A Survival Guide For The Elementary/Middle SchoolCounselor
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John J. Schmidt, Ed.D, has been a teacher, counselor, director of counseling services, state coordinator of school counseling programs, and university instructor of counselor education for the past 20 years. Dr. Schmidt is currently an Associate Professor of Counselor Education and Chair of the Counselor and Adult Education Department at East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina.

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About This Survival Guide.

Introduction: Becoming an Able Counselor: Survival and Beyond.

Chapter 1: A School Counseling Program: What, Who, and How.

Describing the Program.

Seeking Input.

Defining What You Do: A Glossary of Services.

Determining Who Does What.

Creating a Counselor Identity.

Balancing Your Time.

Chapter 2: Getting Off the Ground, and Staying Afloat.

Planning.

Coordinating.

Chapter 3: Being a Counselor: Essential Services.

Counseling.

Consulting.

Appraising.

Chapter 4: The Curriculum and the Counseling Program: A Marriage of Opportunity.

Affective Education: Integration and Infusion.

Test Results and Improved Instruction.

Career Development.

Lifelong Learning.

Chapter Five: Special Populations: Reaching Out.

General Guidelines.

Exceptional Children.

Special Student Concerns.

Multicultural Populations.

Chapter 6: Crisis Intervention: Being Prepared.

Definition and Description of a Crisis.

A Crisis Team and Plan.

In-service.

Crisis Counseling.

Critical Cases.

Chapter 7: Staff Relationships: Belonging and Being With.

Establishing Relationships.

Relating Personally.

Relating Professionally.

Being With vs. Doing To.

Chapter 8: Parent Support: Involving Significant Others.

Family/Community Knowledge.

Communication and Information.

Parent Education Programs.

Chapter 9: Legal and Ethical Issues: Knowing the Rules of the Game and Playing Fair.

Legal Considerations and Resources.

Ethical Considerations.

General Guidelines of Ethical Practice.

Chapter 10: Care for the Counselor: Helping Yourself to Help Others.

Self-Assessment.

Personal Caring.

Professional Caring.

Conclusion.

Selected References and Resources.

Index.

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