SCHOOL COUNSELING RESOURCES CATALOG

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1 SCHOOL COUNSELING RESOURCES CATALOG

2 Dear School Counseling Professional, Welcome to ASCA s publications and resources catalog! Whether you are seeking books or other training and counseling tools, ASCA offers all this and more at a discounted price just for members. Turn the pages, and you ll find materials pertinent to all school counselors today. ASCA resources cover a wealth of topics, including violence prevention, multiculturalism, personal/social development, goal setting and career development. We also have level-specific offerings, as well as books for parents. All of our resources have not only been reviewed and selected by professional school counselors but they ve also been recommended by our members. Additionally, we ve gathered them all in one place, so you have a handy guide you can refer to often. Along with our training tools, we also offer a selection of ASCA merchandise, allowing you to sport your spirit through pins, certificates or posters. You can also visit the ASCA catalog online. Simply log on to and click on Bookstore. To place an order by mail or fax, simply send in the order form on page 34. Thank you, and happy learning! Sincerely, Kwok-Sze R. Wong, Ed, D. Executive Director 2 ORDER ONLINE AT OR BY PHONE AT (800)

3 School Counseling Program Development... 2 Grief Coping...12 Anger Management/Conflict Resolution...14 Character Education/Resiliency...16 Health Issues...19 School Counselor Resource Series...21 Individual/Group/Classroom Guidance...24 Motivation...26 Bullying/Gender Issues...27 Books for Parents Career Development ASCA Merchandise...32 ASCA Order Form...34 Index...35 SCHOOLCOUNSELOR.ORG 1

4 Now available for e-readers. Order online at counselor.org The ASCA National Model: A Framework for School Counseling Programs (third edition) American School Counselor Association The ASCA National Model reflects a comprehensive approach to the design, implementation and evaluation of a school counseling program that improves student success. The publication defines the school counselor s role in implementation of a program based on the principles of leadership, advocacy, collaboration and systemic change and provides step-by-step tools to build each component of the program including foundation, management, delivery and accountability. This third edition has been revised to reflect current education practices and enhanced to include additional templates that will assist school counselors in developing an exemplary school counseling program. Making Diversity Work: Creating Culturally Competent School Counseling Programs Tim Grothaus, Ph.D. and Kaprea F. Johnson, Ph.D. Making Diversity Work, an ASCA National Model publication, supports school counselors efforts to promote achievement and equity for all students. This workbook provides examples, step-by-step strategies and resources for improving the cultural competence of each aspect of the school counseling program. It also includes ideas for culturally responsive programming and services along with offering suggestions for enhancing school counselors cultural awareness and skills. (ASCA, 2012) Members: $19.95; nonmembers: $24.95 Order no.: Now available for e-readers. Order online at counselor.org (ASCA, 2012) Members: $34.95; nonmembers: $44.95 Bulk price (10 or more copies): $29.95 Order no.: Making DATA Work (third edition) Carol Kaffenberger, Ph.D., and Anita Young, Ph.D. The third edition of Making DATA Work aligns with the third edition of The ASCA National Model: A Framework for School Counseling Programs, which emphasizes the importance of using data to drive school counseling program development, implementation and evaluation. Making DATA Work complements the ASCA National Model by providing stepby-step implementation strategies, skill-building activities, examples and resources to help school counselors develop program goals, collect and analyze data and share their findings with key stakeholders. (ASCA, 2013) Members: $19.95; nonmembers: $24.95 Order no.: Now available for e-readers. Order online at counselor.org Now available for e-readers. Order online at counselor.org School Counselor Leadership: An Essential Practice Anita Young, Ph.D., and Marcy Miller-Kneale School counselor leadership is a critical theme of the ASCA National Model and a key practice for implementing a comprehensive school counseling program. This book builds a framework for enhancing school counseling leadership capacity for K-12 school counselors and district/state school counseling supervisors. Reflective activities, examples and resources based on research allow readers to gain the knowledge and skills to employ effective leadership practices that promote student success. (ASCA, 2013) Members: $19.95; nonmembers: $24.95 Order no.: Ethical & Legal Issues in School Counseling (third edition) Mary A. Hermann, Ph.D.; Ted Remley Jr., Ph.D., J.D.; and Wayne Huey, Ph.D., Eds. School counselors face ethical and legal challenges every day. Whether you are new to the field or have been practicing for years, Ethical & Legal Issues in School Counseling provides valuable information and guidelines to help you meet these challenges headon. Edited and compiled by three experts in the field, this book is a compilation of some of the most informative journal articles previously published. Chapters cover confidentiality, danger to self and others, reporting abuse and neglect, mental disorders and referral and supervision of school counselors. (ASCA, 2010) Members: $32.95; nonmembers $41.95 Order no.: ORDER ONLINE AT OR BY PHONE AT (800)

5 SCHOOL COUNSELING PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT Brief Intervention for School Problems: Outcome-Informed Strategies (second edition) John J. Murphy and Barry L. Duncan This highly practical guide, now in its second edition, helps school counselors find effective solutions to academic and behavioral problems by enlisting the ideas and resources of students, parents and teachers. Filled with realworld examples, the book demonstrates how to: Create strong alliances with students, parents and school personal Interrupt problem cycles by helping students try something different Conduct interviews that are motivating and elicit desired goals Assess students strengths and competencies, not just their deficits (Guilford Press, 2010) Members: $25; nonmembers: $33.95 Order no.: School Counseling to Close the Achievement Gap: A Social Justice Framework for Success Cheryl Holcomb-McCoy, Ph.D. This book addresses factors, such as racism, sexism, heterosexism and classism, that can contribute to academic failure and challenges readers to play an active role in creating equitable educational environments. The book contains a variety of strategies to support school counselors in key function areas and shows school counselors how to advocate for all students. Readers will find: counseling snapshots of challenging situations, small-group activities for students, suggested readings for extending learning, and individual and group reflective questions to deepen understanding. (Corwin Press, 2007) Members: $31.95; nonmembers: $37.95 Order no.: Counseling Toward Solutions: A Practical Solution-Focused Program for Working with Students, Teachers, and Parents (second edition) Linda Metcalf, Ph.D. Written for school counselors and teachers at all levels, this publication presents a positive program for changing individual behavior that empowers students of all ages to deal with their own problems and gain self-esteem in the process. Step by step the book shows how to help students begin their own change process by noticing when a problem does not occur rather than focusing on the problem or what caused it. Using solution-focused brief therapy methods, the book covers: helping students set their own goals, identifying exceptions to students negative behavior, strategies for parent conferences, studentteacher problem resolution and more. The Field Guide to Counseling Toward Solutions: The Solution Focused School Linda Metcalf, Ph.D. A companion to Counseling Toward Solutions, this Field Guide offers guidelines for developing a schoolwide program encompassing virtually all the day-to-day programming schools must provide for students. The book includes techniques and suggestions for: training staff to become more solution-focused and student-centered; working with teams, teachers and parents so the system creates and maintains change; creating student and parent support groups; and reducing special education referrals through solution-focused conversations. (Jossey-Bass, 2007) Members: $24.95; nonmembers: $34.95 Order no.: (Jossey-Bass, 2007) Members: $32.95; nonmembers: $45.95 Order no.: SCHOOLCOUNSELOR.ORG 3

