SCHOOL COUNSELING PROGRAM: CLASSROOM GUIDANCE RESULTS

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SCHOOL COUNSELING PROGRAMCLASSROOM GUIDANCE
RESULTS

• JOSHUA ESTES

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ASCA National Standards

• Personal Social Standard A
• Students will acquire the knowledge, attitudes,
  and interpersonal skills to help them understand
  and respect self and others.
• Personal Social Standard B
• Students will make decisions, set goals, and
  take necessary action to achieve goals.
• Personal Social Standard C
• Students will understand safety and survival
  skills.

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ASCA Student Competency

• PSA1.6 Distinguish between appropriate and
  inappropriate behavior.
• PS A1.8 Understand the need for self control
  and how to practice it.
• PS B1.5 Demonstrate when, where, and how to
  seek help for solving problems and making
  decisions.
• PS C1.2 Learn about the relationship between
  rules, laws, safety, and the protection of rights
  of the individual.

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Classroom Guidance Curriculum

• 6th grade students
• Presentation to 100 students
• October 2008
• Lesson content
• Staying safe from online predators
• Proper online behavior
• Cyberbullying

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Why is this lesson needed?

• Relationship between harassment occurring
  electronically (internet, text messaging, etc.)
  and on school grounds. i
• Bash book circulated among students online
  during the 2007-2008 school year led to in-school
  peer conflict. i
• According to the Teen Internet Safety Study, 71
  of students reported receiving messages online
  from someone they do not know. ii
• i. Communication with Monroe Clark Middle School
  School Resource Officer, December 2008.
• ii. http//www.netsmartz.org/safety/statistics.htm
  , retrieved November 15, 2008.

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What do students believe?

• I believe it is a good idea to share personal
  information online with someone I have never
  met.
• Pre
• 54 Strongly Disagreed
• 30 Disagreed
• Post
• 67 Strongly Disagreed
• 21 Disagreed

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What do students believe?

• It is okay to give my friends e-mail addresses
  out without their permission.
• Pre
• 29 Strongly Disagreed
• 59 Disagreed
• Post
• 51 Strongly Disagreed
• 38 Disagreed

Thats a 76 increase!
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What do students know?

• Students were asked to
• identify what an online
• predator is.
• Pre
• 59 Answered correctly
• Post
• 74 Answered correctly

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What do students know?

• Students were asked to
• identify proper strategies to
• protect themselves
• against cyberbullying.
• Pre
• 36 Identified proper strategies
• Post
• 50 Identified proper strategies

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What Can Students Do?

• Students were asked to
• demonstrate the proper methods
• for handling hostile online
• situations.
• Pre
• 32 Identified the proper methods
• Post
• 49 Identified the proper methods

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What the research shows

• Bullying affects students academically, socially,
  and psychologically.
• Bullying has dramatically
• altered school climates
• nationwide.
• McAdams, C. R., Schmidt, C. D. (2007)
• How to Help a Bully Recommendations for
  Counseling the Proactive Aggressor.
• Professional School Counseling, 11(2), 120-128.

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Achievement Related Data

• During the 2007-2008 school year, there were 13
  referrals for bullying.
• In the time following the classroom guidance
  lessons (October 18, 2008 December 17, 2008),
  there have been two.

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Limitations/Lessons Learned

• Pre/post questions may be difficult for English
  language learners to understand.
• A high number of students already knew what a
  cyberbully is therefore, more time could be
  given to learning new concepts.
• Overall, many students were still unsure if they
  would tell an adult if something happened to them
  online.

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Recommendations

• Administer needs assessment prior to creating
  lesson.
• Use separate Scantron sheet for pre and post
  test.
• Consider having a Cybersafety Awareness Week at
  school.
• Add cyberbullying component to existing bullying
  prevention programs.
• Continue to build trusting relationships between
  school staff and students.

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Next Steps

• Collect bullying/harassment referral data for the
  entire 2008-2009 school year.
• Follow up with School Resource Officer about
  instances of online bullying/harassment.

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Thank you for your support!

• The school counseling program is contributing in
  a meaningful way to the personal/social
  development and academic achievement of all
  students.

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References

• http//www.netsmartz.org/safety/statistics.htm,
  retrieved November 15, 2008.
• McAdams, C. R., Schmidt, C. D. (2007) How to
  Help a Bully Recommendations for Counseling the
  Proactive Aggressor. Professional School
  Counseling, 11(2), 120-128.