Changed impression

The counselor’s role is a hard one today. I do believe in prevention over remediation, but for a counselor to be a real impact on a child they must first know the student. It is so important for the counselors of today to really get to know these kids. Today’s student have so many distractions, and can very easily get off track. The students we teach on a daily basis have the pressures from every direction. Some are pulled by friends, drugs, sex, and even trying to live up to someone else’s ideas of who they should be. The counselors have to know the student before they know what they are dealing with. The counselor’s role has changed, because the students and their needs have changed. My view of what counselor’s jobs are may have changed, but my perception of my counselors has not.