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Introduction to School Counseling

October 2014 | 664 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
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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.



 
1. School Counseling, an Evolving Profession
 
2. Professional Counseling in the Schools
 
3. Counseling With Young Children, Prekindergarten to Grade 5
 
4. School Counseling in the Middle School
 
5. Counseling in High Schools
 
6. Models and Approaches for School Counseling
 
7. Counseling Children With Educational and Special Needs
 
8. School Counseling With a Diverse Population of Students
 
9. Social Problems and Emergency Counseling in the Schools
 
10. School Testing Programs and the School Counselor
 
11. Professional School Counselors as Consultants
 
12. Professional School Counselors With Parents and the Greater Community
 
13. Counselor’s Role in Career Development and Planning
 
14. Data Management, Action Research, and the Evaluation of School Counseling Programs
 
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I like the material the chapters cover and the instructional supplements.

Dr George Hebert
Interdisciplinary Human Studies, Lsu Health Science Center
December 22, 2014
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By far, students who have used Introduction to School Counseling have improved their school counseling exam scores significantly. Students mention that the information in the text is an excellent primer for what to expect in practicum and in their career as a school counselor. The comprehensive yet streamlined text is an excellent choice for a course in school counseling or a practicum course.

Chris Hennington
Social Science Dept, Lubbock Christian University
August 25, 2014
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The information in the text provided students with great introductiory materials relative to School Counseling

Professor Donald Anderson
Behavioral Std Educ Lead Dept, Southern University A & M College
September 22, 2011
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I really like the comprehensive coverage of topics in this book. I cannot adopt it for this next year, 2011-2012 as I have had to turn in the textbook order to my school bookstore already.
I am seriously considering this book for next year's class. By then, I hope to be more familiar with the contents of the text to give me a better perspective.
Thank you.
Shifa Podikunju-Hussain

Dr Shifa Podikunju-Hussain
School Of Education, Indiana University - Southeast
March 29, 2011
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Key features

Key Features:

  • Focus on the consultative role of the school counselor: includes ideas for developing a consulting practice within the school, for overcoming resistance, and for developing the flexibility to move to different school counseling venues, including counseling in virtual schools.
  • A solid grounding in measurement and research helps readers develop the ability to interpret, evaluate, and explain standardized test scores and other data to colleagues, students, and parents. It also empowers the school counselor to take a leadership role in school based action research and program evaluation.
  • Multicultural techniques for counselors, drawn from both current literature and the author's own experience growing up and later teaching in an inner-city environment, are included, along with techniques for assisting children with undocumented and language-minority parents.
  • In-text learning aids include chapter-opening introductions; chapter-ending summaries and discussion questions; chapter objectives; cartoons, photos, and tables; a complete glossary, and 39 Case in Point features that provide problematic counseling scenarios and resolutions.
  • The ASCA statement of Ethical Standards for School Counselors is reprinted inside the front and back covers to provide a quick reference for counselors as they establish their school-based practices. These ethical principles are imbued throughout the book's narrative.