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School Counselors as Practitioners, Second Edition, is a hands-on, practice-based, task-oriented guide to being an effective school counselor.Thoroughly revised, this textbook continues to address the foundation of school counseling, the main duties of a school counselor, the skills needed to be successful, and what to expect as a school counseling professional. All these topics have been updated to include the current thinking, research and evidence-based practices, and challenges in school counseling. Additionally, interviews of principals, school counselors, and community leaders are included, which provide readers with the reality of how to navigate the waters of the comprehensive school counseling program. The chapter authors also highlight the necessity of designing, implementing, and evaluating the counseling program for continuous improvement. Online resources provide students with templates and handouts for on-the-job responsibilities, as well as quiz questions for every chapter.This updated edition is essential reading for counselor educators, graduate students enrolled in a school counseling program, supervisors of school counselors, including administrators, and practicing school counselors.

This book presents strategies for using systemic theory and evidence-based practice in schools to support students, the adults in their lives, and their wider communities.Beginning by introducing and explaining the Advocating Student-within-Environment (ASE) theory, each chapter then addresses a specific school-based issue, such as academic achievement, crisis, trauma, and resiliency, from a systemic and environmental lens. Practical and accessible, the chapters are filled with case examples, evidence-based interventions, and helpful tools to show how counselors can incorporate the approach into their practice. Extending beyond school and student problems, this text also explores greater system functioning, such as community outreach and state level intervention, discussing advocacy and political issues.This book is essential for school-based professionals who are looking for new ways to work with students, families, and their communities. It will also be of interest to mental health professionals who work systemically, such as marriage and family therapists and community counselors.

Interweaves the perspectives of school counseling educators with those of practitioners in the trenches This foundational text for school counselors-in-training is the only book to have chapters coauthored by counselor educators and practicing school counselors. It delivers easily accessible information based on a scholarly foundation of best practice recommendations from the field and research-based, data-driven content, including school counseling interventions, issues for professional practice, and a toolkit of helpful resources. The book is distinguished by its in-depth examination of the day-to-day role of the school counselor in elementary, middle, and high school settings—often a different reality than the recommended practice by the ASCA National Model—along with a commitment to cultural competency and social justice throughout. Providing a platform for the contributions of historically underrepresented voices, the text links theory and practice to provide readers with tangible and concrete strategies to implement. It covers the nuts and bolts of school counseling interventions including individual, group, classroom guidance, and crisis intervention. Each chapter begins with a K-12 student testimony to highlight the impact of school counseling interventions and to promote a better understanding of student needs. This strengths-based text also examines a variety of contemporary topics that strongly affect students, including an entire chapter on LGBTQIA+ issues and coverage of Anti-Racism policies and Virtual Counseling. Additional features include Voices from the Field and Practical Applications that demonstrate real scenarios in practice. Instructor's will also have access to the Instructor's Manual, Test Bank, and chapter-based PowerPoint presentations. Key Features: Merges the perspectives of counselor educators with the frontline experiences of practicing school counselors Examines in depth the day-to-day responsibilities of the school counselor Grounded in a scholarly foundation of research-based best practice recommendations Delivers student testimony about how school counseling has affected them Includes illustrative case studies and challenging discussion questions Details school counseling interventions and other practical applications Embraces a commitment to cultural competency and social justice throughout

Developing Your School's Student Support Teams is a practical manual for schools seeking to establish and sustain coordinated teams in support of students'social, emotional and behavioral health. Every day, students struggle with a range of issues, including traumas, that complicate their learning, engagement, and overall well-being. School psychologists, counselors, social workers and nurses are employed in many school districts, but their schedules often make it difficult to collaborate effectively in developing and implementing comprehensive intervention plans. This book promotes teamwork throughout schools by exploring how interdependent practitioners can come together at the appropriate levels and times to help coordinate school and community resources. This'filtering'process will guide K-12 leaders and service professionals toward systems and decision-making that enable long-term student supports, accurate identification of systemic learning barriers, improved school culture and climate, attention to diverse populations, and more. With these proactive teamwork strategies, school staff will be better prepared to share workload and accountability and to identify and build upon the existing strengths and supports of every student.

