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Professional School Counseling Template

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About the Professional School Counseling format

Professional School Counseling is a peer-reviewed journal published by SAGE, covering Counseling Practices and Supervision, Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development, Parental Involvement in Education.

PublisherSAGE
Reference styleAuthor–year (Harvard)
Author–year — (Smith, 2023) in the text
Smith, A., Jones, B. and Lee, C. (2023) 'A representative article title', Professional School Counseling, 12(3), pp. 45–58.

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Publishes research inCounseling Practices and Supervision Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Parental Involvement in Education Educational and Psychological Assessments Family and Disability Support Research
ISSN1096-2409
Citation impact (2-yr)1.33
h-index86
i10-index930
Total citations39,080
Top institutions publishing hereOld Dominion University
Journal websiteus.sagepub.com
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Papers published in Professional School Counseling per year

40
2014
24
2015
18
2016
56
2017
43
2018
47
2019
26
2020
63
2021
70
2022
44
2023
48
2024
50
2025

Citation impact of Professional School Counseling by publication year

361
2014
435
2015
347
2016
1.4K
2017
697
2018
471
2019
376
2020
585
2021
661
2022
234
2023
121
2024
33
2025

Citations each year’s papers have accumulated so far — the most recent years are still building up.

Most-cited papers in Professional School Counseling

Fostering Educational Resilience and Achievement in Urban Schools through School-Family-Community Partnerships.

Julia Bryan · 1 Feb 2005

In this era of education reform, school counselors are among educators being held accountable for the academic achievement of minority and poor children. School counselors in urban serve a disproportionate number of minority and poor children at risk for school failure. Urban school counselors can play critical roles in engaging their school's stakeholders in implementing…

334 citations Go to paper →
Positive Psychology and Character Strengths:Application to Strengths-Based School Counseling

Nansook Park, Christopher Peterson · 1 Dec 2008

The basic premise of positive psychology is that the happiness and fulfillment of children and youth entail more than the identification and treatment of their problems. This article provides an overview of positive psychology and the Values in Action (VIA) project that classifies and measures 24 widely recognized character strengths. Good character is multidimensional, made…

Middle and High School Transitions as Viewed by Students, Parents, and Teachers.

Patrick Akos, John P. Galassi · 1 Apr 2004

Respondents to a questionnaire about the elementary-middle and middle-high school transition experience respectively were 173 sixth grade students, 83 parents, and 12 teachers, and 320 ninth grade students, 61 parents and 17 teachers. Results revealed that school transitions posed both challenges and opportunities for students. Parents and teachers appeared to have a reasonably good appreciation…

270 citations Go to paper →
Multicultural and Social Justice Counseling Competencies

Manivong J. Ratts, Arie Todd Greenleaf · 1 Jan 2017

The need for a multicultural and social justice leadership approach is critical considering today’s political climate that threatens the academic, career, and personal potential of students who are marginalized in school settings. We offer a leadership framework using the main constructs of the Multicultural and Social Justice Counseling Competencies. This leadership framework provides school counselors…

Promoting Competence and Resilience in the School Context

Ann S. Masten, Janette E. Herbers, J. J. Cutuli et al. · 1 Dec 2008

Four decades of research on resilience in young people provide compelling data and models for applications in the school context. Resilience theory and findings are highly congruent with Strengths-Based School Counseling (SBSC) as formulated by Galassi and Akos (2007). In this article, resilience is defined in relation to competence in developmental tasks and risks to…

Professional School Counseling template — frequently asked questions

How do I write a paper in the Professional School Counseling format?
In DocuGuru you write your manuscript in a normal editor — no LaTeX setup required — and select the Professional School Counseling template. When you export, DocuGuru compiles the paper into the official SAGE format and hands you a submission-ready PDF along with the editable LaTeX source.
What reference style does Professional School Counseling use?
Professional School Counseling uses Author–year (Harvard) references, shown as author–year markers such as (Smith, 2023) in the text. DocuGuru formats every in-text citation and the reference list in this exact style automatically. A reference appears like this: Smith, A., Jones, B. and Lee, C. (2023) 'A representative article title', Professional School Counseling, 12(3), pp. 45–58.
Do I need to know LaTeX to submit to Professional School Counseling?
No. DocuGuru generates the sagej LaTeX class and compiles the PDF for you in the background, so you get a SAGE-ready Professional School Counseling document without writing any LaTeX. If you do want it, the LaTeX source is included in the export.
Can I import an existing draft into the Professional School Counseling template?
Yes. Paste or upload your current manuscript — Word, LaTeX, Markdown, or plain text — and DocuGuru reflows it into the Professional School Counseling format with correct headings, figures, tables, and author–year citations.
Who publishes Professional School Counseling?
Professional School Counseling is a multidisciplinary journal published by SAGE. DocuGuru's Professional School Counseling template matches SAGE's official submission format.
Can I export a submission-ready Professional School Counseling PDF?
Yes — DocuGuru produces a PDF built with the official Professional School Counseling template (the sagej class) that is ready to submit to SAGE, together with the matching LaTeX source files.
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