Week 5 – Discussion: Typical Issues that are barriers to student achievement

DUE: Wednesday 11/15/2023

Summarizing thus far, we have reviewed what is considered, typical development, typical challenges, and some crises that children face, such as stress around academic performance, self-esteem, conflicts, bullying, loss, and more.

Respond to the following prompt in the Typical Issues discussion forum by Wednesday: In reading about the different theoretical approaches, which approach(es) do you see as providing essential counseling skills, techniques, and straegties needed for individual counseling in addressing some of these typical issues? Why?

Types of Approaches discussed:

• Ch 6: Nondirective Approaches
• Ch 7: Mindfulness
• Ch 8: Directive Approaches