Maximizing school guidance program effectiveness: A guide for school administrators & program directors

Twenty-three brief chapters provide administrators a comprehensive guide to school counseling that describes practices, problems, and processes for which school counselors' expertise may be relied on. Chapters are: (1) "Comprehensive School Counseling Programs" (Z. VanZandt, K. H. Burke, M. J. DeRespino); (2) "The Elementary School Counseling Curriculum" (S. C. Baldwin, K. K. Noyes, M. D. Deck); (3) "The School Counselor's Curriculum at the Secondary School Level" (G. E. Goodnough, J. R. Dick); (4) "National Standards for School Counseling Programs" (C. A. Dahir); (5) "The School Counselor's Role with Discipline" (J. R. Nelson, R. McGregor, D. Robertson); (6) "The School Counselor's Role as a Mental Health Services Broker" (B. B. Collison, J. L. Osborne, B. Layton); (7) "How School Counselors Can Support Teachers" (C. M. Wilkinson-Speltz, E. Forsythe); (8) "The School Counselor's Role in Organizational Team Building" (A. Basham, V. Appleton, C. Lambarth); (9) "How To Evaluate a School Counselor" (P. Tucker, J. Stronge, C. Beers); (10) "How To Hire a School Counselor" (C. Dykeman, J. Dykeman, B. Pedersen); (11) "The School Counselor's Role with Academic Advisement" (R. S. Tobias, R. L. Harbach); (12) "The School Counselor's Role with Career Development" (S. G. Niles, J. A. Stamp); (13) "The Use of Graduate Interns, Teacher Advisors, Peer Facilitators and Paraprofessionals in Guidance Services" (J. A. Casey, P. Chennell); (14) "Group Counseling" (T. H. Fields, D. E. Losey); (15) "The School Counselor's Role with Families" (K. W. Simington, R. J. Montaquila); (16) "Expressive Arts and Play Media in School Counseling" (P. O. Paisley, R. E. Young, III); (17) "The School Counselor's Role with Teenage Parents" (M. S. Kiselica, H. Colvin); (18) "The School Counselor's Role with Special Education" (J. M. Allen, E. LaTorre); (19) "The School Counselor's Role with Multicultural Student Populations" (D. Sellers, T. Hall); (20) "School Counseling Professionalism: Ethics, Clinical Supervision, and Professional Associations" (L. B. Crutchfield, E. S. Hipps); (21) "The Effectiveness of School Counseling" (T. Trotter, G. Delka, S. Seaman); (22) "Religious and Political Challenges to School Counseling" (R. E. Lewis, M. B. VanCleave); (23) "What School Administrators Can Do To Promote School Counseling" (J. W. Bloom, G. Davidson). (EMK)