Intervention Plan Overview Counseling is rooted in theory, ordered, short-term, and focused on personal, social, educational, and career concerns (Henderson & Thompson, 2016). Theory not only provides a framework for counseling, it offers perspectives and explanations on behaviors. Effective school counselors work with students to identify a problem and use theory to determine goals and identify behaviors that must be changed to meet those goals. Student cumulative files including counseling interventions, academic, attendance, and any discipline records are often reviewed prior to creating an intervention plan (Knapp & Jongsma, Jr., 2012). Successful intervention plans are tailored to each student’s strengths, areas for development, stressors, developmental level, culture, and peer and family networks. References Henderson, D. A., & Thompson, C. L. (2016). Counseling children (9th ed.). Boston, MA: Cengage. Knapp, S. E., & Jongsma, A. E. (2012). The school counseling and school social work treatment planner (2nd ed.). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley. Instructions For this assignment, you will develop an intervention plan for the student you selected from the Blooming Park:  Sarah Quinton - 15 Sarah Quinton is a new student at Sylvia Plath High School. She is painfully shy and struggles with depression, and never participates in class. Sarah came from a less affluent school and feels overwhelmed by her new wealthier school and peers. Her family has struggled with homelessness and housing insecurity, and they are not certain whether they will be able to stay in their new apartment for the entire school year. Although she is a bright student, she is considering dropping out. Your intervention plan should include three parts: Presenting Problem. Counseling Plan (theories, special needs, diversity). Ethical and Legal Considerations. Use the required template ATTACHED to address the following: Section 1, Presenting Problem. Identification of the presenting problem. Describe the problem the student is experiencing that leads to the need for counseling. Explanation of how background characteristics, current school performance, and family and social involvement contribute to the presenting problem. Section 2, Counseling Plan. Theories . Describe two counseling theories that you could use with the selected student and discuss the theoretical concept and techniques. Discuss how to implement these theories in counseling with the student. Identify two goals, one for each theory, and discuss the outcomes for each goal by applying the theories with the student and justify (with supporting evidence) why the selected theoretical approach is effective in meeting the identified goals. Special Needs . Identify and explain the special need to be addressed. Provide enough information about the special need, supported by research, to inform the reader. Discuss how you will handle the special need that your student has broug ...

1. Intervention Plan
Overview
Counseling is rooted in theory, ordered, short-term, and focused
on personal, social, educational, and career concerns
(Henderson & Thompson, 2016). Theory not only provides a
framework for counseling, it offers perspectives and
explanations on behaviors. Effective school counselors work
with students to identify a problem and use theory to determine
goals and identify behaviors that must be changed to meet those
goals. Student cumulative files including counseling
interventions, academic, attendance, and any discipline records
are often reviewed prior to creating an intervention plan (Knapp
& Jongsma, Jr., 2012). Successful intervention plans are
tailored to each student’s strengths, areas for development,
stressors, developmental level, culture, and peer and family
networks.
References
Henderson, D. A., & Thompson, C. L. (2016).
Counseling children
(9th ed.). Boston, MA: Cengage.
Knapp, S. E., & Jongsma, A. E. (2012).
The school counseling and school social work treatment planner
(2nd ed.). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.
Instructions
For this assignment, you will develop an intervention plan for
the student you selected from the Blooming Park:

2. Sarah Quinton - 15
Sarah Quinton is a new student at Sylvia Plath High School. She
is painfully shy and struggles with depression, and never
participates in class. Sarah came from a less affluent school and
feels overwhelmed by her new wealthier school and peers. Her
family has struggled with homelessness and housing insecuri ty,
and they are not certain whether they will be able to stay in
their new apartment for the entire school year. Although she is a
bright student, she is considering dropping out.
Your intervention plan should include three parts:
Presenting Problem.
Counseling Plan (theories, special needs, diversity).
Ethical and Legal Considerations.
Use the required template ATTACHED to address the
following:
Section 1, Presenting Problem.
Identification of the presenting problem.

3. Describe the problem the student is experiencing that leads to
the need for counseling.
Explanation
of how background characteristics, current school performance,
and family and social involvement contribute to the presenting
problem.
Section 2, Counseling Plan.
Theories
.
Describe two counseling theories that you could use with the
selected student and discuss the theoretical concept and
techniques.
Discuss how to implement these theories in counseling with the
student.
Identify two goals, one for each theory, and discuss the
outcomes for each goal by applying the theories with the
student and justify (with supporting evidence) why the selected
theoretical approach is effective in meeting the identified goals.
Special Needs
.

4. Identify and explain the special need to be addressed. Provide
enough information about the special need, supported by
research, to inform the reader.
Discuss how you will handle the special need that your student
has brought to the session. Clearly discuss your strategy for
approaching this with the student, including a discussion of
504/IEP considerations—the process and legal rights, and the
special counseling considerations for a student with special
needs.
Diversity.
Discuss at least two diverse characteristics that your student
experiences, particularly in regard to culture, developmental
level, and ability level, and how they might inform the student's
learning, behavior, and mood.
Discuss your strategy for approaching this with the student,
including multicultural counseling considerations in response to
his or her diverse characteristics.
Section 3, Ethical Considerations.
Ethical issues.
Describe potential ethical issues that you must keep in mind
when counseling your chosen student. Incorporate relevant
ASCA and ACA ethical standards and codes.

5. Strategies for addressing ethical issues.
Discuss your plan for addressing the ethical issues that you
identified. Incorporate relevant ASCA and ACA ethical
standards and codes.
Additional Requirements
To achieve a successful project experience and outcome, you
are expected to meet the following requirements:
Length:
5–7 pages of content plus title and reference pages. Appendices
are optional.
Written communication:
Develop accurate and professional written communication and
thoughts that convey the overall goals of the assignment and
free of errors that detract from the overall message. Paper
should be written in true third person; do not use first person.
References:
Use a minimum of eight current (published within the past five
years) references in addition to your course texts, with at least
five peer-reviewed academic references. No websites please.
Formatting:
Use the APA-formatted template linked in Resources. Include
correct in-text and reference citations, proper punctuation,
double spacing throughout, 12-point Times New Roman type,
proper headings and subheadings, no skipped lines before
headings and subheadings, proper paragraph and block
indention, no bolding, and no bullets. Refer to APA Style and
Format for more information.

6. File Format and Naming Protocol:
You must submit your assignment in MS Word DOC or DOCX
format.
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