Read this passage: You work in an inner city school where students are subject to a number of risk factors. The rate of violent incidences is above average, as are the numbers of drug offensives and teen pregnancies. The school currently has various in-house prevention and intervention programs offered on a volunteer or referral basis to all students. However, even the most successful of these programs yield few positive results. As the counselor, you decide to restructure the programs in an attempt to increase their effectiveness by collaborating with the community.Even after the restructuring of prevention and intervention programs, you feel the results could be better. What further action could you take to increase program effectiveness?

After passing all three portions of the FTCE, if candidates wish to become a guidance counselor, they must obtain the FTCE passing score on the School Counseling PK-12 exam. This is a computer-based test consisting of approximately 100-multiple choice questions. The FTCE Guidance & Counseling PK-12 (018) exam covers content in ten different FTCE competencies that primarily measures how well a candidate can demonstrate knowledge of programs, interventions, assessment, ethical and legal considerations, advisement of students, etc. The FTCE School Counseling PK-12 exam measures your knowledge... Show more

After passing all three portions of the FTCE, if candidates wish to become a guidance counselor, they must obtain the FTCE passing score on the School Counseling PK-12 exam. This is a computer-based test consisting of approximately 100-multiple choice questions. The FTCE Guidance & Counseling PK-12 (018) exam covers content in ten different FTCE competencies that primarily measures how well a candidate can demonstrate knowledge of programs, interventions, assessment, ethical and legal considerations, advisement of students, etc.

The FTCE School Counseling PK-12 exam measures your knowledge of:

Counseling
Programs and mediations for addressing current concerns in schools
Assessment in encouraging student success
Career development and postsecondary opportunities
Consultation, collaboration, and coordination
Professional, ethical, and legal considerations
Student appraisal and advisement
Development and evaluation of exemplary comprehensive school counseling programs
Technology and digital citizenship
Cultural competence for school counselors

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