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    Educational,vocational, and

    school counselors

    - provide

    individuals and groups,

    with career andeducational counseling.

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    In school settings-elementary through

    post secondary, they usually calledschool counselors, and they work with

    students, including those with academic

    and social development problems and

    those with special needs. They advocate

    for students and work with other

    individuals and organizations to promote

    the academic and career goals.

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    School counselors help

    student evaluate their

    abilities, interests,

    talents, and personalitycharacteristics in order to

    develop realistic

    academic and career

    goals

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    Counselors use interviews, counseling

    sessions, interest and aptitude

    assessment tests, and other methods to

    evaluate and advice students.

    They also operate career informationcenters and career education programs.

    High school counselors advice students

    regarding college majors, admissionrequirements, entrance exams, financial

    aid, trade or technical schools, and

    apprenticeship programs.

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    Elementary school

    counselors

    observe younger

    children during

    classroom and playactivities and confer

    their teachers and

    parents to evaluatethe childrens

    strength, problems,

    or special needs

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    School counselors

    at all levels helps

    students to

    understand anddeal with social,

    behavioral, and

    personal problems

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    Rehabilitation counselors

    help people deal with the

    personal, social and

    vocational effects of

    disabilities.

    -They counsel people with

    disabilities resulting from

    birth defects, illness or

    disease, accidents, or thestress of daily life.

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    Mental health

    counselorsworkwith individuals,

    families, and

    groups to addressand treat mental

    and emotional

    disorders and topromote optimum

    mental health.

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    Substance abuse

    and behavioraldisorder

    counselorshelps

    people who haveproblems with

    alcohol, drugs,

    gambling and

    eating disorders

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    Marriage and family

    therapist apply

    principles, methods

    and therapeutic

    techniques to

    individual, families,

    couples or

    organizations in

    order to resolve

    emotional conflicts..

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    Other counseling specialties

    include gerontological

    multicultural

    and genetic counseling

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    A gerontological counselorprovides services

    to elderly persons and their families whenthey face changing lifestyle as they grow older.

    A multicultural counselorshelps employers

    adjust to an increasingly diverse workforce. Genetic counselorsprovide information and

    support to families who have members with

    birth defects or genetic disorders and tofamilies who may be at risk for a variety of

    inherited conditions.

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    Developmental Guidance and

    ounseling Program

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    It is a program of guidance and

    counseling services, which isavailable to all students.

    It includes crisis counseling for

    students who have immediate needs,

    but it is much more.

    It believes that all students canbenefit from contact with a

    counselor.

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    It believes that social and emotional

    developments in children is a processof growth-changing all the time.

    It believes that children who are

    aware of themselves and their needs

    will make responsible choices for

    themselves. It believes every child is unique and

    special.

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