1st Edition
Strengths-Based School Counseling Promoting Student Development and Achievement
384 Pages
by
Routledge
384 Pages
by
Routledge
384 Pages
by
Routledge
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Despite calls for a more preventive and developmental mode of functioning, school counseling has tended to be driven by a reactive and sometimes crisis orientation. Like social workers and school, counseling, and clinical psychologists, school counselors typically function to alleviate deficits, often in a small percentage of the students they serve. Although this orientation has served school... Read more
Contents: Preface. The Strengths-Based School Counseling Framework. Implementing the Strengths-Based School Counselor’s Role. Promoting Academic Development: Basic Principles. Promoting Academic Development: Interventions. Promoting Personal and Social Development. Promoting Career Development. Strengths-Based School Counseling in Perspective. School Counselor Preparation.
Biography
JohnP. Galassi
“On balance, I think the book will make a significant contribution to school counseling. I would certainly use it in my own teaching….There are good ideas, interventions, and materials here that can be used in school counseling across different conceptions of the school counselor’s role.”
—Ed Herr
Penn State University“This book will be state of the art in the developmental aspects of school counseling. It is up-to-date, evidence-based, and tied to standards and models of school counseling.”
—Bruce Wampold
University of Wisconsin
