1st Edition

Crisis Counseling For A Quality School A Family Perspective

By Larry Palmatier Copyright 1998

    The theory of crisis counselling put forward in this book is applied to the following situations: drug and alcohol abuse; depression and suicide; physical and sexual abuse; social and discipline problems; lateness; encopresis and enuresis; fear, teariness, inactivity, fury and impulsiveness; violence and conflicts; children of divorced and foster families; loss and grief; war and disasters; parents in crisis; homelessness, crack kids and AIDS children; and defiance, inter-racial tensions and cross-cultural conflicts.

    PART I SEEING CRISES IN A CONTEXT CHAPTER 1 MANAGING FOR QUALITY IN THE SCHOOLS CHAPTER 2 REALITY THERAPY AND CHOICE THEORY: MAKING PERSONAL CHOICES FOR A CHANGE CHAPTER 3 CRISIS THEORY: COUNSELING OUT-OF-CONTROL PEOPLE CHAPTER 4 ETHICAL SCHOOL COUNSELING: MANAGING A BALANCING ACT CHAPTER 5 THERAPIST AS TEACHER; TEACHER AS THERAPIST: EVOLUTION OF THE RESPONSIBLE ROLE MODEL PART II CRISES AND SOLUTIONS—PERSONAL TRAUMAS CHAPTER 6 HANDLING PERSONAL PROBLEMS: SHOWING FEAR, TEARS, INACTIVITY, APATHY, IMPULSIVITY, AND TRUANCY CHAPTER 7 CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT: A GUIDE TO EFFECTIVE ADVOCACY CHAPTER 7 CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT: A GUIDE TO EFFECTIVE ADVOCACY CHAPTER 8 SUBSTANCE ABUSE IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS: A FAMILY PERSPECTIVE CHAPTER 9 DEPRESSION AND SUICIDE: INJECTING HOPE CHAPTER 10 COUNSELING SEXUAL ABUSERS CHAPTER 11 CHILDREN AND HIV: CONCEPTS AND STRATEGIES FOR TEACHERS AND COUNSELORS PART III CRISES AND SOLUTIONS—INTERACTIONAL TRAUMAS CHAPTER 12 HANDLING INTERPERSONAL PROBLEMS AT SCHOOL: IMPROVING RELATIONSHIPS CHAPTER 13 COUNSELING CHILDREN FROM FOSTER FAMILIES: CHALLENGES FOR SCHOOL CHAPTER 14 REDUCING CROSS-CULTURAL CONFLICT WITH CHOICE THEORY CHAPTER 15 STREET GANGS: COPING WITH VIOLENCE IN SCHOOLS CHAPTER 16 DEATH AND CHILDHOOD GRIEF CHAPTER 17 PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT WITH CERTAIN SCHOOL PROBLEMS CHAPTER 18 CONFLICT RESOLUTION STRATEGIES: USING REALITY THERAPY AND CHOICE THEORY TO ASSIST CHILDREN IN MAKING BETTER CHOICES EPILOGUE PSYCHOLOGY: SCIENCE OR CHARADE—FREUD’S POWER GRAB

    Biography

    Larry Palmatier