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August, 2015 | SAGE Publications, Inc

School Counseling Classroom Guidance

Prevention, Accountability, and Outcomes


Jolie Lyn Daigle - University of Georgia, USA
344 pages | August, 2015 | SAGE Publications, Inc
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“Finally, a text that thoroughly covers the topic of classroom guidance – an effective tool for every school counselor at every school level.”
  –Tiffany Bates, Louisiana Tech University  

Intended for school counselors to aid in the learning of developmental classroom guidance, School Counseling Classroom Guidance: Prevention, Accountability, and Outcomes teaches the fundamentals, strategies, and research outcomes of classroom guidance programming for comprehensive, developmentally appropriate school counseling programs. The content of this book looks at the history and fundamentals of classroom guidance, how these activities meet CACREP and ASCA standards, how and why activities should be aligned to the larger academic curriculum and state/national teaching standards, recommendations on how to develop and assess classroom guidance units, a sampling of units and lessons, techniques in managing the classroom, and outcome research and trends.  

School Counseling Classroom Guidance: Prevention, Accountability, and Outcomes is part of the Counseling and Professional Identity Series, which targets specific competencies identified by CACREP (Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Programs). To learn more about each text in the Series, please visit www.sagepub.com/vip/cpiseries.

Part I: The Specialty of School Counseling and Classroom Guidance as a Delivery Service

A Rich History
Counseling Today
Classroom Guidance as a Delivery Service
Professional Identity of School Counselors

Attending to the Needs of K–12 Students in Three Developmental Domains
Part II: Developmental and Contextual Considerations for Classroom Guidance

Elementary School Students
Strengths and Challenges of Elementary School Students
Comprehensive School Counseling Programs at the Elementary Level
What Is an Elementary School Like?

Adolescent Development
The Middle School
Classroom Guidance Programming: The Essential Component of Comprehensive School Counseling Programs in Middle School
Benefits of Classroom Guidance
Planning Classroom Guidance
Reflective Case Illustrations

Selling Classroom Guidance
Developmental and Contextual Considerations
Strengths and Challenges of Working with High School Students
Cultural Considerations
Career Development Considerations
Part III: Planning, Execution, and Evaluation of Classroom Guidance

School Counseling Core Curriculum
Needs Assessments
Identifying Standards
Developing a Unit
Writing Objectives
Developing Classroom Guidance Lessons
Preparation and Organization
Conclusion

Presenting Classroom Guidance Programming
Data Collection
Reporting to Stakeholders
Counselor Performance Appraisal
ASCA School Counselor Performance Appraisal as it Related to Classroom Guidance Programming

Group Counseling Skills in Classroom Guidance Programming
Basic Counseling Skills in Classroom Guidance
Respect, Genuineness, Empathy, and Unconditional Positive Regard
Integrating Your Theoretical Orientation
The Basics of Teaching and Managing
Technology in the Classroom
Ethics in Classroom Guidance
Part IV: Other Considerations in Classroom Guidance

Counselor Consultant
Integration into Broader Academic Curriculum
School Counselors and Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS)
Common Core Curriculum
Counselor in Leadership Roles
Professional Learning Communities
Homeroom Advisory Programs
Extending Learning and Leadership from School Staff to the Community
Marketing Comprehensive School Guidance Programs

Results of Effective Classroom Guidance Programming
Prevention Rather than Intervention
Teacher and Counselor Accountability
College- and Career-Readiness Focus
Components of College and Career Readiness
Diversity and Social Justice
Virtual Education/Schools and the Online Environment
History of Counseling, Emergence of School Counseling, and Classroom Guidance
The Three Broad Domains: Academic, Career, and Social/Emotional
The Elementary School
The High School
Needs Assessment and Unit/Lesson Design
Delivery, Evaluation, Analysis, and Reporting
Facilitation Skills and Classroom Management
School Counselor as Active Collaborator
Outcome Research and Future Directions of Classroom Guidance

Instructor Teaching Site

Password-protected Instructor Resources include the following:

  • An author-created, Microsoft® Word® test bank is available containing multiple choice and/or essay questions for each chapter. The test bank provides you with a 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 and/or essay questionsfor 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.

KEY FEATURES:

  • Introduction of classroom guidance programming, developmental domains, and presentation of classroom guidance programming across grade levels.
  • Discusses lesson development and how to bridge the guidance curriculum to the larger academic curriculum that cross academic standards.
  • The book helps students understand curriculum development by developing a needs assessment, lesson plans, and evaluation.
  • The book discusses group facilitation, behavior management, basic counseling skills, and use of technology for students and shows classroom facilitation skills needed for lessons to be effective including differentiated instruction.
  • The book presents outcome research and current trends in classroom guidance programming including prevention, multi models of intervention, and federal initiatives.