Designed as a core text for courses in school counseling. Using a developmental framework and a balanced approach, the text reviews the role of today's school counselor in preparing students to function in a high-tech global society and to be well-adjusted to cope with its changes and challenges. The text offers guidance in defining and in enunciating the school counselor's roles and functions more clearly as social changes and socioeconomic pressures influence the directions of school programs. This text prepares the next generation of school counselors to be significant contributors to upcoming demands from their schools.