School counseling: New perspectives & practices

School counselors need new ideas to initiate change in school counseling programs. This book presents a collection of innovative paradigms and approaches. Part 1 presents articles on techniques and methods of counseling interventions: (1) Student Rights (C. C. Hogan); (2) At-Risk Students and Violence (L. Giusti); (3) Conflict Management (D. R. Coy); (4) Learning Styles and School Counseling (C. Roels); (5) Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and the School Counselor (P. K. Gabbard; J. M. Allen); (6) Multicultural Counseling and the School Counselor (D. T. Yagi); (7) Counseling Native Students (S. C. Greenfield); (8) Counseling for High Skills (K. B. Hoyt; J. K. Hughey; K. F. Hughey); (9) Student Transitions: Moving from Fear to Opportunity (J. Olsen; P. Crandall); (10) Stages of Adolescents and Middlescents: Working with Parents and Teens (D. Nesselhuf); and (11) Keys to Leading Successful School Groups (T. H. Fields; R. Smead). Part 2 examines program and policy development: (12) School Counselor as Change Agent in Education Reform (C. B. Sheldon); (13) School-to-Work Programs and the School Counselor (J. M. Ettinger; N. Perry); (14) Career Development and the School Counselor (L. L. Kobylarz); (15) Creating a Business Advisory Council for School Counselors (P. Schwallie-Giddis; J. M. Allen); (16) Developing a Crisis Management Plan (J. Gallagher; D. R. Coy); (17) Designing an Outcome Based School Counseling System and Program (T. R. Radd); (18) Implementing the Developmental Comprehensive School Counseling Program Model (J. Lukach); (19) Strategic Planning for School Counselors (J. Olsen; J. M. Allen); and (20) The Development of National Standards for School Counseling Programs (C. A. Dahir). Part 3 addresses school counselor professionalism: (21) Home, School, and Community Partnerships (M. E. Gehrke); (22) Writing and Publishing for the School Counselor (P. N. Wickwire); (23) Total Quality Leadership and School Counseling (R. M. Dedmond); (24) Credentialing and Certification for School Counselors (J. W. Bloom; S. Eubanks); (25) Counseling and Guidance Advisory Councils (F. Carney); (26) Developing Assessment Standards for School Counselors; (27) The Politics of School Counseling; (28) School Counseling as a Specialty Area of the Profession (P. O. Paisley; L. D. Borders); (29) The Internet as a Resource for School Counseling (E. B. Rust); (30) Assessment for Advocacy and Accountability in School Counseling (J. Gallagher); (31) ERIC/CASS Virtual L