Strengths-Based School Counseling: Promoting Student Development and Achievement

John P. . His professional and research interests include strengths-based approaches to counseling in schools, interprofessional training, and positive psychology. He is a former university counselor. Galassiis Professor and Coordinator of School Counseling at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is a fellow (Division 17) of the American Psychological Association. Visi

Despite calls for a more preventive and developmental mode of functioning, school counseling has tended to be driven by a reactive and sometimes crisis orientation. Other key features include: integrative framework?SBSC builds upon contemporary research from a variety of areas: school counseling, developmental psychology, school psychology, education, positive psychology, resiliency, and social work.  evidence-based interventions?detailed examples of successful evidence-based interventions and environments are presented at the elementary, middle, and high school levels for each major developmental area (academic, personal/social, and career) identified in ASCA?s National Model.  readability and pedagogy?beautifully written, the text includes lists of key points, tables of student strengths, illustrative examples, and student exercises.. Like social workers and school, counseling, and clinical psychologists, school counselors typically function to alleviate deficits, often in a small percentage of the students they serve. Although this orientation has served school counselors well in many inst

I would certainly use it in my own teaching….There are good ideas, interventions, and materials here that can be used in school counseling across different conceptions of the school counselor’s role.”—Ed HerrPenn State University“This book will be state of the art in the developmental aspects of school counseling. “On balance, I think the book will make a significant contribution to school counseling. It is up-to-date, evidence-based, and tied to standards and models of school counseling.”—Bruce WampoldUniversity of Wisconsin