6 SCHOOL COUNSELING PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT Best Practices for Effective Secondary School Counselors Carla F. Shelton and Edward L. James The recent wave of accountability reform movements has largely overlooked the needs of middle and high school counselors yet has generated daunting pressure for school counseling programs to be standards-based and data-driven. Written from the perspective of a practicing, certified counselor, this guide contains essential information needed to implement the ASCA National Model and smoothly transition from service-based to program-based counseling. This text centers on six best practices and highlights specific action plans and examples for each one, allowing counseling staff to easily implement the comprehensive programs outlined. Key features include: Time-saving checklists, surveys and forms Straightforward tactics for applying six best practices Strategies for stress management Tips for writing successful letters of recommendation An extensive resource and Web site list (Corwin Press & ASCA, 2005) Members: $39.95; nonmembers: $53.95 Order no.: The Elementary/Middle School Counselor s Survival Guide (third edition) John J. Schmidt This expanded edition helps school counselors plan and implement an effective counseling program tailored to the needs of all students. Step by step, the book walks readers through every aspect of the school counselor job, including: designing a comprehensive counseling program, communicating with students and fellow staff, facilitating groups, promoting positive school discipline, integrating a guidance curriculum, intervening in times of crisis and taking personal and professional care of oneself. Includes a wealth of reproducible worksheets, letters, checklists and forms. (Jossey-Bass, 2010) Members: $32.95; nonmembers: $41.95 Order no.: Available in Kindle format only. Order online at School Counseling Principles: Foundations and Basics Russell A. Sabella, Ph.D. This book serves as a ready reference for advancing a common under standing of the rapidly evolving school counseling profession. Its purpose is to help school counselors, school counseling students, educators, administrators and other school counseling stakeholders best converge on the most highly agreed-upon responses to common professional questions. In this compilation, experts respond to frequently asked questions regarding school counseling as a career, collaboration, credentials, ethical and legal issues, guidance and counseling issues, counseling-related legislation, school counselor performance, research, school counselor roles and responsibilities, counseling technology and school counselor training. (ASCA, 2005) Members and nonmembers: $24.95; available in digital format only. Order online at School-Based Crisis Intervention: Preparing All Personnel to Assist Melissa Allen Heath and Dawn Sheen This resource helps practitioners prepare all school personnel to respond sensitively and effectively to children and adolescents in crisis. Packed with user-friendly features, including more than 50 reproducible tools, the book provides crucial guidance for helping students cope with stressful circumstances such as bullying, abuse, parental divorce, chronic illness, depression, loss and more. The emphasis is on giving teachers and staff basic crisis intervention skills: how to react, what to say and what to do to create a safe and supportive environment. (Guilford Press, 2005) Members: $35; nonmembers: $45 Order no.: ORDER ONLINE AT OR BY PHONE AT (800)

7 SCHOOL COUNSELING PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT School Counseling Principles: Ethics and Law (third edition) Carolyn Stone, Ed.D. This practical guide addresses school counselors and their work through a legal and ethical lens. More than 100 cases representing school counselors daily dilemmas in working with minors in schools are answered through the application of court cases. The case study approach helps connect real school counseling issues to critical federal and state statutes, ASCA s Ethical Standards for School Counselors, case law and typical school board policies. Courts have given us guidance on most topics involving our profession, and these topics and more are addressed in this updated edition: application of the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act negligence in academic advising school counselors obligations to the courts child abuse sexually active students, abortion counseling sexual harassment, bullying, cyberbullying gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender youth suicide, duty owed violence, dating violence, crisis confidentiality and privilege communication school counselors and cyberspace Now available for e-readers. Order online at counselor.org (ASCA, 2013) Members: $32.95; nonmembers: $41.95 Order no.: Reframing Organizations: Artistry, Choice and Leadership (Fifth Edition) By Lee G. Bolman and Terrance E. Deal The classic leadership resource, now in its fifth edition, addresses the four different perspectives through which organizations can be understood. The Structural Frame focuses on organization structure and provides insight into how managers and leaders within organizations can better organize and structure organizations, groups and teams to get results. The Human Resource Frame focuses on the people in organizations and provides insight into how to tailor organizations to satisfy human need. The Political Frame focuses on the political dynamics in organizations and examines how managers and leaders in organizations can understand power and conflict, build coalitions, hone political skills and deal with internal and external politics. The Symbolic Frame focuses on meaning and culture in organizations and provides insight into how leaders and managers can shape culture, stage organizational drama for internal and external audiences and build spirit through ritual, ceremony and story. Brief Counseling That Works: A Solution-Focused Therapy Approach for School Counselors and Other Mental Health Professionals (third edition) Gerald Sklare Expert Gerald Sklare is back with a breakthrough approach to effective counseling. Get fresh insights and new applications for solution-focused brief counseling (SFBC). Revised and expanded chapters help you: Conduct brief, short-term sessions that lead to rapid, observable change Create well-defined client goals Enable students to envision and take steps toward a more hopeful future Maximize your time for rapid, observable student progress Use the solution-focused principles with reluctant clients Conduct positive, goal-oriented parent conferences Work with individuals in school and community settings You ll find a brand new chapter on abbreviated SFBC sessions, updated case studies and research, helpful flow charts and note sheets and invaluable practice exercises. This how-to book gives you everything you need to implement this powerful, innovative counseling approach. (Corwin Press & ASCA, 2014) Members: $31.95; nonmembers: $42.95 Order no.: Guidance With Good Measure: 25 Awesome Measurable Classroom and Group Counseling Lessons Anthony Pearson This book contains 22 lessons that get students moving, get their brains in gear and make them think outside the box. Every lesson challenges students to consider their thoughts, feelings and behaviors in a variety of ways. Concepts like delayed gratification, intrinsic vs. extrinsic motivation, solutionfocused conflict resolution and much more are delivered in thoughtprovoking methods. Lessons in this book can be easily adapted to kick off a new series or conclude a particular program. They are lessons that can stand alone. These lessons can even be integrated into small groups. Each lesson is reinforced with easy-to-deliver assessments. (Youthlight, 2009) Members: $24.95; nonmembers: $27.95 Order no.: (Jossey-Bass, 2013) Members: $65; nonmembers: $79 Order no.: SCHOOLCOUNSELOR.ORG 5

