TPC-Journal-V3-Issue3

179 The Professional Counselor \Volume 3, Issue 3 Table 1 Individual Item Means from Most to Least Role Diffusion Domain Item M SD Support Participate in lunch duty/hall duty/bus duty 5.50 2.57 Personal-Social Learn how to make and keep friends 4.76 1.98 Personal-Social Use effective communication skills 4.61 1.95 Academic Identify attitudes and behaviors that lead to successful learning 4.27 1.62 Personal-Social Learn how to cope with peer pressure 4.27 1.74 Personal-Social Identify and express feelings 4.25 1.65 Career Develop skills to locate, evaluate and interpret career information 4.23 1.95 Support Help administrators with principal’s office duties 4.21 2.10 Career Identify personal skills, interests and abilities, and relate them to career choices 3.94 1.75 Academic Become a self-directed and independent learner 3.90 1.67 Career Describe the effect of work on lifestyle 3.86 1.68 Support Review or change students’ class schedule 3.86 2.44 Support Coordinate and administer achievement tests 3.79 2.22 Career Demonstrate knowledge about the changing workplace 3.74 1.99 Academic Apply the study skills necessary for academic success 3.72 1.71 Academic Learn and apply critical thinking skills 3.70 1.67 Academic Apply knowledge of aptitudes and interests to goal setting 3.69 1.71 Career Assess and modify educational plans to support career goals 3.64 1.50 Direct Counseling Assess student concerns for appropriate community referrals 3.53 1.50 Support Substitute teaching classes for absent teachers 3.27 2.17 Personal-Social Learn coping skills for managing life events 3.24 1.42 Direct Counseling Provide activity-based counseling to older children and adolescents 2.82 0.80 Direct Counseling Provide small-group counseling services 2.73 0.81 Direct Counseling Provide individual counseling services 2.54 0.87 Direct Counseling Provide play therapy to elementary-aged children 2.50 1.08