Counselors
Dedicated mental health counselors could be coming to DPS schools
Social workers, school psychologists and counselors currently juggle other priorities like special needs students and college planning. DENVER — Though Paola Gascot graduated from a charter high school in Denver last year, the DSST: Byars graduate is part of a student group pushing to have mental health counselors placed in every Denver Public School (DPS) …
Hart District dedicates 1st week of February to mental health counselors – Santa Clarita Valley Signal
William S. Hart Union High School District board unanimously voted to recognize the week of Feb. 3-7 as National School Counseling Week across the district during Wednesday night’s school board meeting. The week was declared National School Counseling Week: “School Counselors: Helping Build Better Humans” by the American School Counselor Association. Although college-preparation counseling …
Bill to let mental-health counselors keep practicing clears committee
The state House Ways and Means Committee voted today to advance a bill designed to keep Michigan’s licensed professional counselors on the job without disruption. House Bill 4325 was unanimously approved to the applause of those in the room. The vote came a week after a hearing attended by dozens of counselors and their advocates …
Genetic Counselors In Demand, But Diversity Lags : Shots
Altovise Ewing, who has a doctorate in human genetics and counseling, now works as a genetic counselor and researcher at 23andMe, one of the largest direct-to-consumer genetic testing companies, based in Mountain View, Calif. Karen Santos for NPR hide caption toggle caption Karen Santos for NPR Altovise Ewing was a senior at Rhodes College in …