8 SCHOOL COUNSELING PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT School Counseling Principles: Multiculturalism and Diversity Sharon M. Ravitch, Ph.D. One of the greatest challenges facing school counselors today is effectively meeting the needs of an increasingly multicultural student population. This book provides school counselors, and those responsible for their education and professional development, with a conceptually rich and practically useful, comprehensive resource for learning about and engaging in multicultural counseling, counselor education and multicultural professional development. This volume contains a collection of selected articles, previously published in Professional School Counseling and ASCA School Counselor, organized into thematic clusters. The articles in this collection are at the cutting edge of theory, research and practice in the area of multicultural school counseling and include both theoretical and empirical studies. Each cluster includes a range of perspectives and a diverse representation of major topics and concerns in the realm of school counseling. Available for e-readers only. Order online at counselor.org or (ASCA, 2006) Members and nonmembers: $24.95; available in digital format only. Order online at Promoting A Successful Transition to Middle School Patrick Akos, Ph.D.; J. Allen Queen; and Christopher Lineberry This book provides detailed examples of best practices from middle schools across the country and features research-based strategies and suggestions for transition programs. It covers the roles of school principals, school counselors, classroom teachers and the central office. Included are an overview of school transitions, the developmental transition of starting middle school, the systemic and ecological transition in starting middle school, important themes in the transition into middle school, activities and strategies for implementing transition programs and how educators can ease the transition. Developing and Managing Your School Guidance and Counseling Program (fifth edition) Norman C. Gysbers, Ph.D., and Patricia Henderson, Ed.D. This new edition, by Norman C. Gysbers, Ph.D., and Patricia Henderson, Ed.D., expands and extends the authors acclaimed five-phase guidance and counseling programs. This new edition includes increased attention to diversity and the range of issues students present, school counselor accountability and the roles and responsibilities of district- and building-level guidance and counseling leaders in an increasingly complex education environment. At the end of each chapter, a new feature, Your Progress Check, functions as a tracking tool for growth at each stage of the change process. (American Counseling Association, 2011) Members: $52.95; nonmembers: $73.95 Order no.: Talk With Teens About What Matters to Them Jean Sunde Peterson, Ph.D. With the guided discussions in this book, you can create a supportive environment for teens to deal with their questions and concerns. Use these sessions to help teens build self-esteem; gain self-awareness; practice problem-solving, goal-setting and communication skills ; explore their relationships with family, friends and teachers; handle stress; make good decisions; feel more in control of their lives; face the future with confidence; know they aren t alone; and understand and articulate their feelings. Each discussion session is clear, self-contained and step-by-step, and many include reproducible handouts. (Free Spirit Publishing, 2011) Members: $39.99; nonmembers: $48.99 Order no.: (Routledge/Taylor & Francis, 2005) Members: $34.95; nonmembers: $42.95 Order no.: ORDER ONLINE AT OR BY PHONE AT (800)

9 SCHOOL COUNSELING PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT Supervising the School Counselor Trainee: Guidelines for Practice Jeannine R. Studer, Ph.D. This book provides a set of guidelines that explain the how-to s of school counseling supervision for school counselor supervisors, school counselor trainees, program supervisors and counselor educators. It covers current supervisory models and trends, the supervisor s role in each stage of the process, the relationship between the ASCA National Model and supervision, the use of technology, legal and ethical issues, working with difficult trainees, creative supervisory techniques and the evaluation process. (American Counseling Association, 2006) Members: $32.95; nonmembers: $47.95 Order no.: Thinking and Acting Like a Behavioral School Counselor Richard D. Parsons The book explains the core constructs of behavioral counseling and provides extensive illustrative material to help new and experienced school counselors translate theory into practice. It includes a reflective, meaning-making model as a basis for effective school counseling, an introduction to the fundamentals of behavioral analysis, illustrations of intervention strategies targeting behavior modification, in-depth case studies and guided practice exercises. (Corwin Press, 2009) Members: $31.95; nonmembers: $42.95 Order no.: Now available for e-readers. Order online at counselor.org School Counseling Principles: Remembering the Past, Shaping the Future: A History of School Counseling Norman C. Gysbers, Ph.D. This book traces the development of school counseling from its beginnings in the early 1900s to the present time. Designed for both school counselors in training and practicing school counselors, Remembering the Past, Shaping the Future helps school counselors gain an appreciation of the profession s rich heritage. (ASCA, 2010) Members: $32.95; nonmembers: $41.95 Order no.: How to Listen so Parents Will Talk & Talk so Parents Will Listen John Sommers-Flanagan, Ph.D.; and Rita Sommers-Flanagan, Ph.D. This book features specific interventions and methods for helping parents implement developmentally appropriate and scientifically supported strategies for building healthy parent-child relationships and working through the most common conflicts encountered in families. It includes tips for creating a positive experience with parents; guidelines for working with a variety of parents; parenting tip sheets and homework assignments; case studies focusing on many different parenting problems, including the strong-willed child, divorce, homework battles, spanking and more. How to Listen So Parents Will Talk and Talk So Parents Will Listen will help you develop positive relationships with parents and engage in constructive two-way dialogue. Even the most difficult and resistant parents can be successfully engaged through the helpful strategies, advice and tools found in this practical guide. (Wiley, 2011) Members: $40; nonmembers: $54 Order no.: RTI Success: Proven Tools and Strategies for Schools and Classrooms Elizabeth Whitten, Ph.D.; Kelly J. Esteves, Ed.D.; and Alice Woodrow, Ed.D. This book includes detailed information on implementing the RTI model at the school- or district-wide levels. Educators in the regular classroom can use the instructional strategies to address learners specific difficulties. Special educators and classroom aides can utilize the book in support of screening, progress monitoring and early intervention methods. Students, rather than struggle for long periods, can have unique needs assessed and met before academic challenges lead to chronic failure. The book also includes reproducible forms for streamlined implementation, staff development tools and charts to determine what to try when. (Free Spirit Publishing, 2009) Members: $39.99; nonmembers: $48.99 Order no.: SCHOOLCOUNSELOR.ORG 7

