Counseling in Schools: Comprehensive Programs of Responsive Services for All Students (Merrill Counseling)

__Counseling in Schools__ by John J. Schmidt provides critical information about the school counseling profession and the leadership role professional counselors have in today’s schools. Widely popular in its previous edition, the book traces the development of school counseling, presents contemporary roles and functions for school counselors, and explores future possibilities for the profession. Included are a variety of resources to help counseling students and professionals seeking information about the nature of school counseling services deal effectively with the roles and functions the job today, and explore possibilities for the profession tomorrow, among them: case studies; exercises; samples of program designs for elementary, middle, and high school counseling centers; a look at the ASCA National Model® and other approaches; and much more.

Counseling in Schools:
Comprehensive Programs of Responsive Services for All Students, 5/e

John J. Schmidt, East Carolina University, Emeritus

This popular school counseling text helps students understand the components and services that comprise comprehensive school counseling programs in the context of the twenty-first century.

The fifth edition retains important historical foundations of the school counseling profession while adapting contemporary definitions and terms to describe comprehensive models for the twenty-first century.

New to this edition:

• New information is included in Chapter 4 about particular models of comprehensive school counseling programs, including the ASCA National Model, to illustrate types of comprehensive programs and the attempt to transform the school counseling profession in the twenty-first century.
• Anew chapter on Diversity (Chapter 2) applies concepts and issues related to diverse populations to school counseling practice and the preparation of professional school counselors.
• A new Case Study in Chapter 10 illustrates a middle school situation and provides another example of how counselors in schools use various responsive services and team approaches to addressing students’ needs.

Here’s what your colleagues are saying:

“The material speaks to the future trends and concerns surrounding school counseling.”

–Edward A. Wierzalis, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte

“The material is well organized, up-to-date, and accurate. The strengths of this book include the clarity and flow of the writing, relevant and current information, and the headings that guide the reader.”

–Virginia Magnus, The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

“The writing style is friendly, cogent, and flows well. I was engaged throughout the reading. The text has a wealth of information that is not overwhelming to the graduate students who use this as their guide through a professional school counseling course.”

–David Olguin, The University of New Mexico

This is the eBook of the printed book and may not include any media, website access codes, or print supplements that may come packaged with the bound book. Counseling in Schools by John J. Schmidt provides critical information about the school counseling profession and the leadership role professional counselors have in today's schools. Widely popular in its previous edition, the book traces the development of school counseling, presents contemporary roles and functions for school counselors, and explores future possibilities for the profession. Included are a variety of resources to help counseling students and professionals seeking information about the nature of school counseling services deal effectively with the roles and functions the job today, and explore possibilities for the profession tomorrow, among them: case studies; exercises; samples of program designs for elementary, middle, and high school counseling centers; a look at the ASCA National Model® and other approaches; and much more. "Counseling in Schools" by John J. Schmidt provides critical information about the school counseling profession and the leadership role professional counselors have in today's schools. Widely popular in its previous edition, the book traces the development of school counseling, presents contemporary roles and functions for school counselors, and explores future possibilities for the profession. Included are a variety of resources to help counseling students and professionals seeking information about the nature of school counseling services deal effectively with the roles and functions the job today, and explore possibilities for the profession tomorrow, among them: case studies; exercises; samples of program designs for elementary, middle, and high school counseling centers; a look at the ASCA National Model(R) and other approaches; and much more.