Nurturing Student Well-Being in the Modern World

Sónia P. Gonçalves

Students face many challenges beyond the traditional academic realm in modern education. The relentless pursuit of academic excellence, coupled with societal expectations, has inadvertently created an environment that often overlooks the holistic well-being of students. The book, Nurturing Student Well-Being in the Modern World , begins the reader's journey by providing an understanding of the foundations of student well-being, offering a panoramic view of the complex factors at play. It then takes them into the transformative role of positive psychology in promoting well-being, before tackling specific dimensions such as physical health, mental health, emotional intelligence, and positive relationships. This book systematically addresses critical issues affecting students, from the impact of stress on student well-being to the crucial connection between sleep and academic performance. It courageously confronts bullying, digital well-being challenges, and the delicate balance between academic pressure and personal development. The book also spotlights the critical need for fostering resilience in the face of adversity, drawing lessons from Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs). It also underscores the importance of self-compassion and student voices in shaping well-being initiatives. The final chapters extend the conversation to higher education, emphasizing the pivotal role of institutions in promoting student well-being beyond the K-12 years. This book is ideal for educators, parents, students, and policymakers to collaborate in creating nurturing environments that cultivate resilient, thriving, and successful individuals.

  • Format: Hardback
  • ISBN: 9798369314555
  • Publication Date: Jun 2024
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Grief and Trauma Counseling Education

Michelle R. Cox

In the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic, the struggles faced by caregivers in navigating the depths of grief and trauma have become increasingly pronounced. The profound challenges inherent in this journey unfold starkly in the experiences of those who have shouldered the weight of caregiving responsibilities during these trying times. The emotional toll, compounded by the complexities of the pandemic, paints a picture of resilience and struggle. Amidst this narrative of hardship and endurance emerges a crucial resource that delves into the heart of this issue, providing insights and strategies for those grappling with the dual complexities of personal grief and professional counseling. This invaluable guide, titled Grief and Trauma Counseling Education: Preparing Future Counselors , encapsulates the essence of the caregiver's journey and offers a lifeline for those seeking understanding and support in the face of unprecedented challenges. Structured to cater to a diverse audience, this book is a valuable resource for graduate students in counseling programs, undergraduates in social science courses, and practicing counselors. It recognizes the scarcity of literature focusing on grief counseling from the perspective of a counselor educator undergoing personal recovery. The book provides essential tools for navigating the grief process from diagnosis to the end of life, making it an indispensable guide for those in the counseling profession. Furthermore, the targeted approach extends to policymakers responsible for healthcare system improvements, ensuring that the book's impact reverberates in spheres where systemic change is needed.

  • Format: Hardback
  • ISBN: 9798369313756
  • Publication Date: May 2024
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Questions Kids Ask About Their Brains

Tracey Tokuhama-Espinosa

  • Format: Paperback
  • ISBN: 9780807769645
  • Publication Date: May 2024
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Cases on Current Issues, Challenges, and Opportunities in School Counseling

Sladjana S. Rakich

The counseling profession has greatly evolved from its vocational roots in the early 20th century. New professional demands resulting from dynamic student needs are once again reshaping the field of educational counseling. Contemporary issues facing students and schools often require a multi-disciplinary problem-solving approach. Cases on Current Issues, Challenges, and Opportunities in School Counseling showcases the interdisciplinary work done at the intersection of teaching and learning to support holistic student development in a PK-12 educational setting. The book presents current cases that illustrate common challenges and provide solutions or examples of approaches to guide educational practitioners in their development and work. Covering topics such as cultural proficiency, parental empowerment, and professional identity formulation, this casebook is an essential resource for educational counselors, school counselors-in-training, educators, administrators, pre-service teachers, teacher educators, researchers, and academicians.

  • Format: Hardback
  • ISBN: 9781668475560
  • Publication Date: Jun 2023
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Perspectives of Cognitive, Psychosocial, and Learning Difficulties From Childhood to Adulthood

Maria Sofologi

Children with learning disabilities can be as sharp as their peers; however, they may find it challenging to write, read, reason out information, spell things correctly, or process information. Due to this, it is critical for students to understand the ways of learning that suit them the best. They may not be aware of the different ways they can learn or may not be able to develop a self-reliant approach to learning and will often seek help. Perspectives of Cognitive, Psychosocial, and Learning Difficulties From Childhood to Adulthood: Practical Counseling Strategies provides a guide for understanding learning difficulties and sheds light on a variety of strategies that can be implemented in the class by teachers. The book also underscores the importance of literacy and numeracy and the relationship between learning difficulties and student wellbeing. Covering key topics such as counseling, coping strategies, and interventions, this premier reference source is ideal for administrators, policymakers, researchers, scholars, academicians, practitioners, instructors, and students.