10 SCHOOL COUNSELING PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT School Counseling Principles: Mentoring, Supervising and Coaching Felicia L. Wilczenski, Ed.D.; Rebecca A. Schumacher, Ed.D.; Katharine Gray; and Amy L. Cook Today s school counselors need to be effective leaders and change agents. Unfortunately, these roles are rarely addressed fully during the graduate training. Mentoring, coaching and supervising skills are imperative for school counselors interacting with graduate students completing a practicum or internships. School counselors also serve as mentors, coaches and supervisors when they assume leadership positions. (ASCA, 2010) Members: $18.95; nonmembers: $24.95 Order no.: Thinking and Acting Like a Solution-Focused School Counselor Richard D. Parsons This book helps school counselors engage with students using a solution-focused approach that stresses cooperation and highlights students positive attributes to facilitate goal achievement. The author provides the background and expertise needed to establish collaborative student relationships, identify student skills and abilities and reframe problems with attainable goals. Learn how to emphasize students strengths to help them resolve problems. (Corwin Press, 2009) Members: $31.95; nonmembers: $42.95 Order no.: Suicide Prevention in the Schools: Guidelines for Middle and High School Settings David Capuzzi This book encourages suicide prevention in schools through the use of a clear and effective crisis management plan designed to identify and serve at-risk youth. The concise, step-by-step framework provides essential information for school counselors, administrators and faculty on suicide assessment; faculty roles and responsibilities; and instructions on how to implement a building- or district-wide prevention program that includes faculty training and preparation of crisis teams. RTI in Practice: A Practical Guide to Implementing Effective Evidence-Based Interventions in Your School James L. McDougal, Suzanne B. Graney, James A. Wright and Scott P. Ardoin This innovative and timely guide presents concrete, balanced perspectives and directions for implementing an effective response to intervention (RTI) model in your school. Built upon the tiers of effective general education and universal screening, targeted interventions and intensive interventions, this authoritative resource addresses effective academic programs for all students; how to use data to make decisions in general education; guidelines for setting goals, monitoring progress and graphing intervention outcomes; and multicultural considerations. The book includes a CD-ROM with reproducible and customizable forms, surveys and screening tools, as well as an annotated list of resources for charting and monitoring individual student and classroom progress. (Wiley, 2010) Members: $55; nonmembers: $64 Order no.: The Ultimate Middle School Counseling Handbook Tim Handrich and Deb Schroeder Developed by middle school counselors with 48 years of combined experience, this all-inclusive book is the result of programs they have created, implemented and field-tested. The handbook includes advisor/advisee programs; group activities; group curriculums on friendship, family concerns, decisionmaking, gifted and talented students as well as a program is for kids committed to being drug-free; a communication program for parents, students and school counselors; special days; and information on how to handle suspected child abuse, eating disorders and self-mutilation. The Ultimate Middle School Counseling Handbook contains a CD of reproducible pages. (Mar*Co Products, 2010) Members: $37.95; nonmembers: $49.95 Order no.: (American Counseling Association, 2009) Members: $27.95; nonmembers: $38.95 Order no.: ORDER ONLINE AT OR BY PHONE AT (800)

11 SCHOOL COUNSELING PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT Thinking and Acting Like a Cognitive School Counselor Richard D. Parsons In this concise how-to guide, the author presents theory, analysis and practical suggestions to support a cognitive counseling framework and shows how school counselors can use that framework when working with students. The book offers clear strategies for helping new and experienced counselors understand how thoughts connect to feelings and how to discern functional from dysfunctional thinking. Includes in-depth, verbatim case studies and guided practice exercises. (Corwin Press, 2009) Members: $31.95; nonmembers: $42.95 Order no.: The School Counselor s Book of Lists (second edition) Dorothy J. Blum and Tamara E. Davis, Ed.D. Since 1997, The School Counselor s Book of Lists has offered school counselors a wealth of relevant and much-needed information written in concise and user-friendly language. This updated resource is a quick, easy guide for finding information on almost any topic pertinent to school counselors. The book covers everything from writing student assessments and dealing with school crises to setting budgets and running effective meetings. In order to address the transformed role of school counselors, the contents of this comprehensive second edition map to the ASCA National Model. This revised edition is appropriate for school counseling graduate programs as well as for practitioners in the K-12 field. (Jossey-Bass & ASCA, 2010) Members: $34.95; nonmembers: $47.95 Order no.: Counseling 21st Century Students for Optimal College and Career Readiness: A 9th- 12th Grade Curriculum Corine Fitzpatrick and Kathleen Costantini School counselors have an enormous impact on students achievement and success in post-secondary education, yet initiatives to improve student outcomes often overlook school counselors. Fitzpatrick and Costantini present their own action-based curriculum for high school counselors that will meet the needs of 21st-century students, helping to foster their growth and ambition and actively engage them in learning what they need to succeed beyond high school. The curriculum includes: making the transition to ninth grade successful; using technology in the advising process; preparing for standardized testing and using it to motivate students about the college application process; and helping students research careers and colleges, make the most of college visits, apply for college and write the application essay. An accompanying CD contains the tables, exercises, and charts from the book so they can be easily accessed and reproduced. (Routledge, 2011) Members: $29.95; nonmembers: $39.95 Order no.: Ready, Willing and Able: A Developmental Approach to College Access and Success Mandy Savitz-Romer and Suzanne Bouffard This book focuses on the developmental tasks and competencies young people need to develop to plan for and succeed in higher education. These include identity development, articulating aspirations and expectations, forming and maintaining strong peer and adult relationships, motivation and goal-setting and self-regulatory skills, such as planning. The authors challenge the predominant approach of giving young people information and leaving it to them to figure out how to apply it. Ready, Willing, and Able calls for a new approach: one that emphasizes the key developmental tasks and processes of adolescence and integrates them into existing college-access practices in meaningful ways. Rather than treating young people as passive recipients of services, adults can engage them as active agents in the construction of their own futures. (Harvard Education Press, 2012) Members: $26.95; nonmembers: $36.95 Order no.: SCHOOLCOUNSELOR.ORG 9

