Freshmen Transitions: Helping School Counselors Maximize Their Effectiveness When Working With New Students
One of the most important—and often hardest—transitions in school for students is the 8th Grade to 9th Grade (or middle school to high school) transition. Suddenly, students find themselves going from being at the highest end of the social hierarchy order in their middle school buildings to quickly having to adjust to being at the lowest end of the hierarchy order in a brand new, and often larger-sized, building. These students also find themselves, simultaneously, having to adjust to a…