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Exploring School Counseling, 2nd Edition

Tamara E. Davis

  • Copyright 2015
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Exploring School Counseling 2nd Edition by Tamara E. Davis
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Overview

Emphasizing an action-oriented approach, this text concentrates on the practical aspects of school counseling by focusing on the roles of the counselor. Each chapter includes an excerpt from the author or a contributor that relates a personal experience in a school setting. These first- and second-hand accounts throughout the text support the theory, practice, and skills for school counseling and illustrate the many roles and responsibilities counselors assume in schools. EXPLORING SCHOOL COUNSELING, 2nd Edition features a greater emphasis on CACREP standards as well as the ASCA National Model and School Counselor Competencies.

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Meet the Authors

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Tamara E. Davis

Dr. Tammy Davis is a Professor in the Counseling program at Marymount University in Arlington, VA, teaching primarily in the school counseling program. Before coming to Marymount in 1999, Dr. Davis was an elementary and high school counselor for nine years in Manassas, Virginia. Her professional positions have included being Past President of the Virginia Association for Counselor Education & Supervision and of the Virginia School Counselor Association. She served on the Board of Directors of the American School Counselor Association (2010-2013). Dr. Davis has presented over 100 workshops locally, regionally, and nationally on a number of topics in school counseling, including developing resilience and positive thinking in students. She has been an invited keynote in several states. Her publications include books and articles in school counseling as well as book chapters on counseling suicidal children and group counseling in schools. She was named the 2007 Counselor Educator of the Year by the American School Counselor Association. She teaches courses at Marymount in both the school and community counseling graduate programs and supervises all of the Practicum experiences for the school counseling students. Dr. Davis serves as the coordinator for the Northern Virginia School Counseling Leadership Team. She resides in Manassas, VA with her husband Ken who is a principal of a 5th/6th grade intermediate school and their three Siberian Huskies.

What's New

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  • This edition features greater integration of the ASCA National Model and School Counselor Competencies, highlighting important standards and competencies needed by school counselors. A new Chapter 4, “The ASCA National Model: Foundation and Framework for a Comprehensive School Counseling Program,” further emphasizes the standards and competencies.
  • CACREP standards have been integrated throughout the text to assure compliance for CACREP-accredited programs.
  • An increased number of school counselors “tell their story,” helping readers to see school counseling in action.
  • Critical thinking and student self-reflection prompts throughout the text encourage readers to apply and evaluate what they have read.
  • The important role of ethical practice has been expanded and is now covered in two chapters: Chapter 2, “The School Counselor as Ethical Practitioner: Responsibilities to Students,” and Chapter 3, “The School Counselor as Ethical Practitioner: Responsibilities to Others, Self, and the Profession.”
  • The Second Edition features eight counselors who offer their perspectives throughout the text in Personal Reflections, Professional Perspective, and Professional Practice boxes. My Story boxes illuminate the author's experiences.
  • A new section on cyberbullying reflects counselor responsibilities in prevention and intervention activities.
  • An updated chapter on accountability presents the process of collecting, analyzing, and reporting outcomes of school counseling practices and programs.
  • An updated chapter on the school counselor's leadership role includes relevant research and ideas for being a leader for systemic change.

Features

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  • Each chapter includes excerpts from the author or a contributor that relate a personal experience in a school setting.
  • First- and second-hand accounts throughout the text support the research and technical aspects of school counseling.
  • Critical thinking questions and student self-reflection prompts throughout the text help readers apply and evaluate what they have read.

Table of Contents

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1. School Counseling as a Career: A New Chapter in Your Story.
2. The School Counselor as Ethical Practitioner: Responsibilities to Students.
3. The School Counselor as Ethical Practitioner: Responsibilities to Others, Self, and the Profession.
4. The ASCA National Model: Foundation and Framework for a Comprehensive School Counseling Program.
5. Direct Student Services: Providing the School Counseling Core Curriculum and Counseling.
6. Indirect Student Services: Consultation, Coordination, and Noncounseling Roles.
7. The Culturally Competent School Counselor: Working with Diversity and Special Needs.
8. School Counselor Collaboration with School Personnel.
9. School Counselor Collaboration with Parents/Guardians and the Community.
10. The Effective School Counselor: Accountability in Action.
11. The School Counselor as Advocate: Taking A Stand.
12. The School Counselor as Leader: Promoting Systemic Change.
13. The School Counselor as Responsive Leader: School Violence Prevention and Crisis Intervention.
14. Becoming a School Counselor: Your Personal and Professional Journey.

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  • ISBN-10: 1305146220
  • ISBN-13: 9781305146228
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