Assisting Students With Disabilities
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"An excellent resource for anyone who supports students with disabilities. This complex subject is made practical and the TREAT model provides a great outline for solutions. I recommend this book as a road map to help students make successful transitions from grade to grade and beyond."
—Gary G. Gibson, Counselor/LD Specialist, Virginia Western Community College
Improve counseling service delivery to students with special needs!
Couched in the context of NCLB, the reauthorized IDEA, and the ASCA National Model, this essential handbook revisits the important role that school counselors play in the personal, social, academic, and career development of students with disabilities. Revised throughout, this new edition provides:
- Clear explanations of changes shaping the legal context for working with students with disabilities
- Tips for observing and gathering data on students who may be eligible for special services, as well as matching data with appropriate interventions
- Guidelines for designing services collaboratively with other school staff and parents
- Strategies for integrating the needs of individual students in comprehensive school counseling programs
The book's concluding chapters offer countless strategies for working with families of students with special needs, as well as suggestions for connecting professional school counseling practice with advocacy and systemic change. All school counselors feeling the weight of accountability will welcome this guide to help them meet the needs of students with disabilities proactively with enthusiasm, hope, and a renewed sense of competence.
Contents
Foreword by Jay Trenhaile
Foreword by Jay Trenhaile
Preface
Preface
Acknowledgments
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
- 1. The Legal Context for Working With Students With Disabilities
- The Individuals with Disabilities Educational Improvement Act (IDEA)
- Section 504
- The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
- The No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act
- Additional Laws Affecting Schools and School Counselors
- When Parents, Students, and School Personnel Disagree
- Concluding Comments
- 2. Specific Learning Disabilities and the School Counselor's Role
- Students With Specific Learning Disabilities: A Heterogeneous Group
- Learning Disabilities and Risk Factors
- Prereferral Activities
- Concluding Comments
- 3. Knowing the Whole Child
- Gathering Data About the Child
- Observation and Assessment Tools
- Reporting Findings
- Concluding Comments
- 4. Matching Data With Appropriate Interventions
- The TREAT Model
- Theories and Concepts
- Relationships
- Environment
- Adjunct Services and Supplemental Aids
- Treatable Goals
- Concluding Comments
- 5. Building a Structure for Success
- Identifying the Affected Skill or Curriculum Area
- Realistic and Measurable Goals
- Writing SMART Goals
- Career-Related Goals
- Life-Skills Goals
- Concluding Comments
- 6. Forming Partnerships With Families
- Parents and Families as Equal Partners
- Family Functioning
- Making Parents Feel Welcome
- Earning Parents' Trust
- Adapting Your Style
- Reasons Parents React Differently
- Sexuality
- Working With the Siblings of Children With Disabilities
- Family Diversity
- Concluding Comments
- 7. Making a Difference in the Wider Circle of Caring
- Leadership
- Advocacy
- Collaboration and Teaming
- Systemic Change--Beginning With YOU
- Concluding Comments
- Resource A: Professional Organizations
- Resource B: ASCA Position Statement on the Professional School Counselor and Students With Special Needs
- Resource C: ASCA's Ethical Standards for School Counselors
References
References
Suggested Readings
Suggested Readings
Index
Index
Additional materials
Description
"An excellent resource for anyone who supports students with disabilities. This complex subject is made practical and the TREAT model provides a great outline for solutions. I recommend this book as a road map to help students make successful transitions from grade to grade and beyond."
—Gary G. Gibson, Counselor/LD Specialist, Virginia Western Community College
Improve counseling service delivery to students with special needs!
Couched in the context of NCLB, the reauthorized IDEA, and the ASCA National Model, this essential handbook revisits the important role that school counselors play in the personal, social, academic, and career development of students with disabilities. Revised throughout, this new edition provides:
- Clear explanations of changes shaping the legal context for working with students with disabilities
- Tips for observing and gathering data on students who may be eligible for special services, as well as matching data with appropriate interventions
- Guidelines for designing services collaboratively with other school staff and parents
- Strategies for integrating the needs of individual students in comprehensive school counseling programs
The book's concluding chapters offer countless strategies for working with families of students with special needs, as well as suggestions for connecting professional school counseling practice with advocacy and systemic change. All school counselors feeling the weight of accountability will welcome this guide to help them meet the needs of students with disabilities proactively with enthusiasm, hope, and a renewed sense of competence.