12 SCHOOL COUNSELING PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT GRIEF The Advisory Guide Rachel A. Poliner and Carol Miller Lieber The Advisory Guide helps secondary educators design and implement an advisory program tailored to their school s needs and goals whether in large or small, independent or charter schools. In this comprehensive guide, the design chapters present snapshots of various advisory models and help planning teams think through nine major issues they should address for the program and faculty advisors to get off to a good start. The implementation chapters offer facilitation tips, suggestions for using 15 different formats, and over 130 sample activities organized around 10 advisory themes, including student orientation, community building, tools for school and learning, goal-setting and assessment, life skills and career exploration. (Educators for Social Responsibility, 2004) Members: $38; nonmembers: $49 Order no.: Professional School Counseling: Best Practices for Working in Schools (Third Edition) Rosemary A. Thompson Today s children and adolescents are constantly facing new and unique challenges, and school counselors must respond to this by expanding their role and function within the schools. This revised and expanded edition of Thompson s important text explores these issues, as well as the necessary steps school counselors need to take to adapt and effectively deal with them. Thompson advocates for the need for standards-based school counseling, outlining the framework and benefits of the ASCA National Model and comprehensive guidance and counseling programs. She addresses the newest research in implementing evidence-based practices; the mental health issues that may be faced by children and adolescents; consulting with teachers, parents, administrators and the community; and crisis intervention and management. New to this edition are chapters focusing on minority and disenfranchised students and the need for school counselors to be able to advocate, coordinate and collaborate on services for these students and their families. (Routledge/Taylor & Francis, 2012) Members: $49.95; nonmembers: $64.95 Order no.: Why Would Someone Want to Die? Rebecca C. Schmidt This book equips you with the tools necessary to help explain suicide openly and honestly to children, K-3, and open the lines of communication between you and a grieving child. The author, an elementary school counselor, helps readers learn several techniques to guide children through coping with a suicide. The book contains a colorful, illustrated storybook; parental permission forms; counseling activities; special section for parents; child grief-reaction chart and a resource list for parents and teachers. (National Center for Youth Issues, 2007) Members: $19.95; nonmembers: $27.95 Order no.: (The Dougy Center, 1998) Members: $9.95; nonmembers: $13.95 Order no.: Helping Children Cope with Death The Dougy Center Based on work with children, teens and families, this guidebook helps you understand the growing infant, preschool and six-to 12-year-old child. You get guidelines on specific developmental issues and answers to the most frequently asked questions about children and grief. 35 Ways to Help a Grieving Child The Dougy Center (The Dougy Center, 1999) Members: $9.95; nonmembers: $13.95 Order no.: Perfect for the recently bereaved family, this simple, straightforward and easy-to-read guidebook addresses how to include children in decision making, what to expect from different ages of grieving children and how to provide safe outlets for children to express emotion. 10 ORDER ONLINE AT OR BY PHONE AT (800)

13 GRIEF (The Dougy Center, 1999) Members: $9.95; nonmembers: $13.95 Order no.: (The Dougy Center, 2000) Members: $9.95; nonmembers: $13.95 Order no.: Helping Teens Cope with Death The Dougy Center This guidebook details teens common reactions to loss, specific challenges grieving teens face and how different types of death affect teens. Plus, you get details on the six basic principles of teen grief, factors that influence adolescents grieving process, safe outlets to constructively cope with anger and much more. When Death Impacts Your School: A Guide for School Administrators The Dougy Center This is an essential guide for school officials faced with a death affecting their students, staff or community. It includes concrete suggestions for dealing directly with death, developing a school intervention plan after a death and addressing special issues around suicide or violence. When a Friend Dies: A Book for Teens About Grieving & Healing Marilyn E. Goodman, Ed.D. When Grief Visits School: Organizing a Successful Response (second edition) John Dudley, Ed.D. (Educational Media Corp., 2003) Members: $16.95; nonmembers: $22.95 Order no.: Use this book to establish and train crisis-response teams. Get clear suggestions for selecting the crisisresponse team, developing an effective crisis plan, dealing with the media, organizing effective meetings under pressure, helping students and staff and planning appropriate follow-up. After a Suicide Death: An Activity Book for Grieving Kids The Dougy Center In this hands-on, interactive activity book, children who have been exposed to a suicide death can learn from other grieving kids. The activity book includes drawing activities, puzzles, stories, advice from other kids and helpful suggestions for how to navigate the grief process after a suicide death. (The Dougy Center, 2001) Members: $12.95; nonmembers: $18 Order no.: The death of a friend is a wrenching event for anyone at any age. Teenagers especially need help coping with this painful loss. This sensitive book answers questions grieving teens often have, such as How should I be acting? Is it wrong to go to parties and have fun? and What if I can t handle my grief on my own? The advice is gentle and compassionate. The author has seen her own children suffer from the death of a friend, and she knows what teens go through. This revised edition includes new quotes from teens, new resources and new insights into losing a friend through violence. (Free Spirit Publishing, 2005) Members: $9.99; nonmembers: $13.99 Order no.: SCHOOLCOUNSELOR.ORG 11

