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Dr. Jackie M. Allen |
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Professor Ψ Author Ψ Consultant School Psychology Ψ Counseling |
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NEW Book Release – Order Today!
EMPOWERING THE 21ST CENTURY PROFESSIONAL SCHOOL COUNSELOR
INTRODUCTION
School counselors in the 21st century continue to be on the front lines of educational change. With the growing number of dropouts, tight budgets, national legislation setting the bar for academic success, the growing emotional and social issues young people face, career and employment concerns, and the every day challenge of providing efficacious school counseling services and programs, school counselors seek empowerment for their lives and their jobs.
This book has been designed to provide all those who read it, whether in a school counseling class or in their office or home, a resource on current topics in school counseling that will empower school counselors with knowledge, practices, and personal development tips to serve the young people in our schools throughout the nation. This book is unique, in that, teams of counselor educators and practicing school counselors were invited to submit chapters on current topics. The collaboration of counselor educators and practicing school counselors gave experiential credibility to the chapters. In addition, some counseling experts added valuable information to complete the requested chapter topics.
It is hoped that the reader will find many chapters of interest and will enjoy the experiences, thoughts, ideas, and challenges presented by this wonderful group of counselors who have shared their expertise and experiences and written chapters with you, the reader, in mind, to empower you in your school counseling practice.
Major Book Sections: (click on each book section for list of chapters)
I. Professional Issues and Challenges: School Counselor as Professional The future of school counseling, law and ethics, mentoring models, grant writing, and school counselor research.
II. Leadership Issues and Challenes: School Counselor as Leader The ASCA National Model, change, accountability, in-service training, IDEA of 2004, and Response to Intervention.
III. Skill Building: School Counselor as Practitioner Family systems counseling, deployed family members, brain-based counseling, suicide prevention, self-injury, crisis victims and intervention, technology, cyber tools and the impact of cyber-communication, career development, learning and achievement, student study teams, attendance and graduation.
IV. Care for the Care Giver: School Counselor Taking Care of Self Personal growth, self-care, career exploration, retirement. |
