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Consultation gives school counselors numerous advantages over individual or small group counseling. Chief among them is the far greater amount of children and adolescents one counselor can reach; by creating a more responsive school environment--consisting of teachers, parents, and others who can make decisions that children cannot--the counselor can positively affect all students who pass through that environment. However, making consultation effective requires a high level of knowledge and skill.
School Counselor Consultation: Skills for Working Effectively with Parents, Teachers, and Other School Personnel represents the most comprehensive resource available for understanding the entire consultation process. Unlike other consultation books that focus on theory, School Counselor Consultation emphasizes proven practice techniques. These include:
* What to say to parents and teachers about referring students to the school counselor
* What to ask teachers to assist in formulating successful interventions
* How to make the most of parent conferences
* How to plan for, execute, and follow-up on consultation sessions
* A five-step approach to conducting an individual consultation
* How to plan and present psychoeducational workshops to parents and teachers
This hands-on resource also features many forms and checklists--including consultation record forms, a sample agenda, surveys, and a crisis management plan--that you can use in practice. In addition, four appendices cover Adlerian theory, the American School Counselor Association and American Counseling Association Codes of Ethics, and how to best use this book to build consultation skills.
Consultation offers one of the most time-effective and beneficial services a school counselor can provide. A valuable resource for both students and practicing counselors, School Counselor Consultation is the most complete and up-to-date guide to the challenging yet highly rewarding consultation process.
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FRAN MULLIS, PHD, is Associate Professor and JOANNA WHITE, EDD, is Professor and Chair in the Department of Counseling and Psychological Services at Georgia State University in Atlanta, Georgia.
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List of Tables and Figures ix
Foreword Robert D. Myrick, PhD xi
Chapter 1 Introduction to School Counselors as Consultants 1
Personal and Professional Growth Orientation 2
Knowledge of Consultation and Human Behavior 2
Consulting Skills 2
A Multicultural and Diversity Perspective 3
Why Consult? 5
Chapter 2 A School-Based Approach to Consultation: Supporting Models and Theories 9
Consultation in Schools 9
Theoretical Approach 10
Models of Consultation 12
Another Approach to Organization of Models 14
Models and Theory Central to This Approach 15
Case Consultation Model 16
Teaching/Workshop Model 16
Chapter 3 Ethical Issues in Consultation 19
Tripartite Relationship 19
Information about the Student (Client) 20
Information about the Consultee 23
Nonsupervisory Relationship 23
Voluntary and Temporary Relationship 24
Voluntary and Temporary 24
Encourages Consultee Self-Reliance 25
Work-Related Relationship 25
Other Ethical Issues 26
Working with Other Professionals 26
Competence 28
Values 28
Fees for Service 29
Additional Considerations 29
Chapter 4 Case Consultation with Teachers and Parents 31
Basic Consultation Model 31
Before the Consultation 32
Step I: Prepare for the Consultation 32
During the Consultation 34
Step II: Define the Process and Develop the Relationship 34
Step III: Present and Gather Information about the Student 35
Step IV: Choose Behaviors to Work On—Identify/Plan Intervention and Follow-Up Strategies 37
After the Consultation 41
Step V: Follow-Up 41
Chapter 5 Typical Issues in School Consultation 43
How to Refer Students 43
What Parents and Teachers Can Tell Students about Seeing the Counselor 45
Frequently Asked Questions 47
Consultee Resistance 48
Chapter 6 Workshops and Education Programs 51
Workshop Model 51
Programs for Teachers 52
Cooperative Discipline 54
Tribes: A New Way of Learning and Being Together 54
Systematic Training for Effective Teaching 55
Preparing Parents for a Different Approach 55
Programs for Parents 56
MegaSkills 58
Roots and Wings: Raising Resilient Children 58
Building Successful Partnerships: A Guide for Developing Parent and Family Involvement Programs 58
Systematic Training for Effective Parenting 59
The Next STEP (Systematic Training for Effective Parenting through Problem Solving) 60
Strengthening Stepfamilies 60
Active Parenting Now 61
Family Talk 61
Bowdoin Parent Education Program 62
Chapter 7 Other Opportunities for Consultation in Schools 65
Parent-Teacher-Counselor Conferences 65
Student-Teacher-Counselor Conferences 66
Teacher Team Consultation 67
Grade Level Team Meetings 67
School-Based Teams 68
Referral Teams 74
Common School-Based Recommendations for Students with Task Completion Difficulties 75
Teacher Advisor Programs 76
Other Suggestions about Kinds of Consultation 78
Chapter 8 Classroom Meetings: Creating a Climate of Cooperation 81
Benefits of Classroom Meetings 81
The Classroom Meeting Format 82
Teaching Teachers to Use Classroom Meetings 84
Barriers to Effective Classroom Meetings and Strategies to Overcome Them 86
Chapter 9 Consultation with Administrators 89
Crisis Intervention: Planning for and Responding to a Crisis 90
The Role of the School Counselor 90
Guidelines for Responding to a Crisis 92
Schoolwide Plans 92
The Process of Schoolwide Change 94
The School Counselor and Discipline Planning 95
A Four-KEY Approach to Schoolwide Discipline 97
Chapter 10 Consultation in the Community 101
Referrals 101
Speaker’s Bureau 102
Parent Group 102
Parent-Teacher Organization 103
Service or Civic Clubs 103
Business Partners or Partners in Education 103
Community Task Forces 104
Grandparent Program 104
Keys to Successful Community Involvement 104
Concluding Remarks 107
Appendix A: Adlerian Theory 109
Appendix B: Ethical Standards for School Counselors 117
Appendix C: The American Counseling Association Code of Ethics 131
Appendix D: Building Consultation Skills: An
Application-Learning Model 161
References 173
Annotated Bibliography 179
Author Index 185
Subject Index 187
About the Authors 195
