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April, 2015 | SAGE Publications, Inc

Counseling Across the Lifespan

Prevention and Treatment

Second Edition
Cindy L. Juntunen - University of North Dakota, USA
Jonathan P. Schwartz - University of Houston, USA
496 pages | April, 2015 | SAGE Publications, Inc
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This practical book helps readers provide effective mental, emotional, and behavioral health services to clients across the continuum of care, from health promotion through long-term treatment and remediation. Anchoring each chapter within a life stage—from childhood through older adulthood—the text identifies the nature and origin of various psychological issues and emphasizes the importance of anticipating and responding early to concerns that arise for large portions of the population. The Second Edition features new chapters and expanded coverage of important topics, such as sociocultural contextual factors and interprofessional health perspectives.

Preface
Acknowledgments
1. Prevention and Treatment in a Developmental Context
Part I: Childhood
2. Child Identity Development
3. Fostering Resilience in Children Experiencing Developmental Disruptions
4. Promoting Healthy and Effective Relationships Among School-Aged Children and Youth
5. Psychosocial Adjustment of Children With Chronic Illness
6. Treating Common Childhood Mental and Behavioral Health Concerns
Part II: Adolescence
7. Promoting Healthy Lifestyles Among Adolescents
8. Promoting Positive Identity Development During Adolescence: The Importance of Cultural Contexts
9. Fostering Adolescent Work and Career Readiness
10. Health Disparities and Help-Seeking Behavior Among Girls
11. Health Disparities and Help-Seeking Behavior Among Boys
12. Treating Common Adolescent Mental and Behavioral Health Concerns
13. Preventing Adolescent and Young Adult Suicide
Part III. Young Adulthood
14. Promoting Healthy Relationships in Young Adults
15. Treating Young Adult Behavioral Health Challenges
16. Positive Parenting and Child Rearing: Classic Models and Current Trends
Part IV: Midlife Adulthood
17. Navigating Work and Family Connections Across the Lifespan: Preventing and Managing Role Strain and Conflicts
18. Prevention of Intimate Partner and Family Violence
19. Supporting Adaptation to New Family Roles in Middle Age
20. Promoting Positive Career Change in Midlife
Part V: Older Adulthood
21. A Positive Aging Framework for Counseling Older Adults

23. Prevention and Treatment: Working Therapeutically With Older Adults
24. Counseling Strategies for the Dying and Their Loved Ones
Index
About the Editors
About the Contributors

Instructor Teaching Site

Password-protected Instructor Resources include the following:

  • A Microsoft® Word® test bank is available containing multiple choice, true/false, short answer, and essay questions for each chapter. The test bank provides you with a diverse range of pre-written options as well as the opportunity for editing any question and/or inserting your own personalized questions to effectively assess students’ progress and understanding.
  • A Respondus electronic test bank is available and can be used on PCs. The test bank contains multiple choice, true/false, short answer, and essay questions for each chapter and provides you with a diverse range of pre-written options as well as the opportunity for editing any question and/or inserting your own personalized questions to effectively assess students’ progress and understanding. Respondus is also compatible with many popular learning management systems so you can easily get your test questions into your online course.
  • Editable, chapter-specific Microsoft® PowerPoint® slides offer you complete flexibility in easily creating a multimedia presentation for your course.
  • EXCLUSIVE! Access to certain full-text SAGE journal articles that have been carefully selected for each chapter. Each article supports and expands on the concepts presented in the chapter. This feature also provides questions to focus and guide student interpretation. Combine cutting-edge academic journal scholarship with the topics in your course for a robust classroom experience.
  • Suggested chapter exercises are designed to promote students’ in-depth engagement with course material.
  • Lively and stimulating ideas for class activities that can be used in class to reinforce active learning. The activities apply to individual or group projects.
  • Chapter-specific discussion questions help launch classroom interaction by prompting students to engage with the material and by reinforcing important content. 
  • Case study questions from the book are provided in Microsoft® Word® format. 
  • An instructor’s manual collates essential ancillary materials by chapter.
  • Figures from the book are provided for instructors who wish to create their own PowerPoint presentations and insert specific figures.

Student Study Site

The open-access Student Study Site includes the following:

  • Video and multimedia links covering important topics and designed to supplement key points within the text.
  • Web resources for additional exploration of key topics.
  • EXCLUSIVE! Access to certain full-text SAGE journal articles have been carefully selected for each chapter. Each article supports and expands on the concepts presented in the chapter. This feature also provides questions to focus and guide your interpretation.
  • Case discussion questions from the book are provided in Microsoft® Word®.

NEW TO THIS EDITION:

  • Coverage of advances in prevention and health promotion prepares students for effective practice in a contemporary setting.
  • Integration of current national and international trends in whole-person health care, including the need for more systematic attention to mental health, gives students a global view of the field today.
  • New chapters on common mental and behavioral health concerns in children, adolescents, and adulthood; death and dying; and childhood identity development reflect recent research and trends in the field.
  • Two chapters address gender differences and health disparities in adolescents, including help-seeking behavior among boys and girls, better prepare readers to work with clients in this life stage.


 KEY FEATURES:

  • A unique lifespan development framework gives students the opportunity to better understand and perform counseling within the proper developmental context.
  • The text identifies the nature and origin of various psychological issues, such as identity development in adolescents, healthy relationships in young adults, and retirement transitions for older adults.
  • A case vignette with discussion questions in each chapter helps students understand how to apply key principles.
  • Lists of additional resources, checklists for evaluating clients, and exercises further assist readers in mastering key topics and skills.