14 GRIEF COPING Helping the Grieving Student: A Guide for Teachers The Dougy Center (The Dougy Center, 1998) Members: $9.95; nonmembers: $13.95 Order no.: This guidebook provides teachers of elementary- through high school-aged students with a thorough understanding of how to help children and teens affected by death. Included are practical tips and step-bystep information on what to say and do in a classroom setting. When Kids Are Grieving: Addressing Grief and Loss in School Donna Burns Most students experience some form of loss in their lives, and the resulting grief can profoundly affect their academic performance, emotional stability and social interactions. Featuring helpful charts, quotes, activities, case studies, reproducible handouts and resources from national organizations, this sourcebook offers strategies to help students affected by divorce; death of a parent, relative, friend or pet; violence; chronic illness; and more. The author illustrates how to respond appropriately, help students handle emotions associated with loss, promote communication and facilitate effective interventions, determine when to refer a child to a specialist and respect cultural attitudes toward loss and grief. Social Competence Intervention Program: A Drama-Based Intervention for Youth on the Autism Spectrum Laura Guli and Alison Wilkinson SCIP is a 16-session, drama-based intervention for youth, ages 8-14, on the autism spectrum. The authors blend current research and information from the field of creative drama to help students accurately perceive and respond to nonverbal aspects of social interactions, such as facial expressions, body language and tone of voice. Program sessions are divided into three parts: input, integration and output. Students are asked to participate in process dramas and take on roles that explore various outcomes. During role plays, students learn to divide complex social interactions into sequential parts, discuss the emotions involved and act out a variety of possible responses. They also learn practical skills for dealing with teasing and understanding complex social cues. (Research Press, 2008) Members: $34.95; nonmembers: $45.95 Order no.: (Corwin Press, 2010) Members: $27.95; nonmembers: $36.95 Order no.: ORDER ONLINE AT OR BY PHONE AT (800)

15 COPING How to Stop Before You Pop: A Six Lesson Anger- Management Program for Grades 3-5 Kathie Guild This six-lesson anger-management program for grades 3-5 presents the topic in an innovative way that will not only teach necessary anger-management techniques but will also hold students attention and motivate them to make behavior changes. At the conclusion of the program, students will have: analyzed their physiological reactions to anger, talked about people and things that help them gain balance and restore calm when they are faced with conflict, practiced visualization exercises with a Power Test, learned that what they think is what they feel, become familiar with the importance of nonverbal communication and practiced I messages and combined them with appropriate gestures to improve communication. (Mar*Co Products Inc., 2007) Members: $17.95; nonmembers: $23.95 Order no.: What to Do When Good Enough Isn t Good Enough: The Real Deal on Perfectionism Thomas S. Greenspon, Ph.D. Targeted to elementary and middle school students, this book helps perfectionist students understand how much of a problem perfectionism is for them, how to get trusted adults to help them overcome it, how people become perfectionists, coping skills and much more. (Free Spirit Publishing, 2007) Members: $9.99; nonmembers: $13.99 Order no.: What to Do When You Grumble Too Much: A Kid s Guide to Overcoming Negativity Dawn Huebner, Ph.D. This book, for ages 6-12, guides children and their parents through the cognitivebehavioral techniques used to treat negative thinking. Lively metaphors and illustrations help kids see life s hurdles in a new way, while drawing and writing activities help them master skills to get over those hurdles. And stepby-step instructions point the way toward becoming happier, more positive kids. This interactive self-help book is the complete resource for educating, motivating and empowering children to work toward change. (Magination Press, 2007) Members: $15.95; nonmembers: $20.95 Order no.: My Daddy is in Jail: Story, Discussion Guide, and Small Group Activities for Grades K-5 Janet M. Bender This resource, written by a former elementary school counselor, helps children cope with the incarceration of a loved one. It includes a read-aloud story, discussion guide, caregiver suggestions and optional small-group counseling activities. (Youthlight, 2003) Members: $13.95; nonmembers: $17.95 Order no.: Mookey the Monkey Gets Over Being Teased Heather Lonczak Once upon a time a monkey named Mookey was born without a single hair on his body. Mookey loved his smooth skin. But the day he started school was the day he found out about teasing. His classmates stared. They pointed and giggled. They called him names. What was Mookey to do? This colorful book, targeted to ages 4-8, shows how Mookey dealt with other people s teasing. The book also contains a note to parents/teachers that discusses the effects of childhood teasing, outlines a wealth of coping strategies for children and offers guidance for both parents and educators for responding when children are teased or bullied. (Magination Press, 2007) Members: $9.95; nonmembers: $13.95 Order no.: SCHOOLCOUNSELOR.ORG 13

16 COPING ANGER MANAGEMENT/CONFLICT RESOLUTION Getting Yourself Together When Your Family Comes Apart: Coping with Family Changes Janet M. Bender This book focuses on the five familiar stages of grief often experienced by children when their family structure changes. This resource offers a student survey, read-aloud story and 21 reproducible student activities designed to help children move through the grief process and adjust to their new circumstances. Helpful parent articles and reference material are also included. (National Center for Youth Issues, 2004) Members: $19.95; nonmembers: $27.95 Order no.: What To Do When You Worry Too Much: A Kid s Guide to Overcoming Anxiety Dawn Huebner, Ph.D. This interactive self-help book is designed to guide 6 12 year olds and their parents through the cognitivebehavioral techniques most often used in the treatment of generalized anxiety. Metaphors and humorous illustrations make concepts easy to understand, while prompts to draw and write help children to master new skills related to reducing anxiety. Engaging, encouraging and easy to follow, this book educates, motivates and empowers children to work toward change. (Magination Press, 2006) Members: $15.95; nonmembers: $22.95 Order no.: Connected and Respected: Lessons from the Resolving Conflict Creatively Program Ken Breeding, Ph.D., and Jane Harrison Help your students develop the social and emotional competencies vital to academic success and success in building and maintaining relationships. Includes 16 practical, ready-to-use, sequenced lessons per grade level. Lessons contain a variety of activity types, including games, role plays, songs, cooperative learning and connections to children s literature. Lessons focus on: making connections, emotional literacy, caring and effective communications, cultural competence and social responsibility, conflict management and decision making. Lessons can be revised/adapted for older elementary-school children. (Educators for Social Responsibility, 2007) Members: $41; nonmembers: $54 Order no.: (K-2 edition), (3-5 edition) (Free Spirit Publishing, 2003) Members: $8.95; nonmembers: $12.95 Order no.: How to Take the GRRRR Out of Anger Elizabeth Verdick and Marjorie Lisovskis This book shows students how to have the power to overcome anger. It includes five steps to taming your temper, six steps to solving anger problems, clues to your anger buttons, the lowdown on calming down, tips for using your anger radar, things you can do when grown-ups get angry and more. (Wiley Publishing, 1998) Members: $31.95; nonmembers: $40.95 Order no.: Ready-to-Use Conflict Resolution Activities for Secondary Students Ruth Perlstein and Gloria Thrall This practical resource provides more than 90 ready-to-use lessons for teaching peaceful and successful ways of resolving conflict, including activities with typical adolescent scenarios and nearly 150 reproducible role-plays. 14 ORDER ONLINE AT OR BY PHONE AT (800)

