Abstract
"This book is a book that is on the 'must list' of school counselors' professional development libraries."
Student rights -- At-risk students & violence -- Conflict management -- Learning styles & school counseling -- Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder & the school counselor -- Multicultural counseling -- Counseling Native students -- Counseling for high skills -- Student transitions: moving from fear to opportunity -- Stages of adolescents & middlescents: working with parents & teens -- Keys to leading successful school groups -- School counselor as a change agent in education reform -- School-to-work programs & career development and the school counselor -- Creating a business advisory council for school counselors -- Developing a crisis management plan -- Designing an outcome based school counseling system & program -- Implementing the developmental comprehensive school counseling progam model -- Strategic planning -- The development of national standards -- Home, school & community partnerships -- Writing & publishing for the school counselor -- Total quality leadsership -- Credentialing & certification -- Counseling & guidance advisory councils -- Developing assessment standards for school counselors -- The politics of school counseling -- School counseling as a specialty area of the profession -- The Internet as a resource -- Assessment for advocacy & accountability -- ERIC/CASS virtual libraries: online resources for parents, teachers & counselors.