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What We Know About At-Risk Students

Important Considerations for Principal and Counselor Leadership

Amy Foster Johnson

Many Junior High School, Many, Louisiana

Gerra Wellman Perkins

Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, Louisiana, perkinsg{at}nsula.edu

Schools are focusing considerable efforts on reaching students who are identified as at risk of becoming future dropouts due to poverty, behavior, and/or academics. This article details the important role that middle school counselors can play in meeting the needs of the at-risk population because of the specialized training they receive in working with individuals to address their academic, career, and personal/social development needs.

Key Words: rural populations • at-risk students • middle school counselors

This version was published on June 1, 2009

NASSP Bulletin, Vol. 93, No. 2, 122-134 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/0192636509340692
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