Contents
Foreword by Jay Trenhaile
Foreword by Jay Trenhaile
Preface
Preface
Acknowledgments
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
- 1. The Legal Context for Working With Students With Disabilities
- The Individuals with Disabilities Educational Improvement Act (IDEA)
- Section 504
- The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
- The No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act
- Additional Laws Affecting Schools and School Counselors
- When Parents, Students, and School Personnel Disagree
- Concluding Comments
- 2. Specific Learning Disabilities and the School Counselor's Role
- Students With Specific Learning Disabilities: A Heterogeneous Group
- Learning Disabilities and Risk Factors
- Prereferral Activities
- Concluding Comments
- 3. Knowing the Whole Child
- Gathering Data About the Child
- Observation and Assessment Tools
- Reporting Findings
- Concluding Comments
- 4. Matching Data With Appropriate Interventions
- The TREAT Model
- Theories and Concepts
- Relationships
- Environment
- Adjunct Services and Supplemental Aids
- Treatable Goals
- Concluding Comments
- 5. Building a Structure for Success
- Identifying the Affected Skill or Curriculum Area
- Realistic and Measurable Goals
- Writing SMART Goals
- Career-Related Goals
- Life-Skills Goals
- Concluding Comments
- 6. Forming Partnerships With Families
- Parents and Families as Equal Partners
- Family Functioning
- Making Parents Feel Welcome
- Earning Parents' Trust
- Adapting Your Style
- Reasons Parents React Differently
- Sexuality
- Working With the Siblings of Children With Disabilities
- Family Diversity
- Concluding Comments
- 7. Making a Difference in the Wider Circle of Caring
- Leadership
- Advocacy
- Collaboration and Teaming
- Systemic Change--Beginning With YOU
- Concluding Comments
- Resource A: Professional Organizations
- Resource B: ASCA Position Statement on the Professional School Counselor and Students With Special Needs
- Resource C: ASCA's Ethical Standards for School Counselors
References
References
Suggested Readings
Suggested Readings
Index
Index
Additional materials
Reviews
Assisting Students With Disabilities
A Handbook for School Counselors
December 2006 | 160 pages | Corwin
| Format | Published Date | ISBN | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 01/02/2026 | 9781412941815 | $79.95 |
| Paperback | 01/02/2026 | 9781412941822 | $37.95 |
"An excellent resource for anyone who supports students with disabilities. This complex subject is made practical and the TREAT model provides a great outline for solutions. I recommend this book as a road map to help students make successful transitions from grade to grade and beyond."
—Gary G. Gibson, Counselor/LD Specialist, Virginia Western Community College
Improve counseling service delivery to students with special needs!
Couched in the context of NCLB, the reauthorized IDEA, and the ASCA National Model, this essential handbook revisits the important role that school counselors play in the personal, social, academic, and career development of students with disabilities. Revised throughout, this new edition provides:
- Clear explanations of changes shaping the legal context for working with students with disabilities
- Tips for observing and gathering data on students who may be eligible for special services, as well as matching data with appropriate interventions
- Guidelines for designing services collaboratively with other school staff and parents
- Strategies for integrating the needs of individual students in comprehensive school counseling programs
The book's concluding chapters offer countless strategies for working with families of students with special needs, as well as suggestions for connecting professional school counseling practice with advocacy and systemic change. All school counselors feeling the weight of accountability will welcome this guide to help them meet the needs of students with disabilities proactively with enthusiasm, hope, and a renewed sense of competence.
Table Of Contents:
- Foreword by Jay Trenhaile
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- About the Authors
- 1. The Legal Context for Working With Students With Disabilities
- The Individuals with Disabilities Educational Improvement Act (IDEA)
- Section 504
- The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
- The No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act
- Additional Laws Affecting Schools and School Counselors
- When Parents, Students, and School Personnel Disagree
- Concluding Comments
- 2. Specific Learning Disabilities and the School Counselor's Role
- Students With Specific Learning Disabilities: A Heterogeneous Group
- Learning Disabilities and Risk Factors
- Prereferral Activities
- Concluding Comments
- 3. Knowing the Whole Child
- Gathering Data About the Child
- Observation and Assessment Tools
- Reporting Findings
- Concluding Comments
- 4. Matching Data With Appropriate Interventions
- The TREAT Model
- Theories and Concepts
- Relationships
- Environment
- Adjunct Services and Supplemental Aids
- Treatable Goals
- Concluding Comments
- 5. Building a Structure for Success
- Identifying the Affected Skill or Curriculum Area
- Realistic and Measurable Goals
- Writing SMART Goals
- Career-Related Goals
- Life-Skills Goals
- Concluding Comments
- 6. Forming Partnerships With Families
- Parents and Families as Equal Partners
- Family Functioning
- Making Parents Feel Welcome
- Earning Parents' Trust
- Adapting Your Style
- Reasons Parents React Differently
- Sexuality
- Working With the Siblings of Children With Disabilities
- Family Diversity
- Concluding Comments
- 7. Making a Difference in the Wider Circle of Caring
- Leadership
- Advocacy
- Collaboration and Teaming
- Systemic Change--Beginning With YOU
- Concluding Comments
- Resource A: Professional Organizations
- Resource B: ASCA Position Statement on the Professional School Counselor and Students With Special Needs
- Resource C: ASCA's Ethical Standards for School Counselors
- References
- Suggested Readings
- Index