As an Education Mental Health Practitioner (EMHP) or Children's Wellbeing Practitioner (CWP), you have to think on your feet, manage a caseload, deal with emotional distress and try and not get indigestion as you cram down a sandwich on your way to your next session.This down-to-earth survival guide helps trainees and newly qualified practitioners cope with the stressful demands of these new and challenging roles. Full of case examples and practical tools and strategies, this book will give you the confidence to assess, set goals, and deliver effective interventions for anxiety and depression. It also provides invaluable support on tricky topics such as disclosures of risk and safeguarding issues, working effectively with parents, dealing with resistance and conflict, caring for yourself, and signposting when a situation is outside the remit of your role.

Conducting Behavioral and Social-Emotional Assessments in MTSS: Screen to Intervene offers effective assessment strategies for improving mental and behavioral health decision-making within multi-tiered systems of support. Accessible to school psychologists, behavior analysts, PBIS team leaders, and other school-based professionals, this applied book features evidence-based practices and case study examples to show how assessment data can drive prevention and intervention services, particularly at Tiers 1 and 2. Specific tools and recommendations for universal screening, problem analysis, and progress monitoring procedures offer a fresh, real-world approach to data-driven implementation of supports across schools.

This comprehensive resource--now revised and expanded--provides school practitioners with an evidence-based framework for preventing and effectively responding to youth suicidal behavior. David N. Miller guides readers to understand, screen, and assess for suicide risk in students in grades K–12. He presents collaborative strategies for intervening appropriately within a multi-tiered system of support. The book also shows how to develop a coordinated plan for postvention in the aftermath of a suicide, offering specific dos and don'ts for supporting students, parents, and school personnel. User-friendly tools include reproducible handouts; the book's large-size format facilitates photocopying. Purchasers get access to a webpage where they can download and print the reproducible materials. New to This Edition •Chapter on the roles and responsibilities of the school-based suicide prevention team. •Significantly revised coverage of screening and suicide risk assessment. •Situates prevention and intervention within a schoolwide multi-tiered system of support. •Updated throughout with current data, practical recommendations, and resources.

School counseling in the 21st century requires a new set of skills and practices than seen in past decades. With a sharper focus on social justice, the experiences and challenges for marginalized groups, and more open discussions as to issues students face, school counselors must be best equipped to handle all types of diverse students and situations. School counselors and guidance programs must address multicultural needs, underserved populations, and students with issues ranging from mental illness to family issues to chronic-illnesses and LGBTQ+ identities. Moreover, they must be prepared to guide students to learning success and adequately prepare them for future careers. The challenges students face in the 21st century lead to new ways to prepare, support, and educate school counselors in modern educational atmospheres with student bodies that are handling vastly different challenges, identities, and lifestyles. School counselors must navigate the profession with information on best practices, techniques, and 21st century skillsets that can adequately support and help all students. The Research Anthology on Navigating School Counseling in the 21st Century provides emerging research on the best practices in school counseling, along with methods, techniques, and professional development initiatives to better understand diverse student populations, needs, and challenges. This book will not only focus on how school counselors must adapt and learn in their own professional careers, but also how school counseling is functioning in the 21st century with the new concerns and obstacles students must face and overcome. The chapters provide a holistic view of how counselors are navigating their positions to best serve their students through effective practices, programs, and new tools and technologies. This book is ideal for school counselors, therapists, school psychologists, counseling educators, administrators, practitioners, researchers, academicians, and students who are interested in school counseling in the 21st century.