17 ANGER MANAGEMENT/CONFLICT RESOLUTION Responding to Problem Behavior in Schools: The Behavior Education Program (second edition) Deanne A. Crone, Robert H. Horner and Leanne S. Hawken This book provides a time- and costeffective framework for responding to moderate problem behavior and preventing the development of more serious difficulties. The program incorporates daily behavioral feedback, positive adult attention and increased home-school collaboration. New to this edition are chapters on tailoring the program for a particular school, cultural considerations and measuring effectiveness. Also describes how the program can fit into a response-to-intervention framework. (Guilford Press, 2010) Members: $40; nonmembers: $49 Order no.: Creative Strategies for Reaching Children with Anger Problems Tom Carr, LPC This practical guide contains techniques and activities for managing and helping chronically angry children. It provides numerous strategies for dealing with the challenges of reaching and helping these children. The book features roadblocks to anger management and 131 creative strategies, including 24 reproducible skill sheets. The strategies are divided into four different levels of intensity. For grades K-8. (Youthlight, 2001) Members: $23.95; nonmembers: $31.95 Order no.: Seeing Red: An Anger Management and Peacemaking Curriculum for Kids Jennifer Simmonds Seeing Red is a curriculum designed to help elementary and middle school students better understand their anger so they can make healthy and successful choices and build strong relationships. This completely revised and updated edition includes a comprehensive anti-bullying component, complete with cutting-edge material specific to cyberbullying and social media. Designed especially for use with small groups, Seeing Red enables participants to learn from and empower one another. It helps students build important developmental objectives such as leadership skills, social skills and building self-esteem. Social Decision Making/Social Problem Solving: A Curriculum for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning Maurice J. Elias and Linda Bruene Butler Developed over three decades, this research-validated curriculum focuses on teaching skills that will enable students to be reflective, nonimpulsive and responsible decision makers and problem solvers while emphasizing critical-thinking skills. This curriculum affects student behavior, academic learning and social/emotional life. It promotes a multicultural perspective by building group cohesion, acceptance of differences and the ability to understand different points of view. The activities build skills such as self-control, listening, respectful communication, how to give and receive help and how to work cooperatively and fairly in groups. The program uses a wide range of cooperative learning methods, such as small-group brainstorming, problem solving and role-playing activities. Each volume includes assessment tools for tracking progress and numerous reproducible worksheets. (Research Press, 2005) Members: $44.95; nonmembers: $55.95 Order no.: (Grades 2-3 edition), (Grades 4-5 edition) Social Decision Making/Social Problem Solving for Middle School Students: Skills And Activities For Academic, Social And Emotional Success Maurice J. Elias and Linda Bruene Butler An ideal extension of the elementary curriculum, this manual presents a thoroughly tested and effective approach for helping students succeed in middle school. At this critical point in their lives, young adolescents can move in a positive and hopeful direction, or they can enter into a negative, downward spiral. This curriculum provides students with basic school survival skills and strategies for responsible decision making and problem solving. It is designed for use with a broad spectrum of learners, including those with emotional and behavioral disorders. Helps reduce school violence, foster social and emotional intelligence, improve academic effort and attention, develop multicultural perspectives and prevent at-risk students from giving up. Also provides strategies for encouraging parent involvement and for implementing a school-community service project. Includes assessment tools for tracking progress and numerous reproducible worksheets. (Research Press, 2005) Members: $44.95; nonmembers: $55.95 Order no.: (New Society Publishers, 2014) Members: $19.95; nonmembers: $25.95 Order no.: SCHOOLCOUNSELOR.ORG 15

18 CHARACTER EDUCATION/RESILIENCY Strong Kids: A Social & Emotional Learning Curriculum Kenneth W. Merrell This book contains a proven curriculum developed by a top expert to promote social-emotional competence and resilience in children. Low-cost and low-tech, this curriculum is filled with engaging, thought-provoking class activities that help students develop vital skills for: understanding emotions, managing anger, relieving stress, solving interpersonal problems and more. Versions are available for grades K-2, 3-5, 6-8 and Includes a CD with all the handouts, transparencies and homework activities. (Brookes Publishing Co., 2007) Members: $36.95, nonmembers: $50.95 Order no.: (Grades K-2 edition), (Grades 3-5 edition), (Grades 6-8 edition), (Grades 9-12 edition) The ABCs of Emotions Poster This poster, illustrating emotions from A-Z, helps show children the different emotions people experience and provides a jumping-off point for discussing how to deal with your emotions, both good and bad. This 18x36-inch poster comes rolled in a mailing tube and ready to display on your walls or bulletin board. (ASCA, 2005) Members: $10; nonmembers: $12.50 Order no.: EMOT (Free Spirit Publishing, 2006) Members: $7.99; nonmembers: $12.99 Order no.: Knowing and Doing What s Right: The Positive Values Assets Pamela Espeland and Elizabeth Verdick This book helps kids learn how to build the six Positive Values assets: caring, equality and social justice, integrity, honesty, responsibility and healthy lifestyle. Stories, tips and ideas help them to make good choices and build positive character traits. Character Lessons that Rock: Easy-to-Use Character Ed Activities and Resources Gina Apple and Duane Hodgin, Ph.D. This book for grades 4-8 is designed to help educators implement user-friendly activities within the classroom. It contains more than 150 easy-to-use character education activities, inspirational stories and interactive lessons. Lessons are grouped by character-related issues; select any or a combination of activities for a particular lesson. (National Center for Youth Issues, 2006) Members: $19.95; nonmembers: $27.95 Order no.: Teaching Adolescents to Think and Act Responsibly: The EQUIP Approach Ann-Marie DiBiasse, John C. Gibbs, Granville Bud Potter, Matthew R. Blount Holding students accountable for their actions and inspiring them with greater expectations is to respect them, to believe in them as people with positive potential. The EQUIP approach helps facilitate mature and accurate cognitive habits and behavioral skills in at-risk or potentially at-risk adolescents in the school setting. The curriculum addresses the three D s, common in these adolescents: developmental delays in moral judgment, self-serving cognitive distortions and social skills deficiencies. EQUIP consists of 30 sessions: 10 each of anger management, social skills and social decision-making. Each session includes facilitator notes, objectives and activities such as role-plays, worksheets and analysis of realistic problem scenarios. (Research Press, 2012) Members: $37.95; nonmembers: $49.95 Order No.: ORDER ONLINE AT OR BY PHONE AT (800)

