An Evidence-Based Systems Approach to School Counseling: Advocating Student-within-Environment (Family Systems Counseling: Innovations Then and Now) - Softcover

Lemberger-Truelove, Matthew; Bowers Parker, Hannah

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1032321105 ISBN 13: 9781032321103

Publisher: Routledge, 2023

Synopsis

This book presents strategies for using systemic theory and evidence-based practice in schools to support students, the adults in their lives, and their wider communities.

Beginning by introducing and explaining the Advocating Student-within-Environment (ASE) theory, each chapter then addresses a specific school-based issue, such as academic achievement, crisis, trauma, and resiliency, from a systemic and environmental lens. Practical and accessible, the chapters are filled with case examples, evidence-based interventions, and helpful tools to show how counselors can incorporate the approach into their practice. Extending beyond school and student problems, this text also explores greater system functioning, such as community outreach and state level intervention, discussing advocacy and political issues.

This book is essential for school-based professionals who are looking for new ways to work with students, families, and their communities. It will also be of interest to mental health professionals who work systemically, such as marriage and family therapists and community counselors.

About this title

About the Author

Matthew E. Lemberger-Truelove is Professor of Counseling and Higher Education at the University of North Texas, U.S.A. He is the Editor of the Journal of Counseling and Development and the Associate Director for the Center for School Counseling Outcome Research and Evaluation. His scholarship includes empirical and theoretical writing. His empirical work pertains to counseling practice with children and adolescents, especially in economically challenged K12 schools.

Hannah Bowers Parker is Associate Professor in the Department of Counselor Education at Florida Atlantic University, U.S.A. Bowers has been working with children and families for over a decade, both as a marriage and family therapist and a school counselor.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1032321105
• ISBN 13: 9781032321103
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 196