Note to Readers: Publisher does not guarantee quality or access to any included digital components if book is purchased through a third-party seller.Praise for the first edition:“The authors of this book have made a very important contribution in producing a book that literally provides a roadmap for how to realize MI's potential in school and family contexts. They are the acknowledged leaders of MI in schools and deserve much credit for adapting this approach so well for effective use by educators…I recommend it unconditionally as an invaluable resource for today's related services professional.”-Hill Walker, PhD, University of OregonThe second edition of this seminal reference is still the only book available that provides detailed, step-by-step guidance for using Motivational Interviewing (MI) to facilitate positive change in schools by working with parents, teachers, and students. Featuring readily accessible, proven strategies for promoting academic enabling behaviors, this text describes the defining principles, processes, and skills of MI. The new edition illuminates research-based strategies for building teacher, student, and parent engagement in school-based services, and identifies best-practice MI consultation skills, and tailors these interventions to the specific needs of teachers, students, and parents. Additionally, the book identifies methods for combining MI with other school-based intervention models as well as defining procedures for integrating MI within a school or across a school district. New to the second edition is the innovative coaching framework HomeBase, important literature updates on the science and practice of MI in schools, and expanded information on new applications of MI with students. The second edition also includes new strategies for motivating MI participants, MI applications with school problem-solving teams, and a major update to the sections on Learning MI and Monitoring Implementation Quality. Purchase of the print edition includes access to Ebook format.New to the Second Edition:Includes new HomeBase intervention program designed as a collaboration between parents and teachers to support childrenDelivers a new MI coaching frameworkSignificantly updates sections on Learning MI and Monitoring Implementation QualityReflects latest science regarding proper implementation of MIExpands coverage of MI applications with school problem-solving teamsIncludes strategies for learning and improving MI skillsProvides new dialogues/scripts from successful parent, teacher, and student interactionsHighlights specific interventions for gifted youth, applications for student self-monitoring and for support in alternative settingsKey Features:Demonstrates how to apply motivational interviewing to K-12 to help school professionals improve effectivenessDelivers expert tips for working with challenging families, students, and teachersCovers implementation and dissemination strategies for learning MI and monitoring fidelityIncludes abundant opportunities for practiceIncludes examples of MI that promote everyday conversations about changeProvides dozens of handouts to use with students, teachers, and parents

This book helps school counselors and other school personnel navigate the complexities of the most common critical cases that are urgent and difficult in schools in the 21st century. Counselor educators who use this text will help trainees learn to take a methodical approach to critical cases and to be prepared for the difficult situations they will encounter including cases involving violence, cases of an existential nature, cases involving inappropriate adult behavior, and cases impacting the school community. After a description of the case, the reader is provided with the theories, standards, and experiences that are relevant to the case to formulate a response that is based on foundational principles of the school counseling profession.Contributing counselors from around the country explain what they do when critical cases present themselves, and this text provides their tools, wisdom, and professional judgments and offers training that embraces the reality of the school counselor profession to all counselors, educators, and trainees.

School-Based Consultation and Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder examines the preventive and remedial powers of consultation for indirectly supporting the needs of youth with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), through collaborating with their parents and educators. Given the unprecedented numbers of students with ASD in schools, and the variety of evidence-based interventions currently available, consultation helps ensure appropriate service delivery across the range of student functioning. Focusing on foundational knowledge and skills that school consultants need to incorporate ASD service delivery into their research and practice, this text addresses consistent and effective service delivery for students with ASD to optimize their positive academic, behavioral, adaptive, and social communicative outcomes. Highlighting relevant cross-cultural research throughout its chapters, the book concludes with a section on future directions in the field that includes areas for improvement in meeting the needs of diverse students, families, and schools.

This integrative book brings forty years of research and scholarship in counseling, psychology, and education together in a singular analysis. In Making Meaning, Hayes illustrates how the construction of meaning can have a profound effect on how we come to know ourselves and others. Hayes depicts meaning-making as an ongoing, dialectical, and recursive process of change and reinvention. This process plays a central role in individual development and loss and helps promote multiculturalism, collaboration, and group and team development. This book is recommended for mental health professionals and educators looking to promote democratic learning communities.

