A Case Study of School Counselors-in-Training Addressing Diversity in Child Maltreatment

Wed, 09 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0800

School counselors-in-training are required to develop attitudes, knowledge, and skills throughout their training programs to address child maltreatment. Diversity might influence how school counselors-in-training acquire this information. This study examines how school counselors-in-training address cultural considerations in child maltreatment. We utilized a multiple case study to interview three school counselors-in-training who were completing their internship. We identified five themes and four sub-themes from the data. The five themes were (a) context, (b) awareness, (c) perceptions and beliefs, (d) training development, and (e) family support. The results provided context to how school counselors-in-training consider cultural differences in addressing child maltreatment.

A Pilot Survey of Perceived Competence of Pre-Service School Practitioners in Inclusive Education for Students with Special Needs

Mon, 21 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0800

Inclusive education provides a learning environment that enriches learning of all students. Attitudes about inclusive education are essential to its implementation (Sharma et al., 2021;^[18] Wray et al., 2022).^[²¹^] Therefore, school practitioners need training to advance their attitudes, knowledge, skills, and actions (Sharma et al., 2021;^[18] Wray et al., 2022).^[21] This study examines the pre-service school practitioners' training and perceived competence in inclusive education for students with special needs. We developed a survey aimed to gain insight into training and perceived competence. Survey results related to training suggest that teacher education and special education majors might benefit from additional training in universal design for learning, co-teaching, and flexible grouping, where school counselor majors might need more training in all categories of inclusive education. Survey results related to perceived competence results suggest that most pre-service school practitioners perceived themselves to be very capable of implementing inclusive educational practices.

Journal of International Education and Practice

A Case Study of School Counselors-in-Training Addressing Diversity in Child Maltreatment

A Pilot Survey of Perceived Competence of Pre-Service School Practitioners in Inclusive Education for Students with Special Needs