How do they match: Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors

  • Child Guidance Counselor
  • Life Skills Coach
  • Special Services Supervisor
  • Assessment Specialist
  • Career Development Specialist
  • Career Transition Specialist
  • Employment Specialist
  • Employment Training Specialist
  • Financial Services Specialist
  • Housing Specialist
  • Offender Employment Specialist
  • Offender Job Retention Specialist
  • Offender Workforce Development Specialist
  • Scheduling Specialist
  • Transition Specialist

  • Confer with parents or guardians, teachers, administrators, and other professionals to discuss children's progress, resolve behavioral, academic, and other problems, and to determine priorities for students and their resource needs.
  • Plan and conduct orientation programs and group conferences to promote the adjustment of individuals to new life experiences, such as starting college.
  • Provide special services such as alcohol and drug prevention programs and classes that teach students to handle conflicts without resorting to violence.

  • Assist clients in handling details of daily life.
  • Teach life skills or strategies to clients or their families.