Stephen Lane's Beyond Wiping Noses: Building an informed approach to pastoral leadership in schools sets out the crucial role of pastoral care as part of the function and purpose of schooling - and shares practical insights on how schools can get it right. Within the current culture of interest in developing research-informed approaches to teaching, the focus has inevitably been focused around pedagogy. However, with the well-documented increase in pupil anxiety and mental ill-health in recent times, there is also a pressing need for schools and teachers to embrace a more rigorous approach to pastoral care. In this urgently needed book, teacher and Head of Year Stephen Lane (aka Sputnik Steve) presents a case for developing a research-informed approach to the pastoral aspect of teaching. This approach is the result of Stephen's own explorations of pastoral practice - and in Beyond Wiping Noses he offers helpful advice on how to design a knowledge-rich pastoral curriculum that encompasses both knowledge of the self and knowledge of the other. Stephen expertly surveys the field of pastoral provision and leadership and provides practical takeaways around how schools can build an integrated approach to taking care of their pupils. He considers how pastoral routines can be embedded in the curriculum and developed to take account of cognitive load theory and Rosenshine's principles of instruction. The book also includes chapters focused on key pastoral considerations - such as safeguarding, behaviour, bullying, and wellbeing and mental health. Suitable for teachers, school leaders and anyone with a pastoral role in any school setting.

Parler de l'Intelligence émotionnelle est de le faire maintenant, en termes de développement de la personne, un aspect qui a été en plein essor depuis des dizaines d'années et dont la portée a été utile non seulement dans le champ si vous n'avez pas également. De plus en plus, il y a plus d'études qui s'accumulent sur les avantages d'un bon développement de l'Intelligence Émotionnelle, recommandé pour être formé en elle-le plus tôt sera le mieux. Par conséquent, l'école est le droit de l'environnement pour les petits et même les adolescents à connaître et à développer l'Intelligence Émotionnelle.

Designed for school counseling course work and as a reference for school district personnel, this text demystifies the roles and responsibilities of the school counselor and teaches students and practitioners how to perform, conduct, follow through, and carry out various roles and responsibilities required on the job. School Counselors as Practitioners conveys strategic, step-by-step processes and best practice recommendations, with emphasis on ethical and multicultural considerations. The 14 chapters in this textbook maintain, and are consistent with, the basis of school counselors'work in the school counseling core curriculum, responsive services, individual planning, and system support, and special attention is paid to ASCA and CACREP standards. A companion website provides students with templates and handouts for on-the-job responsibilities, as well as quiz questions for every chapter.

Die Beratungspraxis ist ohne Methoden und Techniken nichts. Diese sind keine Selbstläufer, sondern funktionieren als Katalysatoren, um Prozesse anzustoßen und komplexe Beratungsanliegen bearbeiten zu können. Das Buch dient als Nachschlagewerk zum Einsatz ausgewählter Methoden, bettet sie in den wissenschaftlichen Kontext ein und bietet damit Orientierung für die Auswahl, Durchführung und Abwandlung von Methoden.Es richtet sich an PraktikerInnen sowie an Studierende der Bildungsberatung.

Cuando un orientador u orientadora llega a un centro educativo siente, en muchos momentos, una sobrecarga de funciones, demandas y responsabilidades: ¿Qué se espera de mí? ¿Dónde está mi sitio? ¿Qué tengo que hacer en realidad? ¿Cómo me organizo para desarrollar mis tareas? El libro ofrece respuesta práctica a estos y otros interrogantes. Sin teorizar sobre técnicas o modelos, refleja una forma de entender la orientación educativa como un proceso de colaboración, reflexión conjunta y búsqueda de soluciones compartidas en todos los ámbitos de intervención pedagógica. Las actuaciones que las autoras han seleccionado, y que se describen detalladamente a lo largo del libro, son las que en su quehacer profesional han comprobado que se repiten de forma constante en los planes de trabajo, año a año y en la mayoría de las instituciones educativas. Se trata, por tanto, de una propuesta concreta en la que aparecen las tareas que enmarcan y dirigen toda la actividad orientadora: la elaboración del Plan de Trabajo Anual de Orientación, la presentación del mismo para su consenso y aprobación en los órganos de coordinación pedagógica,el seguimiento a lo largo del curso y la evaluación final del mismo. Esta Agenda de trabajo constituye un libro imprescindible para las personas responsables de la orientación en instituciones educativas.

Ethical Practice in the Human Services moves beyond addressing ethical issues and principles to helping readers actually practice ethical behavior through awareness of their personal morals, values, and choices. With coverage of ethical standards from six different associations, the text addresses ethical issues and principles in social work, counseling, psychology, and marriage and family therapy. Robust pedagogy includes case illustrations and guided exercises to give readers a deeper understanding of the underlying moral principles and values that serve as a foundation for the various ethical codes.

