The High School Counselor S Handbook

From two experienced and passionate school counselor educators comes a thorough revision of Developing an Effective and Accountable School Counseling Program. Embraced by professors and students alike for its accessible writing style and practical applications, the text retains well-liked features such as case studies, margin notes, and stimulus questions. The text has been expanded and thoroughly updated to reflect, among other important developments in the field, the ASCA National Model for School Counseling programs, the school counseling specialty standards articulated by CACREP, and the increasing focus on being able to define and measure accountability in school counseling programs. Book jacket.

"Provides a wealth of specific information and resources that should be at the fingertips of every school counselor." —Richard Hazler, Professor of Counselor Education, Penn State University Author, Helping in the Hallways The school counselor′s all-in-one reference for assisting students with special needs! What is the school counselor′s role in the special education process? How can school counselors assist students with special needs? In this comprehensive and thorough guide, the authors answer these and other questions about best practices for meeting the academic, social, and career requirements of students with disabilities. This hands-on guide clarifies the counselor′s role and provides a wealth of practical strategies for navigating special education processes, using available resources, and building effective teams. The authors examine special education procedures and present interventions for preschool, school-age, and transitioning students, provide study questions for reflection, and cover topics such as: Assessment and intervention, including RTI Behavioral and academic challenges associated with disabilities Collaboration with school and community personnel and medical specialists Disability categories Legal and ethical issues Individual and group counseling Special education terminology Designed for busy school professionals, The School Counselor′s Guide to Special Education is an invaluable desk reference that will help counselors respond with confidence to a wide range of student and staff needs.

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.

Down-to-earth advice for helping students with disabilities succeed The School Counselor's Guide to Helping Students with Disabilities offers school counselors a practical guide for handling the complexities of working with children and youth who have disabilities. The book is organized to correspond with the myriad responsibilities and roles assumed by school counselors in elementary, middle and high school settings. The authors provide both seasoned and new school counselors with the insight and tools they need to successfully promote the academic, personal, social, and career success of students with disabilities. Presents a wealth of relevant disability-related knowledge and useful strategies Includes information on the most pertinent legislation pertaining to students with disabilities Offers the most effective counseling interventions for helping young children or adolescents experiencing social exclusion because of their disabilities Bonus section contains a wealth of disability-specific information with implications and practical applications for counselors This important book brings together experts in two disciplines, school counseling and special education/disabilities, in order to address the practicalities and possibilities of working with students with disabilities.

This comprehensive and practical text on how to conduct Group Counseling in K-12 Schools focuses on practice rather than on the theories and research that underlie group counseling. Group Counseling in Schools covers the topic of group counseling from initiation to termination at all school levels. The text views group counseling as an integral component of a comprehensive guidance and counseling program, covering such topics as the importance of enhancing the visibility of guidance and counseling programs in order to facilitate group counseling; how to encourage cooperation from teachers, administrators, and parents; selecting group topics; screening procedures for prospective group members; developing group plans; determining the size of groups; facilitating the scheduling of group counseling; multicultural issues in group counseling; evaluating group counseling; and professional issues related to group counseling in schools. The text stresses the importance of the school counselor as an active participant in counseling, whether counseling is being done individually or in a group. The role of the active counselor is discussed along with the skills needed for becoming an effective school counselor.

The School Counselor's Guides is a set of three volumes, providing a tailored guidance curriculum for Elementary, Middle, and High School students, including approximately 100 classroom activities that are organized and designed to meet the National Standards created by the American School Counselor Association (ASCA). These activities can be used in the design of a comprehensive guidance curriculum, which addresses the academic, career, and personal/social development of all students. Each of The Guides provide assessment instruments that allow counselors to measure how school counseling programs make a difference for their students. These assessment instruments measure the guidance curriculum's effectiveness to promote the academic, career, and personal/social developmental domains. These publications have been assembled in three-ring binders in order to make it convenient for the user to photocopy handouts for students and easily transport the day's lesson plans before returning them to the binder for storage.