Counseling Skills for Teachers

Preface About the Authors 1. Adjusting to Multiple Roles A Skilled Helper Counseling Skills for Teachers Life Inside the Classroom A Day in the Life Suggested Activities Suggested Reading 2. Understanding the Process of Helping Some Suggestions for Learning Counseling Skills Helping Attitudes An Integrative Approach to Counseling A Review of the Counseling Process The Link Between the Counseling Process and Helping Skills Suggested Activities Suggested Reading 3. Assessing Children's Problems Noticing Symptoms of Distress Stress in the Lives of Children The Assessment Process Collecting Additional Information What to Do With the Assessment Suggested Activities Suggested Reading 4. Developing Skills of Helping Internal State of Mind Attending Listening Empathic Resonance Exploration Skills Action Skills Suggested Activities Suggested Reading 5. Counseling Skills in the Classroom Developing Communities of Respect and Tolerance Helping Strategies in Groups Differences Between Process and Classroom Groups Advantages and Disadvantages of Process Groups When to Intervene in Groups Varieties of Group Process Getting Support for Yourself Responding to Critical Incidents in the Classroom Suggested Activities Suggested Reading 6. Communicating With Parents When the Child Saves the Parents Open House Phoning Home Electronic Communication Parent-Teacher Conferences Directing a Constructive Conference When Things Don't Go as Planned Multicultural Perspectives Suggested Activities Suggested Reading 7. Consulting Effectively With Other Professionals Consulting With a Mentor Consulting With Other Teachers Consulting With the Principal Making a Referral Consulting With Counselors Seeing a Counselor as Your Personal Consultant Consulting With the School Psychologist Consulting With Homeless Education Community Liaisons Consulting With Faculty at the Local University The Teacher's Role in Individualized Education Programs Teachers Are Not Counselors Suggested Activities Suggested Reading 8. Counseling Yourself Students Who Change You Self-Talk Self-Care Issues for Teachers Index