School counselors are often the only employees in school settings with any formal education in group work, and yet their training is typically a general course on how to run groups. Group Work in Schools provides an alternative training model; one that presents exactly what counselors need to know in order to successfully implement task-driven, psychoeducational, and counseling/psychotherapy groups in any educational setting. Additions to this newly updated second edition include: discussion topics, activities, case examples, integrated CACREP standards and learning outcomes, as well as an overall update to reflect the most recent research and knowledge.

Die Erziehungsberatung stellt seit der Einführung des Kinder- und Jugendhilfegesetzes (1990/1991) ein etabliertes, niedrigschwelliges und familienunterstützendes Angebot der Kinder- und Jugendhilfe dar. Da die Kinder- und Jugendhilfe vor allem „fachtheoretisch […] veranstaltete Sozialpädagogik“ (Jordan et al.) ist und sich an ihren fachlichen Einflüssen orientiert, kann sie als sozialpädagogisch-orientiert klassifiziert werden. Bei näherer Betrachtung der EB zeichnet sich jedoch eine deutliche psychologische und therapeutische Orientierung ab. So steht die EB – wie Körner und Hensen formulieren – zwischen den sozialpädagogischen Anforderungen einer modernen Jugendhilfepraxis und den (teilweise historisch) formulierten Ansprüchen einer subjektzentrierten psychologischen Beratungsleistung. Vor diesem Hintergrund verfolgt die vorliegende Studie die Frage welchen primären Auftrag die EB im Spannungsfeld sozialpädagogischer und (psycho-)therapeutischer Orientierungen aus der Perspektive der professionell Handelnden hat. Dazu werden problemzentrierte-qualitative Interviews mit Fachkräften aus EB-Stellen durchgeführt, um so deren subjektiven Wahrnehmungs-, Einstellungs-, und Begründungsmuster zu erhalten. Ziel ist, mithilfe der Aussagen von EB-Berater_innen eine explorativ angelegte Antwort auf das vorgestellte Problem zu bekommen und diese mit Blick auf die theoretischen Wissensbestände und zukünftigen Entwicklungsperspektiven der EB zu interpretieren. Es konnten spannende Erkenntnisse generiert und kontextualisiert werden.

Jeannine R. Studer's The Essential School Counselor in a Changing Society offers a practical approach to helping students understand the methods and standards in contemporary school counseling. Integrating the new ASCA model as well as the CACREP Standards across all areas of school counseling practice, this core text provides a unique and relevant perspective on the 21st century school counselor. Studer focuses on ethics and ethical decision making, as well as contemporary issues faced by today's counselor—such as crisis response, career counseling and advisement, group counseling, advocacy, and collaboration. The text begins with coverage of school counseling foundations, addresses intervention and prevention, and devotes the final section to enhancing academics through a positive school culture.

One of the greatest challenges for mental health and other professionals in school settings is to get students, families, and staff willing to partake of and engaged in their services. This is the first book on applying motivational interviewing (MI) is a powerful, evidence-based technique for facilitating behavior change throughout the school environment to help psychologists, counselors and other school-based professionals to improve the effectiveness of their practice.Based on encouraging research on the value of MI in K-12 settings, this practical book explains the basic elements of MI theory and demonstrates, step-by-step, how the four-stage process of engaging, focusing, evoking, and planning can be used with the families of students who need psychological or counseling services, teachers who need consultation and support to improve classroom management, and the students themselves. The book discusses barriers to readiness to change and describes how to foster engagement and compliance with school services to increase the likelihood that positive change will occur. It also describes how MI can be used to increase the effectiveness of inter-professional teams in school settings, along with ways in which MI can be integrated into and build support for already established programs. Richly illustrated with examples of using MI as a strategy for promoting everyday conversations about change--the nucleus of MI practice--the book also includes case studies and sample handouts for mental health professionals, students, family members, and teachers. Key Features:Demonstrates how to apply motivational interviewing to the K-12 environment to help school professionals improve effectivenessExplains the four-stage process of engaging, focusing, evoking, and planningShows how MI can be used with children, their families, and teachers to facilitate changeDescribes how MI can be integrated into other established programsIncludes plentiful case studies and examples of MI as a strategy for promoting everyday conversations about change

