Kategoria BISAC: Education >> Counseling - General

Many independent and private schools already use classroom technology, and more and more public school districts are doing the same. There are currently few resources helping school leadership, teachers, and counselors understand the many challenges specifically to girls, and give them tools to implement solutions and promote overall social and emotional wellness in their school communities. This book will be a guide to help schools understand how to deal with the ever-changing issues involving social networking and healthy female development, and will provide a starting point of reference...

As one of the first scholarly books to focus on colorism in education, this volume considers how connections between race and color may influence school-based experiences. Chapter authors question how variations in skin tone, as well as related features such as hair texture and eye color, complicate perspectives on race and they demonstrate how colorism is a form of discrimination that affects educational stakeholders, especially students, families, and professionals, across P-16 institutions. This volume provides an outline of colorism s contemporary relevance within the United States and...

Adolescents face unique pressures and worries. Will they pass high school? Should they go to college? Will they find love? And what ways do they want to act in the world? The uncertainty surrounding the future can be overwhelming. Sadly, and all too often, if things don t go smoothly, adolescents will begin labeling themselves as losers, unpopular, unattractive, weird, or dumb. And, let s not forget the ubiquitous not good enough story that often begins during these formative years. These labels are often carried forward throughout life. So what can you do, now, to help lighten this...

In their text O'Brien and Hauser provide a practical guide for navigating the career opportunities of a clinical mental health counselor. Counselor trainees transitioning into their first clinical jobs will greatly benefit from the descriptions of how agencies function and what to expect in community positions. Moreover, for counselors further along in their careers seeking more leadership roles in the profession, this text is a must read for expanding their role as a supervisor."

√>=Elizabeth Prosek, PhD, University of North Texas