School Counseling for the 21st Century

by Baker, Stanley B.; Gerler, Edwin R., Jr.

• ISBN13: 9780131890374
• ISBN10: 0131890379
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-05-17
• Publisher: Pearson

Summary

Upon opening this book for the first time and glancing at the table of contents, students are presented with chapter titles that reflect all the crucial subject matter of what it takes to be a school counselor. Examples of national models and paradigms, all designed to make the profession manageable and understandable, are on display throughout the book. The authors have incorporated the human side of school counseling at the core of every chapter, hoping not to block the spirit of caring for people by what at first glance might appear to be academic jargon. This book is designed as a means for graduate students and others to lend their voices to the issues confronting school counselors and, most importantly, to chart the course for invention in school counseling. The authors believe that the school counseling profession is enriched when the voices of aspiring professionals meet the voices of experience, with the aim of creating new ways to serve. For future school counselors.

Table of Contents

The School Counseling Profession

School Counseling and the Challenge of History

Accountability in School Counseling

Legal and Ethical Responsibilities in School Counseling

Advocacy in School Counseling

Leadership and Collaboration in School Counseling

Prevention Programming in School Counseling: Serving All Students Proactively

Individual and Group Counseling: Responding to Selected Needs in Schools

Referral and Coordination in School Counseling

School Counselor Consulting: A Bridge Between Prevention and Intervention

Assessment in School Counseling

Inventing a School Counseling Program Online

Beyond the Training Program: A School Counseling Career

AStandards for School Counseling Programs

BLesson Outlines for Succeeding in School

CKey Components of the National Standards for School Counseling Programs

DPresidential High School: MEASURE of Success

EXYZ Closing the Gap Results Report

FACA Code of Ethics

GEthical Standards for School Counselors

HMulticultural Counseling Standards

References

Author Inndex

Subject Index

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