Professional School Counseling : A Handbook of Theories, Programs, & Practices
Edited by Bradley T. Erford

Professional School Counseling is a comprehensive, single source for information about the urgent issues facing school counselors today.

PRO-ED# 11931
894 pages

The Accountable School Counselor
Larry C. Loesch and Martin H. Ritchie

This text addresses the critical need for today's school counselors to be accountable. Straight to the point and practical, The Accountable School Counselor demonstrates understanding of the demands on school counselors.

PRO-ED# 11932
145 pages

Knowledge Nomads and the Nervously Employed : Workplace Change & Courageous Career Choices
Rich Feller and Judy Whichard

Scholarly, practical, and highly readable, Knowledge Nomads and the Nervously Employed explores the abilities and personal traits an individual needs in order to maintain living-wage employment in the developing global economy.

PRO-ED# 11933
150 pages

Family Matters: The Influence of the Family in Career Decision Making,
Robert C. Chope

Family Matters places the family 'front and center' as one of the premier influences in career decision making.

PRO-ED# 10578
150 pages

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Rehabilitation Counseling: An Empowerment Strategy
Amos Sales

This innovative text presents a new consumer-rehabilitation counseling partnership by integrating concepts from career development, psychology of empowerment, and rehabilitation counseling.

PRO-ED #12422
298 pages

Measuring Up: Assessment Issues for Teachers, Counselors, and Administrators
Edited by Janet E. Wall and Garry R. Walz

This monograph is divided into five major sections to insure its relevance to readers of highly variable needs and interests.  The five sections are: a) The Basics of Testing, b) Assessment Issues for Special Populations and Audiences, c) Special Topics and Issues in Assessment, d) Musing Philosophical and Looking Toward the Future, and e) Resources on Assessment.  In addition, an enclosed Anthology CD has been developed as a compilation of resources equivalent to 3000 printed pages.

PRO-ED #11920
770 pages

Unfocused Kids: Helping Students to Focus on Their Education and Career Plans
Edited by Suzy Mygatt Wakefield
Associate Editors Howard Sage, Doris Coy, and Tami Palmer

This book on how to help students to focus on their plans after high school is comprised of 32 chapters by 32 writers from around the country. It is divided into five section to insure its relevance to readers of variable needs and interests. The sections are:

A. The Basics of Testing
B. Assessment Issues for Special Populations and Audiences
C. Special Topics and Issues in Assessment
D. Musing Philosophical and Looking Toward the Future
E. Resources on Assessment

PRO-ED #11930
526 pages

Cybercounseling and Cyberlearning: An Encore
Edited by John W. Bloom and Garry R. Walz

This sequel to the bestseller, Cybercounseling and Cyberlearning: Strategies and Resources for the Millennium, provides a basic orientation to cybercounseling and how counselors can adopt and implement cyber-interventions. This illuminating resource examines current practices in online counseling and distance learning, the opportunities and challenges that cybercounseling and cyberlearning can present, and how the counseling process can be enhanced using the latest technology. The authors detail the benefits counselors can reap through the use of the Internet, including facilitating online support groups, developing electronic portfolios, participating in online courses, and accessing virtual libraries.

PRO-ED #11912
391 pages

Fears, Stress and Trauma: Helping Children Cope
Edward H. Robinson, Joseph C. Rotter, Sandra L. Robinson,
Mary Ann Fey, Joanne E. Vogel

This book provides a psychological analysis of fears, stress, and trauma and includes more than 80 specific activities for helping children in grades 2-8 cope more effectively. Specific information is provided for helping children and families. Both prevention strategies and coping skills are stressed. A Facilitator's Guide assists in the implementation of the activities and contains extensive reproducible handouts.

PRO-ED #11916
231 pages

Preventing Substance Abuse: A Guide for School Counselors
Amos Sales

Presents strategies that professional school counselors can use to provide leadership in preventing substance abuse.

Topics include:

• 4 major components of a comprehensive school prevention program for K-12
• action plan to implement effective prevention programming
• special focus on prevention in extracurricular activities
• rationale for why the school counselor should initiate and lead the effort

PRO-ED #11921
152 pages

COMING IN 2007

Distance Counseling: Expanding the Counselor's Reach and Impact
James F. Malone, Randy M. Miller, & Garry R. Walz

This exciting new publication presents a compelling picture of distance counseling and how a person can acquire the skills and knowledge necessary to successfully use distance counseling strategies either as a primary counseling intervention or as a supplement to traditional counseling approaches.