This book is designed as a nuts and bolts guide for school counselors. Fibkins highlights for secondary school counselors the'how's'and'why's'for using group counseling intervention to help the increasing numbers of troubled teenagers. Group counseling intervention is ideally suited to reach many more students than one-on-one counseling, and it offers busy counselors a positive way to maximize their outreach services. This book contains specific steps in developing a successful group program that comes to the aid of troubled teens and, in the process, helps create a school environment where students can learn, teachers can teach, administrators can lead, and parents can learn how to better help their children.

Everything you need for maximum counseling results in less time! Expert Gerald Sklare is back with a breakthrough approach to effective counseling. Get fresh insights and new applications for solution-focused brief counseling (SFBC). Revised and expanded chapters help you: • Conduct brief, short-term sessions that lead to rapid, observable change • Create well-defined client goals • Enable clients to envision and take steps toward a more hopeful future • Maximize your time for rapid, observable student progress • Use the solution-focused principles with reluctant clients • Conduct positive, goal-oriented parent conferences • Work with individuals in school and community settings You'll find a brand new chapter on abbreviated SFBC sessions, updated case studies and research, helpful flow charts and note sheets, and invaluable practice exercises. This'how-to'book gives you everything you need to implement this powerful, innovative counseling approach.'Simple yet spectacular, my students and I LOVE Brief Counseling that Works! It presents a user-friendly, time-efficient, and very effective approach to counseling school-aged youth (and adults)!'—Bradley T. Erford, Professor Past President of the American Counseling Association Loyola University of Maryland

How can school counsellors become an integral part of school life? Drawing on a wealth of experience and psychotherapeutic theory, Nick Luxmoore shows how counsellors can provide an excellent service by working with staff and young people, contributing to the school's culture and making a difference to pupils, staff and the school as a whole.

How can teachers deal with the growing pastoral needs of pupils aged 11-16 in schools?This critical guide explores the pastoral role which teachers play in schools, and argues that today's schools continue to offer children an invaluable source of support. This guide explores a number of serious pastoral issues, drawing on contemporary research to outline the impact which these issues can have on children aged 11-16 and offering practical strategies for providing support on a whole-school and individual classroom level. Consideration is also given to how schools can use the curriculum proactively to help pupils be more prepared to deal with serious pastoral issues.Topics dealt with include:- supporting children who are experiencing separation or divorce- helping to prevent and deal with bullying, including cyber-bullying- identifying and responding to possible child abuse- understanding the impact of domestic violence- supporting children through bereavement- responding to self-harm and suicideThis is the essential guide for those training to teach in the secondary sector and for practicing teachers who have recently taken on pastoral responsibilities.

The college years are very stressful for many people, so it comes as little surprise that college-aged youth often suffer from diagnosable psychiatric disorders. Even among college students whose distress is not clinically diagnosable, the college years are fraught with developmental challenges that can trigger bouts of psychological suffering. Is it any wonder, then, that suicide is the second leading cause of death in this age group?In Mindfulness and Acceptance for Counseling College Students, clinical researcher Jacqueline Pistorello explores how mindfulness and acceptance-based approaches such as acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT), mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT), and mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) are being utilized in higher education settings around the world to treat student mental health problems like severe depression, substance abuse, and eating disorders, and/or to help students thrive--both in and out of the classroom.This book offers easy-to-use programs for college counselors, therapists, instructors, administrators, and even high school counselors who are looking for tools to help high school students prepare for the transition to college. Counselors with extensive experience with mindfulness and acceptance approaches can learn new ways of adapting these approaches to interventions with college students, and counselors interested in these approaches but lacking experience can learn about these effective therapies. Finally, college administrators and staff can gain ideas for implementing mindfulness practices in various campus contexts to help p romote student mental health or academic engagement.In addition to chapters by Steven C. Hayes, the founder of acceptance and commitment therapy, this book also contains an online Appendix with helpful original handouts, Power Point slides, and links to podcasts and lectures to help implement mindfulness-based approaches on different campuses. It is a wonderful resource for any pro- fessional who works with college students and who is interested in promoting psychological well-being.The Mindfulness and Acceptance Practica SeriesAs mindfulness and acceptance-based therapies gain momentum in the field of mental health, it is increasingly important for professionals to understand the full range of their applications. To keep up with the growing demand for authoritative resources on these treatments, The Mindfulness and Acceptance Practica Series was created. These edited books cover a range of evidence-based treatments, such as acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), compassion-focused therapy (CFT), dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT), and mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) therapy. Incorporating new research in the field of psychology, these books are powerful tools for mental health clinicians, researchers, advanced students, and anyone interested in the growth of mindfulness and acceptance strategies.

