Won’t high school kids get this type of program through school?
In most instances, high school counselors are doing the best they can with a great deal of responsibilities. Depending on location, a high school counselor can sometimes have more then 500 students assigned to them. The limited time they can give to each student is primarily focused on course selection, college applications and other issues that might be obstacles to the student’s completion of high school. The career guidance they can usually offer tends to be in the form of report print-outs from assessment instruments and a group summary about how to interpret the results. The career assessment & counseling I provide to high school students goes much beyond what is typically offered in high school. It is personalized, allows students to clearly understand their results, ask questions, and, even in the case of a small group program, students can continue counseling to work through any difficulties they face in moving forward with a career plan.
