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Elementary School Counseling

A Commitment to Caring and Community Building

• By John C. Worzbyt, Kathleen O'Rourke, Claire Dandeneau

• Price: $45.95
• Binding: Paperback (also available in Hardback)
• Pages: 480
• Published by: Routledge
• Publication Date: 21st February 2003
• ISBN: 978-1-56032-506-2

About the Book

Elementary School Counseling is a resource guide for graduate-level elementary school counselors-in-training and for practicing elementary school counselors. Its primary function is to explain how to plan, organize, activate, and control an effective elementary school counseling program. It expands on five developmental dimensions: physical, social, self-conceptual, cognitive, and career-oriented. The book contains 89 activities, each with specific procedures for classroom use. In addition, it outlines methods for helping existing elementary school counseling programs to reach their full potential.

Table of Contents

Preface. Acknowledgements. Part I: Creating a 21st Century Partnership. Elementary School Education in the 21st Century. Elementary School Counseling Programs in the 21st Century. Elementary School Counselors Who Make a Difference.Part II: Managing a Responsive Program. Strategic Planning. Meeting Program Goals. Part III: Counseling and the Curriculum: A Caring Approach. Physical Caring. Personal/Emotional Caring. Social Caring. Cognitive Caring. Career and Societal Caring. Part IV: Challenging the Future. Caring for School Counseling Programs Today and Tomorrow. A Circle of Caring.