Solution-Focused School Counselor
Shaping Professional Practice
Cynthia J Osborn author Tom E Davis author
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
Published:8th Oct '15
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- Paperback£37.99(9781560328629)

This text highlights the indispensable role of school counselors today, namely as change agents in an increasingly complex and fluctuating school system. Informed by emerging standards of practice and current research, the book adopts the salutary perspective of solution-focused brief therapy as its foundation. It outlines practical and time-sensitive strategies for school counselors to use with students, parents, teachers, and administrators.
The Solution-FocusedSchool Counselor encourages readers to envision and proactively construct interactions with students, families, and staff that contribute not only to the formation of an exceptional school, but to the shaping of an effective professional practice. Blending current theory into practice, the authors have consulted research across a variety of disciplines and have related it in an understandable format. School counselors will find this book useful either as a professional resource to be read from cover-to-cover, or as a reference tool from which specific sections may be consulted.
This book is an excellent resource for school counselors and students alike. It is also useful for school psychologists and administrators as well as anyone interested in making a difference in the school setting.
"...[This book] is an invaluable resource for school counselors and provides a much needed alternative perspective about students and their problems. The authors present clear guidelines and rich case descriptions for implementing solution-focused, brief counseling as part of a developmental and comprehensive school counseling program." -- Pamela O. Paisley, University of Georgia
"Davis and Osborn take a dramatic leap into the school counselor's vision of the new millenium by bringing a new focus for working with students, teachers, and parents...In today's volatile school environment, teachers, school counselors, and administrators need a book that offers a new direction. Davis and Osborn provide the resource for change in our most important of institution-the school
." -- Linda Metcalf, Ph.D, Author of Counseling Toward Solutions
ISBN: 9781138132665
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 453g
132 pages