research: behavior empowerment, importance of advocacy, barriers work, and consultant responsibility.

I conducted a qualitative survey with 15 school counselors and decided on a strategy to approve Chicana / o and Latina / o high school students. The results of this study showed that participants encourage social behavior to develop student-person relationships, participate in graduates, increase social and cultural awareness, and promote student empowerment It is. Based on these findings, school counselors seeking to give the students authority are required to establish active relationships, set role models and encourage community participation.

This study is trying to promote the licenses of students of Chicana / o and Latina / o by applying school counselor strategies. In other studies we can judge how and how school counselors work with students of Chicana / o and Latina / o. This research can further help the counselor education program prepare empowerment-oriented school counselors. Such research also helps school districts with large Chicana / o and Latina / o student population provide professional development to practice school counselors and implement power interventions I will. Further research is needed to investigate whether the effectiveness of school counseling affects student achievement, career development and personal / social development of Chicana / o and Latina / o students.

In the first stage of the research, researchers made semi-structured qualitative interviews with 19 private school teachers, counselors, and administrators to gain insight into student stress and coping. These responses were used to inform the internet-based quantitative anonymous survey which manages 128 elementary school students of the two private schools which are the second phase of the survey. About half of respondents (48%) answered that they finished their homework of over 3 hours a night, and girls were 40% more likely to report homework more than 3 hours a night than men. Participants showed relatively strong academic achievement, girls' average GPA was 3.57, male's average GPA was 3.34. Students show a high level of motivation to academic performance with an average score of 2.35 and a score of 0 (lowest) to 3 (highest). In this respect, on average, girls are more motivated than boys (2.48 vs. 2.22).