  • Format: Hardback
  • ISBN: 9781668482032
  • Publication Date: May 2023
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Career Counseling

David Capuzzi

  • Format: Paperback
  • ISBN: 9781793519634
  • Publication Date: Nov 2022
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K-12 Career Development

David Bright

  • Format: Paperback
  • ISBN: 9781793554789
  • Publication Date: Jun 2022
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Best Practices for Trauma-Informed School Counseling

Angela M. Powell

School counselors are tasked with providing strategies for all students including those who may be experiencing various types of trauma symptomatology. While there is a high expectation of providing quality care, there is a question of how well school counselors are prepared to work with those traumatized students. It is critical to understand the counselors' perceptions of their preparedness to collaborate with them. Best Practices for Trauma-Informed School Counseling prepares potential and current school counselors to manage the challenges and responsibilities they may face as professional school counselors in preschool through high school environments. It provides real-life examples and case descriptions as well as strategies for preventing and responding to social and emotional problems, improving educational outcomes, and providing an inclusive school counseling program. Covering themes such as children of incarcerated parents, racial trauma, and virtual school counseling, this book is an indispensable resource for current school counselors, school counselors-in-training, school counseling associations, therapists, psychologists, educational administration and faculty, government officials, researchers, and academicians.

  • Format: Hardback
  • ISBN: 9781799897859
  • Publication Date: Jun 2022
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Career-Focused Counseling

Chad Luke

  • Format: Paperback
  • ISBN: 9781793519719
  • Publication Date: May 2022
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Developing, Delivering, and Sustaining School Counseling Practices Through a Culturally Affirming Lens

Sarah N. Brant-Rajahn

Systemic oppression continues to disenfranchise students at the intersections of race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, immigrant status, religion, ableism, and economic status. Because of this, school counselors are called to function as advocates and change agents, but often find themselves underprepared to address these oppressive systems in schools. It is vital that school counselors are provided resources that enable them to increase their preparedness and allow them to address oppressive practices within schools as well as work with diverse populations using culturally affirming and antiracist practices. Developing, Delivering, and Sustaining School Counseling Practices Through a Culturally Affirming Lens informs culturally affirming and antiracist professional practice and advocacy work by school counselors. It serves as a learning tool that better prepares school counselors to address the needs of marginalized students and work as effective change agents to disrupt systemic oppression in school settings. Covering topics such as professional identity, racial trauma, and social justice, this book serves as a dynamic resource for school counselor educators, school counselors-in-training, school counselors, directors, supervisors, district leaders and administration, researchers, and academicians as they implement antiracist, social justice, and culturally affirming practices in school settings and academia.

  • Format: Hardback
  • ISBN: 9781799895145
  • Publication Date: May 2022
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Careers in Counseling and Psychology

Audrey Lucas

  • Format: Paperback
  • ISBN: 9781609272616
  • Publication Date: Jan 2022
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Research Anthology on Navigating School Counseling in the 21st Century

  • Format: Hardback
  • ISBN: 9781799889632
  • Publication Date: Apr 2021
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Strengthening School Counselor Advocacy and Practice for Important Populations and Difficult Topics

Meredith A. Rausch

School counselors often struggle to feel confident in delivering effective assistance to students due to a variety of reasons that currently do not have enough research or information developed. This leads to a struggle for counselors to adequately address tough and relevant issues. With these issues remaining unaddressed, or addressed less effectively, there is a concern that school counselors cannot mitigate these issues due to not being adequately informed. This can lead to a lifetime of consequences for students. Strengthening School Counselor Advocacy and Practice for Important Populations and Difficult Topics presents emerging research that seek to answer the tough and often unaddressed questions, target present-day issues of student populations, and prepare school counselors to feel confident and competent in their counseling and advocacy practice. These chapters, using the newest information available, will address these concerns and provide the best counseling work possible for underserved populations. While covering research on counseling for students with chronic illnesses, mixed-statuses, family issues, minority students, LGBTQ+ youth, and more, this book is ideal for school counselors, counseling educators, practitioners, stakeholders, researchers, academicians, and students who are interested in school counseling and meeting the needs of diverse and important populations of students.

