Counseling Strategies that Work! Evidence-based Interventions for School Counselors

by Parsons, Richard D.

• ISBN13: 9780205445585
• ISBN10: 0205445586
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2019-12-28
• Publisher: Pearson

Summary

Counseling Strategies that Worktargets the unique, day-to-day problems encountered by todayrs"s school counselor and provides a new perspective on treatment selection. This text is an anthology of intervention strategies that are rooted in scientific evidence supporting their effectiveness when applied to the day-to-day "problems" confronting todayrs"s school counselor. It is an excellent source for counseling techniques courses or as a reading assigned as part of their field placement experiences, as well as a useful reference text for all those currently employed as school counselors. Every chapter provides a blending of theory, practice and guided, personalized application. The content is broken down succinctly, beginning with a brief introduction to the nature of the problems being addressed before delving into a detailed presentation with case illustration of the application of an intervention strategy. Each chapter includes: A brief introduction to the nature of the problems being addressed. Precis of sample research supporting a specific intervention technique. Detailed presentation with case illustration of the application of the intervention strategy. A listing of clinical recommendations for direct application. A list of web based and literature based resources of additional material.

Table of Contents

Preface	x
Acknowledgments	xvi
SECTION 1 ASSISTING STUDENTS NAVIGATE ACADEMIC DEMANDS	1	(76)
Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: Interventions for Student Distractibility, Inattentiveness, and Time on Task	3	(18)
Sample Interventions
A Multimethod Intervention for Social-Skills Deficits in Children with AD/HD and Their Parents	6	(2)
The Effects of Self-Monitoring of Academic Performance	8	(2)
School-based Multicomponent Program for Treating AD/HD	10	(2)
Detailed Intervention
Group Counseling Intervention for Children with AD/HD	12	(4)
From the Field	16	(5)
Disruptive Behavior: Tantrums, Out-of-Seat, and Clowning	21	(13)
Sample Interventions
Contingency Contracting: Reducing Classroom Tantrums	23	(1)
Modifying Task Difficulty	24	(2)
Group Contingency to Manage Disruptive Behavior	26	(2)
Detailed Intervention
Reality Therapy and Solution-Focused Counseling for Student Off-Task Behavior	28	(3)
From the Field	31	(3)
Dishonesty: Cheating and Stealing	34	(16)
Sample Interventions
Classroom Control as a Means of Reducing Cheating	37	(2)
Encouraging Schoolwide Honesty	39	(2)
Stimulus Control-Reinforcement and Response Cost as a Means of Reducing Stealing	41	(2)
Extinction as a Means of Controlling Stealing	43	(1)
Detailed Intervention
Family Contracting and Self-Reinforcement of Alternative Behavior	44	(2)
From the Field	46	(4)
Low Self-efficacy and Motivational Issues	50	(13)
Sample Interventions
Goal Setting for Academic Improvement	52	(2)
Poor Performance: Skills or Motivation?	54	(2)
Goal Setting and Self-Assessment	56	(2)
Detailed Intervention
The ``Go For It'' Club	58	(2)
From the Field	60	(3)
Task Completion and Homework Issues	63	(14)
Sample Interventions
Use of Learning Stations to Increase Self-Control for Homework Completion	65	(2)
Reinforcements and Real-Life Homework	67	(1)
Personalizing Homework	68	(2)
Detailed Intervention
The Use of Goal Setting and Contingency Contracting	70	(2)
From the Field	72	(5)
SECTION 2 ASSISTING STUDENTS WITH INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS	77	(86)
Social Withdrawal, Shyness, and Social Anxiety	79	(14)
Sample Interventions
Social-Effectiveness Therapy	81	(2)
Peer Pairing	83	(2)
Cognitive Restructuring Strategy: A Case Study	85	(2)
Detailed Intervention
Social-Skills Training for Shy Adolescents	87	(3)
From the Field	90	(3)
Violence: Aggression and Bullying	93	(14)
Sample Interventions
Group CBT for Aggressive Boys	95	(2)
Changing Attribution of Hostile Intent	97	(2)
Bullying: A School-based Intervention	99	(2)
Detailed Intervention
Think First!	101	(3)
From the Field	104	(3)