Drawing on historical writings about mental health consultation and on contemporary research and theory, Jonathan Sandoval lucidly explains the consultee-centered approach to consultation. The book provides an expert foundation on which to build a training program for future school-based consultants. Written for graduate students in school psychology, counseling psychology, special education, and social work, this book is an invaluable resource for mental health professionals working in schools who wish to upgrade their professional skills and grow as reflective practitioners. Individual chapters describe different stages in the consultation process; outline the processes characterized in each stage; detail useful consultant skills; review pertinent research; discuss the ethical principles underlying practice; and suggest self-monitoring questions for student consultants.Featuring a step-by-step developmental model of the consultee-centered consultation process, this book encourages consultants to prioritize those characteristics that contribute to a consultee's work difficulty, in addition to assessing the client more generally. By detailing this unique approach, this concise volume provides an applicable, contextualized, and strategic form of consultation, and fosters a professional-to-professional relationship distinguishable from supervision, counseling, therapy, coaching or other methods.

This book describes the theory, methods, and contemporary applications of consultee-centered consultation, a non-hierarchical, non-prescriptive helping relationship between a consultant and a person or group (consultee) seeking professional help with a client. The goal is to provide help in re-conceptualizing the consultee's work problem thereby 1) improving their relationship with the client and 2) expanding the professional repertoire of both consultant and consultee. Key features of this outstanding new book include the following:•Conceptual Change Focus--The process of conceptual change in both the consultant and consultee is stressed throughout the book.•Historical Perspectives--The first section describes the historical evolution of consultee-centered consultation beginning with the work of Gerald Caplan and progressing to its broad, contemporary version that accommodates various professions and multiple psychological orientations.•Numerous Examples--The book provides a wealth of examples illustrating how consultee-centered consultation can be applied within school, child-care, social welfare, hospital and corporate settings.•International Focus--The chapter contributors represent a wide range of geographical and professional expertise.•Evaluation Methods--The final section provides examples of evaluation methods.This volume is appropriate for school, counseling, and clinical and child clinical psychologists; human service professionals working with professionals from other disciplines; and special education leaders.

This book has been replaced by Child and Adolescent Suicidal Behavior, Second Edition, ISBN 978-1-4625-4658-9.

In this book, Alice Healy Sesno's experience as a counselor and administrator provides powerful insights to both counselors and administrators. Start right, stay right, and build a distinguished counseling program in your school. Avoid the mistakes that can put an essential service in jeopardy. Discover how to win respect—and hearts—of students, parents, and other school personnel for a valuable service. With individual strategies for counselors and principals, Dr. Sesno seeks to blend these two professional groups together to forge a counseling program that can withstand budgeting attacks and downsizing demands.

Optimize school counselors and raise your school′s cultural competenceThe authors make a compelling case for recognizing professional school counselors as leaders of 21st-century change rather than'gatekeepers'of the status quo. Today′s school leaders need to acknowledge counselors′ value in the necessary work of providing equitable resources and opportunities for children in today′s multicultural environment. Aligned with the American School Counseling Association National Model for school counseling programs, Culturally Proficient Collaboration provides a conceptual framework and practical protocols for utilizing school counselors as:Change agents for school improvementCreators of results-based programsAdvocates for equity among demographic groupsIncluded are case stories and reflective activities for building educators′ skills in serving as leaders, advocates, collaborators, and systemic-change agents. Readers will find a clearly outlined path for empowering counselors to transform your leadership team and your school for the benefit of all students.

