Promoting Student Resiliency is guaranteed to become aninvaluable resource for the school counseling community. This bold text investigates how children and teens areable to demonstrate mature coping skills and achievesuccessful life outcomes despite negative influences—such as drugs, violence, and suicide—in their schooland home environments. The authors use numerousnarratives, case studies, and examples to illustrate theextraordinary quality of resiliency and to define thecounselor’s role in discouraging risk-taking behaviorscommon among students today.The book details counselor and educator practices that nurture resiliency in students, while making a case for,and providing the means to implement, a dynamicschoolwide resiliency program. Specific, comprehen-sive examples of exemplary elementary, middle, andhigh school programs are included. A special invited chapter on resiliency and career development by Dr.Jane Goodman rounds out this remarkable contribution to the school counseling literature.

Published by the ACA Foundation and Counseling Outfitters
ACA order# 78057
120 pages

This one-of-a-kind resource provides counselors with the skills necessary for becoming agents of social change and champions of social justice. Leaders in the field examine the social, cultural, and economic systems that perpetuate injustice and inequality and illustrate why counselors must accept their professional, ethical, and moral responsibility to help transform these systems.

Published by the ACA Foundation and Counseling Outfitters, 2006
ACA Order #72841
325 pages

VISTAS: Compelling Perspectives on Counseling 2006
Edited by G. Walz, J. Bleuer, & R. Yep

VISTAS: Compelling Perspectives on Counseling 2005 brings together 71 page-turning articles based on stellar presentations at the 2005 ACA Annual Convention, as well as invited selections by celebrated ACA leaders. This is your opportunity to own a lasting contribution to the literature on new and current issues affecting professional identity, best practices, and trends in the counseling field.

ACA order #78066
264 pages

VISTAS: Compelling Perspectives on Counseling 2005
Edited by Garry Walz & Richard Yep

VISTAS: Compelling Perspectives on Counseling 2005 brings together 71 page-turning articles based on stellar presentations at the 2005 ACA Annual Convention, as well as invited selections by celebrated ACA leaders. This is your opportunity to own a lasting contribution to the literature on new and current issues affecting professional identity, best practices, and trends in the counseling field.

ACA order #78059
360 pages

VISTAS-Prespectives on Counseling 2004
Garry Walz & Richard Yep, Eds.

This inspiring book and key-word searchable CD offer cuttingedge research and trends for future practice from the leaders in the field. It brings together 26 thought-provoking articles prepared by mental health professionals who submitted program proposals for the 2004 ACA Annual Convention, as well as 7 articles by selected ACA leaders on the changes counseling must undergo in the future. You don’t want to miss this lasting contribution to the field on issues affecting your professional identity and practice.

ACA order #72826
352 pages

Coming in 2007

Career Counseling in Comprehensive School Guidance Programs
Norman Gysbers & Rich Lapan