19 CHARACTER EDUCATION/RESILIENCY Helping At-Risk Students: A Group Counseling Approach for Grades 6-9 (second edition) Jill Waterman and Elizabeth Walker This book provides a comprehensive, empirically supported group counseling program for students at risk for academic, behavioral and emotional difficulties. Designed for implementation in the course of a school semester, the curriculum has been shown to foster competence in areas crucial to successful development, including problem solving, violence prevention and interpersonal skill-building. (Guilford Press, 2009) Members: $35; nonmembers: $48 Order no.: Don t Squeal Unless It s a Big Deal: A Tale of Tattletales Jeanie Franz Ransom Although most kids problems are kidsized ones they can work out themselves, tattling is a fact of life for young children. Their ability to solve problems on their own is just developing, and they often feel they can t manage a situation without help from an adult. As every school counselor, teacher and parent knows, kids also tattle on their classmates and siblings because they want to look like the good child, be appreciated as helpful or even just get some attention. And of course, kids sometimes tattle as a means of getting back at another child, especially a bigger brother or sister. This award- winning book helps kids learn when telling is appropriate and when it is merely squealing. With warmth and humor, this story for young gradeschoolers offers easy guidelines so kids know when to talk to each other and when to call in the grown-ups. A note to teachers and parents is also included. (Magination Press, 2005) Members: $9.95; nonmembers: $14.95 Order no.: Owning Up: Empowering Adolescents to Confront Social Cruelty, Bullying, and Injustice Rosalind Wiseman This book presents a comprehensive approach to preventing youth violence by targeting the root causes of bullying and other forms of social cruelty. Contains separate sessions for girls and boys, combined group discussions, games, role-playing and other activities to engage students in understanding the complexities of adolescent social culture. Students learn they have a responsibility to treat themselves and others with dignity and to speak out against social cruelty and injustice. Includes a CD-ROM of reproducible program forms and student handouts. Grades (Research Press, 2009) Members: $64.95; nonmembers: $79.95 Order no.: Building Character from the Start: 201 Activities to Foster Creativity, Literacy and Play in K-3 Susan Ragsdale and Ann Saylor This K-3 activity book is full of energy and inspiration, and kids and educators alike will have fun while building new skills and assets. It is divided into three easy-to-use sections: Creativity: Kids are prompted to finish a coloring page with their own ideas and dreams. Each page is meant to build a specific asset, which is made easier with suggested discussion questions. Literacy: Synopses of nearly 100 books include follow-up questions and ideas for taking the book s lessons even further. Play: Fun for every grade level and area of interest word games, community-building games, team-building games and more. (Search Institute, 2009) Members: $29.95; nonmembers: $40.95 Order no.: SCHOOLCOUNSELOR.ORG 17

20 CHARACTER EDUCATION/RESILIENCY Cool, Calm, and Confident: A Workbook to Help Kids Learn Assertiveness Skills Lisa Schab Self-assured, assertive kids are not only less likely to be picked on by their peers, they re also less likely to bully others. Simple exercises help children stand up for themselves without coming across as aggressive, learn to be both kind and assertive and develop self-confidence and a positive self-image. Using this workbook is an easy and effective way to instill self-esteem in both passive and aggressive children a strength that will prove invaluable in childhood, in their teenage years and throughout their lives. (New Harbringer Publications, 2010) Members: $16.95; nonmembers: $22.95 Order no.: Skillstreaming the Elementary School Child (third edition) Ellen McGinnis Learn about a four-part training approach modeling, role playing, performance feedback and generalization to teach essential prosocial skills to elementary students. This book provides a complete description of the skillstreaming program, with instructions for teaching 60 prosocial skills. Part one includes chapters on learning about effective skillstreaming arrangements, teaching procedures, refining skill use, teaching skill generalization, managing behavior programs and more. Part two contains ready-touse one-page summaries of each skill, including skill steps, guidelines for skill instruction and suggested situations for modeling displays. Homework reports list skill steps and guide students in practicing the skills and evaluating skill use outside the group. Includes a CD-ROM with forms and handouts. (Research Press, 2012) Members: $46.95; nonmembers: $55.95 Order no.: Skillstreaming the Adolescent (third edition) Ellen McGinnis Learn about a four-part training approach modeling, role playing, performance feedback and generalization to teach essential prosocial skills to teens. This book provides a complete description of the skillstreaming program, with instructions for teaching 60 prosocial skills. Part one includes chapters on learning about effective skillstreaming arrangements, teaching procedures, refining skill use, teaching skill generalization, managing behavior programs and more. Part two contains ready-to-use onepage summaries of each skill, including skill steps, guidelines for skill instruction and suggested situations for modeling displays. Homework reports list skill steps and guide students in practicing the skills and evaluating skill use outside the group. Includes a CD-ROM with forms and handouts. (Research Press, 2012) Members: $46.95; nonmembers: $55.95 Order no.: Boosting All Children s Social and Emotional Brain Power: Life-Transforming Activities Marie-Nathalie Beudoin For a child to thrive in school today and succeed in life tomorrow, there s no more important quality than social and emotional intelligence. Since children s brains are still developing during the K 12 years, educators can positively influence students development, including strengthening essential skills such as empathy, self-management and problem-solving. The author shares award-winning techniques that connect with students lives and concerns. Readers will find: a research-based approach refined through ongoing work in public schools; classroom exercises grouped by age but adaptable for all grade levels; lively activities that keep students engaged; and valuable content for anti-bullying initiatives and counseling programs. This new guide is an essential resource for teachers, school counselors and other K 12 educators, helping them to positively shape classroom dynamics and school culture. (Corwin Press, 2014) Members: $34.95; nonmembers: $47.95 Order No.: ORDER ONLINE AT OR BY PHONE AT (800)