Changed Impressions

My impressions of the roles and responsibilities have changed drastically in combination with observing my current counselor in action and after reading the selected information about guidance counseling in schools. I assumed that counseling in schools had been around just as long as schools have been, and that was completely incorrect. The Great Depression, as well as our country's world wars have shaped several regulations that were introduced and are required in schools to this day. Guidance counseling is definitely one of them. The previous title of vocational counseling is very clear to me because we were a very industrial country in those times. I had no idea a timeline existed for school counselors. I would imagine that the timeline is a very valuable resource for school counselors. From reading the timeline I notice that my counselor does follow it with alterations specifically geared to our school and our particular students. My counselor is very hands in the CTAE program at my school and it goes behind what is listed in the timeline.