University of Arkansas, Fayetteville ScholarWorks@UARK Theses and Dissertations 12-2015 School Counselors Lived Experience of a Rampage School Shooting Carleton H. Brown University of Arkansas, Fayetteville Follow this and additional works at: http://scholarworks.uark.edu/etd Part of the Child Psychology Commons, Counseling Psychology Commons, and the Student Counseling and Personnel Services Commons Recommended Citation Brown, Carleton H., "School Counselors Lived Experience of a Rampage School Shooting" (2015). Theses and Dissertations. 1321. http://scholarworks.uark.edu/etd/1321 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by ScholarWorks@UARK. It has been accepted for inclusion in Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks@UARK. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. School Counselors Lived Experience of a Rampage School Shooting A dissertation proposal submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Counselor Education by Carleton H. Brown University of Central Arkansas, Bachelor of Arts in English, 2000 University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Master of Education in Secondary Education, 2003 University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Master of Education in Counselor Education, 2009 December 2015 University of Arkansas This dissertation is approved for recommendation to the Graduate Council. ____________________ Dr. Roy Farley Dissertation Director ____________________ ____________________ Dr. Kristin Higgins Dr. Toni Thorn Committee Member Committee Member ____________________ Dr. John Pijanowski Committee Member ©2015 by Carleton H. Brown All Rights Reserved Abstract Minimal research has been conducted to examine school counselors’ lived experiences of rampage school shootings. The purpose of this research is to increase school counselors’ knowledge and skills in responding effectively to such a crisis.