A practical guide that helps readers meet the challenges they′ll face as professional school counselors This comprehensive graduate-level text prepares readers to handle the problems and responsibilities they′ll face as professional school counselors, preschool through high school. It covers a wide range of topics in-depth, including: effective interventions for racism and bullying, the continuing score gap between ethnic groups, a school counselor′s leadership role in implementing school-based action research, a model for advocating on behalf of, and providing services to children with disabilities. The book is packed with real life examples and case descriptions: it provides strategies for preventing and responding to social and emotional problems, improving educational outcomes, and helping children score at optimum levels on high-stakes tests.

The mission of this forty-eight chapter Handbook is to provide a comprehensive reference source that integrates counseling theory, research and practice into one volume. It is designed to meet the needs of entry-level practitioners from their initial placement in schools through their first three to five years of practice. It will also be of interest to experienced school counselors, counselor educators, school researchers, and counseling representatives within state and local governments.

The concept of emotional intelligence (EI), which has steadily gained acceptance in psychology, seems particularly well suited to the work of school counselors and school psychologists who must constantly deal with troubled and underperforming students. To date, however, no book has systematically explained the theoretical and scientific foundations of emotional intelligence and integrated this information into the roles and functions of school counselors and other school personnel. In addition to illustrating how social emotional learning is important to both individual students and to school climate, the book also shows school counselors how to expand their own emotional awareness and resiliency.Key features of this outstanding new book include:•ASCA Guidelines. The book integrates the latest findings from the field of social emotional learning with the new ASCA guidelines for school counselors.•Real-life Cases. The book moves quickly from an overview of basic definitions, theories, and guidelines to stories of real counselors, administrators, teachers, and parents.•Author Expertise. John Pellitteri is Professor and Director of the Graduate Program in School Counseling Queens College (CUNY). A former school counselor, he is a leading researcher in the area of emotional intelligence. Barbara Ackerman is a K-5 school counselor and retiring Vice President of the American School Counseling Association (ASCA) Elementary School Division. Claudia Shelton has been a school counselor in grades 6-12 and currently heads a firm specializing in professional development for schools. Robin Stern is an adjunct associate professor and researcher at Columbia Teachers College and a specialist in social emotional learning for the New York City Board of Education.This book is appropriate as a supplementary text in school counseling courses and as a professional reference work for practicing school counselors, counselor educators, counseling psychologists, school psychologists, and school administrators.

Recipient of the ACES Beech Award! Grounded in Adlerian Psychology, the methods presented by Don Dinkmeyer, Jr. and Jon Carlson in Consultation are based upon the assumption that problems in the home and the classroom result not only from the direct actions of disruptive students, but also from the expectations of teachers and parents. This text shows how counselors can encourage change in these supposed'problem'children by helping authority figures recognize and alter the part they may be playing in exacerbating the negative actions of the student. Also included is a supplementary DVD depicting actual individual and group interviews with teachers and parents.

How can teachers support children with emotional or social difficulties?Counselling Pupils in Schools is a comprehensive guide to the effective use of counselling in schools. It provides practical guidance for teachers and those responsible for pastoral care on how to develop counselling skills and intervention strategies. The book combines theory and research with practical classroom strategies designed to focus on the social and emotional development of students and their teachers. Topics covered include:• a model for counselling in school• skills and intervening strategies for teachers• cross-cultural and sensitive issues• peer counselling and support• empowering pupils and parents• classroom-based activitiesThe ethics of teacher-student relationships are also discussed and teachers are provided with ideas for collaboration and managing their own stress in order to be more effective in counselling and guidance.This book is relevant to all professionals who work with young people: Teachers, PSHE co-ordinators, SENCos, Education Welfare Officers and Educational Psychologists will find it particularly useful.

A comprehensive case study of secondary school counseling as a developing profession. The author examines the growth of counseling, the characteristics of the contemporary counselor, the use of standardized tests, the changing orientation of the counselor from'educational advisor'to'therapist,'the influences of the institutional setting on counseling, and the impact of counseling on students and society.