Noncompliance, Defiance, and Oppositional Behavior	107	(13)
Sample Interventions
Reducing Oppositional and Aggressive Behavior: Social-Cognitive Group Intervention	109	(2)
Facing Defiance---Avoiding the Power Struggle	111	(2)
Student Self-Analysis on Monitoring of Behavior	113	(2)
Detailed Intervention
Time-In/Time-Out	115	(3)
From the Field	118	(2)
Conduct Problems and Antisocial Behavior	120	(15)
Sample Interventions
First Grade Prevention Program	123	(2)
Performance-based Intervention---Child Training	125	(2)
Decreasing Expression of Anger with CBT	127	(2)
Detailed Intervention
Fast Track	129	(3)
From the Field	132	(3)
Sexual Behavior	135	(14)
Sample Interventions
Behavioral Management of Public Masturbation	137	(2)
Draw the Line/Respect the Line: Middle School Prevention Programming	139	(2)
Culturally Sensitive Pregnancy-Reduction Program	141	(2)
Detailed Intervention
Reducing Sexual Risk-Taking Behaviors	143	(3)
From the Field	146	(3)
Prejudice and ``Isms'' in the School	149	(14)
Sample Interventions
Modifying Racial Attitudes	151	(2)
Antihomophobia: A Teaching Module	153	(2)
Attitudes Toward the Handicapped	155	(2)
Detailed Intervention
Developmental Guidance Project Embracing Difference	157	(3)
From the Field	160	(3)
SECTION 3 HELPING STUDENTS WITH EMOTIONAL DIFFICULTIES	163	(136)
Anxiety: Separation Social, and Tests	165	(15)
Sample Interventions
Friends Program	168	(2)
Social Anxiety: CBT and Social-Skills Training	170	(2)
Separation Anxiety: A Case Study using CBT	172	(2)
Detailed Intervention
Stop, Drop, and Roll to Reduce Test Anxiety	174	(2)
From the Field	176	(4)
Stress	180	(15)
Sample Interventions
Stress---A Skills-Oriented Program	182	(2)
Increasing Coping Skills with a School-based Program in Optimistic Thinking	184	(2)
Muscle Relaxation and Cognitive Coping Strategies	186	(2)
Detailed Intervention
A School-based Management Program	188	(3)
From the Field	191	(4)
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder	195	(14)
Sample Interventions
Response Prevention with an Adolescent	197	(2)
Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment and Medication Alone or in Combination	199	(2)
Group Behavioral Treatment	201	(2)
Detailed Intervention
The Use of Exposure and CBT	203	(3)
From the Field	206	(3)
Improving and Maintaining Self-Esteem	209	(16)
Sample Interventions
Psychosocial Prevention Program	211	(2)
Psycho-educational Approach	213	(2)
Guided Imagery	215	(3)
Detailed Intervention
Adlerian Adventure-based Counseling	218	(3)
From the Field	221	(4)
Depression	225	(17)
Sample Interventions
Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment Program for Schoolchildren	229	(2)
Preventing Depression	231	(2)
An Ecological Approach	233	(2)
Detailed Intervention
Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, Relaxation, and Self-Monitoring	235	(3)
From the Field	238	(4)
Suicidal Ideation and Behavior	242	(14)
Sample Interventions
Reducing Suicide Potential---A School-based Prevention Program	244	(2)
Counselor Interview as Prevention Intervention	246	(2)
Cognitive-Behavioral Structured Intervention---SNAP	248	(2)
Detailed Intervention
Suicide Prevention Program---SOS	250	(2)
From the Field	252	(4)
Trauma, Loss, and the Grieving Process	256	(14)
Sample Interventions
School-based Group Treatment Protocol	258	(2)
School-based Intervention for Children Suffering Loss from Divorce	260	(2)
Use of Puppets to Treat Traumatic Grief	262	(2)
Detailed Intervention
Childhood Traumatic Grief	264	(2)
From the Field	266	(4)
Eating Disorders	270	(13)
Sample Interventions
Student Bodies---Internet Prevention Program	273	(2)
Primary Prevention Program for Middle School	275	(2)
Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment for Anorexia Nervosa	277	(1)
Detailed Intervention
Eating Disorder Prevention Program---A Controlled Study	278	(3)
From the Field	281	(2)
Substance Use and Abuse	283	(16)
Sample Interventions	287	(6)
Multidimensional Family Therapy	287	(2)
Preventing Binge Drinking	289	(2)
Group-based Substance Abuse Treatment Program for Adolescents	291	(2)
Detailed Intervention
Project Pride: A Counselor-Administered Drug and Alcohol Prevention Program	293	(2)
From the Field	295	(4)
Index	299