The Professional School Counselor and AIDS

Abstract:
In this position statement the American School Counselor Association encourages school counselors to focus on AIDS and HIV as a disease and not as a moral issue. The primary role of the school counselor is to provide counseling, support, and educational programs for students, staff and parents. The school counselor advocates the initiation of an AIDS Education program, with the curriculum developed in conjunction with groups associated with the school and officially approved by the Board of Education. Specific elements should include general information about AIDS, including knowledge of the behavior choices that put people at risk for AIDS, how AIDS transmission occurs, civil rights issues related to AIDS, universal health precautions, and accurate information dispelling myths about AIDS. The AIDS education program needs to include instruction for students, parents, and staff promoting concepts of healthy living and responsibility of self, family and society.

Publication: Principal Magazine 2000; Vol. 79, No. 5


Date Published: 1/1/1999

Pages: 1

Location Code: 5343