Effect of a School Counselor Training on Self-Efficacy in Crisis Handling

We presented a 4-hour training program designed to enhance school counselors’ self-efficacy in handling school crises, with a specific focus on school shootings. Employing a pretest-posttest research design using the School Counselor Response to Violent Crisis Questionnaire, we found that the traini...

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Published inJournal of Educational Research and Practice Vol. 13; no. 1
Main Authors Brown, Carleton H, Han, Eunae
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Minneapolis Walden University Publishing 06.11.2023
Subjects
Counselor education
Management of crises
School violence
Shootings
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Summary:We presented a 4-hour training program designed to enhance school counselors’ self-efficacy in handling school crises, with a specific focus on school shootings. Employing a pretest-posttest research design using the School Counselor Response to Violent Crisis Questionnaire, we found that the training was effective in improving the self-efficacy of participants (n = 35) in crisis handling. We discovered, in our pilot study, that crisis training specifically tailored to school counselors can be effective in enhancing their self-efficacy in crisis handling. We discuss our study’s implications for school counselors, workshop leaders, school leaders, and researchers.
ISSN:2167-8693
2167-8693
DOI:10.5590/JERAP.2023.13.1.29