A Survival Guide for the Elementary/Middle School Counselor, 2nd Edition

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Edition: 2nd
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2004-02-01
Publisher(s): Jossey-Bass
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Summary

This second edition of the best-selling book offers school counselors an expanded, practical, professional resource that is packed with hundreds of ready-to-use ideas, strategies, and tools. This Survival Guide will help you plan and implement an effective counseling program tailored to the remedial, preventative, and developmental needs of all your elementary and middle school students. For easy use, the Survival Guide is organized into twelve sections, each focusing on one aspect of a comprehensive program. Step by step, the book shows you how to: Define a Comprehensive Counseling Program Develop Your Role and Create an Identity Set Sail and Stay Afloat Identify Essential Services Integrate the Curriculum and the Program Reach Out to Diverse Populations Prepare for Crisis Intervention Use Essential Services to Address Students' Concerns Belong and Be with the School Involve Significant Others Play Fair and According to the Rules

Author Biography

<b>John J. Schmidt</b>, Ed.D., LPC, is a full professor at East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina, where he teaches graduate level courses in counselor education. He is a North Carolina Licensed Professional Counselor, a National Certified Counselor, and a member of Chi Sigma Iota, the international honor society in counseling.

Table of Contents

About the Author.
Acknowledgments.
About This Survival Guide.
1. DEFINING AND DESCRIBING A SCHOOL COUNSELING PROGRAM.
Describing the Program.
Seeking Input.
Defining What You Do: A Glossary of Services.
Chapter 1 Worksheets.
Chapter 1 Exhibits.
2. DEVELOPING YOUR ROLE AND CREATING AN IDENTITY.
Determining Who Does What.
Creating a Counselor Identity.
Balancing Time.
Chapter 2 Worksheets.
Chapter 2 Exhibits.
3. SETTING SAIL AND STAYING AFLOAT.
Planning.
Coordinating.
Chapter 3 Worksheets.
Chapter 3 Exhibit.
Chapter 3 Figures.
4. IDENTIFYING ESSENTIAL SERVICES.
Counseling.
Consulting.
Appraising.
Chapter 4 Worksheets.
Chapter 4 Exhibits.
Chapter 4 Figure.
5. INTEGRATING THE CURRICULUM AND THE PROGRAM.
Affective Education: Integration and Infusion.
Educational Planning and Placement.
Test Results and Improved Instruction.
Career Development.
A Lifetime of Learning.
Chapter 5 Worksheets.
Chapter 5 Exhibit.
6. REACHING OUT TO DIVERSE POPULATIONS.
General Guidelines.
Children and Challenges.
English Language Learners (ELL).
Culturally Diverse Populations.
Chapter 6 Worksheets.
7. PREPARING FOR CRISIS INTERVENTION.
Definition and Description of a Crisis.
A Crisis Team and Plan.
In-service.
Crisis Counseling.
Chapter 7 Worksheet.
Chapter 7 Exhibit.
8. USING ESSENTIAL SERVICES TO ADDRESS STUDENTS’ CONCERNS.
Student Concerns.
Critical Cases.
Chapter 8 Exhibits.
9. BELONGING AND BEING WITH THE SCHOOL.
Establishing Relationships.
Relating Personally.
Relating Professionally.
Chapter 9 Worksheet.
Chapter 9 Exhibit.
10. INVOLVING SIGNIFICANT OTHERS.
Family and Community Knowledge.
Communication and Information.
Parent Education Programs.
Chapter 10 Worksheets.
Chapter 10 Exhibits.
11. PLAYING FAIR AND ACCORDING TO THE RULES.
Legal Considerations and Resources.
Ethical Considerations.
General Guidelines of Ethical Practice.
Chapter 11 Worksheet.
12. HELPING YOURSELF TO HELP OTHERS.
Self-Assessment.
Personal Caring.
Professional Caring.
Conclusion.
Chapter 12 Worksheet.
Resources.
Bibliography.
Web Sites.
Index.

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