If the school counselor becomes aware that a problem seems to reside with the professional educator, a school counselor would use ________ to help that person deal more effectively with all students by working on that person's attitudes or behaviors.

• A. Consultee-centered consultation
• B. Client-centered counseling
• C. Administrative consultation
• D. Student-centered consultation

Answer: (A)

The main idea here is using consultee-centered consultation. When the issue appears to lie with the professional educator, the school counselor works with that educator to improve how they interact with and teach all students. The emphasis is on the educator’s attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors, and on building the educator’s skills and self-efficacy so that their guidance and instruction positively affect every student. This approach focuses on helping the consultee (the educator) become more effective in serving the student population.

This differs from client-centered counseling, which would involve counseling the person directly in a therapeutic sense rather than focusing on changing professional practice; administrative consultation centers on policy, logistics, or school-wide systems rather than the individual educator’s interaction with students; and student-centered consultation targets the students’ needs rather than addressing the educator’s own attitudes and behaviors.