September 1997 — Exclusive
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A Tour of the World Wide Web for School Counselors
The last two sites are sponsored by the federal government. The SAMHSA, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (www.samhsa.gov/) includes a searchable database, funding opportunities, managed care initiatives, publications, reports and statistical data. It also has links to many federal mental health links. The mission of the site is to assure quality substance abuse and mental health services to the people that need them and to ensure that prevention and treatment is used effectively. The significant links in this home page are:
- Center for Mental Health Services
- Center for Substance Abuse Prevention
- Center for Substance Abuse Treatment
- National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Abuse Information
- National Mental Health Services Knowledge Exchange Network
The other federal web site that is an excellent source of information about substance abuse is NIDA, National Institute on Drug Abuse (www.nida.gov/). It includes a searchable drug abuse database, information about drugs of abuse, upcoming events, funding data, international activities, links to NIDA organizational units, and links to other related web sites. This site would be extremely important to school counselors interested in obtaining the latest research findings or in seeking federal funds for a drug abuse program.
With the significant developments of the Information Super Highway, school counselors now have a superb tool for obtaining information for school counseling applications. Today, school counselors and guidance professionals need to have connectivity in their offices to make effective use of this new medium.
Robert A. Gray, Ed.D. is a professor
in the Dept. of Audiovisual Communications & Technology
at Kutztown University in Pennsylvania. E-mail:
gray@kutztown.edu.