  • Format: Hardback
  • ISBN: 9781799873198
  • Publication Date: Jan 2021
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Reaching Teens

Kenneth R. Ginsburg

Completely revised and updated, Reaching Teens provides communication strategies to effectively engage with today’s teenagers. It is an invaluable resource for anyone who works with teens, pediatricians and other physicians, mental health care providers, social service workers, and educators. This groundbreaking multimedia resource combines video and text to show how recognizing, reinforcing, and building on inherent strengths supports positive youth development.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  

  • Format: Paperback
  • ISBN: 9781610024136
  • Publication Date: Jul 2020
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Career Counseling

Rebecca R. Sametz

  • Format: Paperback
  • ISBN: 9781516586806
  • Publication Date: Jun 2020
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Career Counseling

Janet Hicks

  • Format: Paperback
  • ISBN: 9781516593361
  • Publication Date: Jun 2020
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Inside Counsel

Marc I. Steinberg

  • Imprint: West Academic Publishing
  • Format: Paperback
  • ISBN: 9781640207011
  • Publication Date: Feb 2020
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Addressing Multicultural Needs in School Guidance and Counseling

Simon George Taukeni

Globalization and shifting demographics have led to a call for an immediate change in education-based counseling. Future school counselors must be equipped with 21st century skills that are applicable across cultural boundaries and applied in a global context. Addressing Multicultural Needs in School Guidance and Counseling is a pivotal reference source that provides a framework for school counselors and life skills teachers to implement globally-focused comprehensive school guidance and counseling programs in schools, as well as intervention strategies that effectively deal with psychosocial issues facing students and their families. Highlighting topics such as child abuse, diversity awareness, and antisocial behavior, this publication explores skills applicable to the global cultural shift and the methods of guiding students to reach a higher level of self-fulfillment in their lives. It is ideally designed for school administrators, school counselors, psychologists, educational professionals, academicians, researchers, and students.

  • Format: Hardback
  • ISBN: 9781799803195
  • Publication Date: Oct 2019
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Fulfilling the Promise

Mandy Savitz-Romer

In Fulfilling the Promise, Mandy Savitz-Romer shows what is possible when schools and districts draw upon the talents of their counselors and put them at the center of students' school experience.Savitz-Romer offers a strategic approach to school counseling that enables educational leaders to draw on existing staff to create supportive contexts and programs for students. In this model of the “academic home,” counselors serve as the first point of contact for student support, connecting and coordinatingservices much like primary care physicians coordinate patient care in medical settings. They serve as the hub of a network of supports to prevent students from falling between the cracks.By highlighting promising practices in schools, districts, and states, and the efforts of individual school counselors and leaders, Fulfilling the Promise presents a conceptualization of school counseling that is relevant for all educators, as well as policy makers and funders. In order to create the conditions for school counselors to be most effective, however, systemic barriers must be addressed. This book brings together research, practical experience, and policy recommendations to envision a focused and practical role for school counselors in the twentyfirst century.

  • Format: Paperback
  • ISBN: 9781682533536
  • Publication Date: May 2019
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Workforce Coaching, Mentoring, and Counseling

Jayaranjani Sutha

In the highly competitive business environment of today, organizations are continually making attempts to stay one step ahead of their competitors by implementing various stratagems to improve their employees' competencies and capabilities, as human resources are one of their most important assets. By investing in employees' career development through training, coaching, mentoring, and counseling, the employee will undoubtedly become much more effective. Workforce Coaching, Mentoring, and Counseling: Emerging Research and Opportunities elucidates, examines, and explores theories, practices, and research-based human resource development (HRD) strategies that have proven to be effective in enhancing various aspects relating to the performance of individual employees and the organization as a whole. Featuring research on topics such as adult learning, management science, and work-life balance, this book is ideally designed for practitioners, educators, managers, and researchers.

  • Format: Hardback
  • ISBN: 9781522592358
  • Publication Date: May 2019
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