The School Counseling Program is committed to educating counselors who will provide leadership in serving the developmental needs of children in a school community. The purpose of a counselor's intervention is seen as facilitating growth towards the student's full academic and psychosocial potential. The program focuses on assisting future counselors with the wide range of issues that confront students, teachers, and parents across the full span of the school years (K-12). Therefore, school counselors who graduate from the University of Saint Joseph are prepared to work with elementary, middle, and high school students and to assist them with the challenges that they face as they grow and develop.