Introduction to Professional School Counseling ─ Advocacy, Leadership, and Intervention

Introduction to Professional School Counseling is a comprehensive introduction to the field for school counselors in training, one that provides special focus on the topics most relevant to the school counselor’s role and offers specific strategies for practical application and implementation. Throughout the text, discussions incorporate the expertise of both school counselors and school psychologists and offer methods of interdisciplinary collaboration, and there is a special focus on focus on advocacy and leadership within the context of a multi-disciplinary professional team. In addition to thorough coverage of the 2012 ASCA model, readers will find thoughtful discussions of the effects of trends and legislation including the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act, Standards Aligned System (SAS), and Response to Intervention (RtI). Each chapter is also intensely application oriented, with an equal emphasis both on research and on using data to design and improve school counselors’ functioning in school systems.

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Jered B. Kolbert, PhD, is an associate professor in the department of counseling, psychology, and special education at Duquesne University.

Rhonda Williams, EdD, is an associate professor in the counseling and human services department at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs.

Leann M. Morgan, PhD, is an assistant professor in the counseling and human services department at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs.

Laura M. Crothers, DEd, is a professor in the department of counseling, psychology, and special education at Duquesne University.

Tammy L. Hughes, PhD, is the Martin A. Hehir Endowed Chair for Scholarly Excellence and professor and chair of the department of counseling, psychology and special education at Duquesne University.