Identify key legal and ethical issues associated with this scenario. Describe the steps you would take in addressing this problem and outline a plan that will help better serve the special education population at XYZ in the future. Refer to the case "School Counselor: Reducing the Over-identification of Students for Special Education" (Case Illustration 8.1)

CASE ILLUSTRATION 8.1 SCHOOL COUNSELOR: REDUCING THE OVER-IDENTIFICATION OF STUDENTS FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION

You are a new school counselor at XYZ High School. The school counselors at XYZ provide career and postsecondary counseling and guidance to all the general education students. They go into the classroom where students complete career interest inventories, career and postsecondary searches, and rating scales. The counselors also meet two times a year with each student where they use interviews to assess interests. Unfortunately, the school counselors have not been going into the special education classes or meeting with special education students individually. Activity:

What legal and ethical issues can you identify in this scenario?

How should you handle the situation?

Outline a brief plan to better serve the special education student population.