Counseling Strategies that Work!: Evidence-based Interventions for School Counselors
- ISBN-10
- 0205445586
- ISBN-13
- 9780205445585
- Pages
- 304
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2007
- Publisher
- Pearson/Allyn and Bacon
- Author
- Richard D. Parsons
Description
Counseling Strategies that Work targets the unique, day-to-day problems encountered by today'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 today'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.
