Counseling effects

Overview

Influence: Counseling effects
Domain: Classroom
Sub-Domain: Classroom management
Potential to Accelerate Student Achievement: Likely to have positive impact
Influence Definition: Students can be referred to counselors, in or out of school, who review the affect, the beliefs, and the social context as seen through the eyes of the student. The beneficial effects of counseling are aimed towards student adjustment, retention, and academic success; however, counseling continues to be stigmatized by many students—reducing overall rates of adoption and completion.

Meta-Analyses
Journal Title	Author	Article Name	Year Published	Variable	Number of Studies	Number of Students	Number of Effects	Effect Size
Journal of School Psychology	Prout & Prout	A meta-analysis of school-based studies of counseling and psychotherapy: An update.	1998	Counseling on cognitive outcomes	17	550	6	0.00
Journal of Counseling & Development	Whiston, Tai, Rahardja, & Elder	School counseling outcome: A meta-analytic examination of interventions.	2011	Counseling on cognitive outcomes	150	NA	96	0.19
Psychology in the Schools	Reese, Prout, Zirkelback & Anderson	Effectiveness of school-based psychotherapy: A meta-analysis of dissertation research	2010	Counseling on cognitive outcomes	25	NA	25	0.55
Counseling Outcome Research and Evaluation	Villares, Frain, Brigman, Webb & Peluso	The impact of student success skills on standardized test scores: A meta-analysis	2012	Counseling Student Success Skills	5	1,279	5	0.29
Journal of Counseling Psychology	Baskin, Slaten, Merson, Sorenson & Glover-Russell	Does youth psychotherapy improve academically related outcomes? A meta-analysis	2010	Psychotherapy on academic outcomes	83	NA	102	0.38
TOTAL/AVERAGE						280	1,829	234	0.28