Counseling Skills for Teachers

Second Edition
Jeffrey A. Kottler - California State University, Fullerton, USA
Ellen Kottler - California State University, Fullerton, USA
Counseling Skills for Teachers
November 2006 | 160 pages | Corwin
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"Relationship building is key to the successful mentoring and teaching of today's youth. This book is an indispensable reference for both students in teacher education programs and experienced classroom teachers."
—David Capuzzi, Scholar in Residence, Counseling and Human Services, Johns Hopkins University

Integrate counseling and consulting skills into your daily teaching roles!

By necessity, today's teachers do much more than deliver instruction. In the classroom, on the playground, or even in the parking lot, teachers are often called upon to respond quickly and appropriately to students' social and emotional needs, drawing from instinct more than anything else.

In this second edition of the bestselling Counseling Skills for Teachers, Jeffrey and Ellen Kottler expertly guide preservice and inservice teachers to be effective helpers in the context of today's most common challenges, highlighting issues related to homelessness, grief and loss, and bullying and harassment.The book also discusses:

  • Responding to a range of behaviors in formal and informal school settings
  • Building a culture of tolerance and respect in the classroom
  • Motivating disengaged students
  • Communicating effectively with counseling professionals and parents

With an entirely new chapter on "Counseling Yourself," the book offers teachers surefire techniques for taking better care of themselves and the students in their schools.

Contents

Preface

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

Index

Description

"Relationship building is key to the successful mentoring and teaching of today's youth. This book is an indispensable reference for both students in teacher education programs and experienced classroom teachers."
—David Capuzzi, Scholar in Residence, Counseling and Human Services, Johns Hopkins University

Integrate counseling and consulting skills into your daily teaching roles!

By necessity, today's teachers do much more than deliver instruction. In the classroom, on the playground, or even in the parking lot, teachers are often called upon to respond quickly and appropriately to students' social and emotional needs, drawing from instinct more than anything else.

In this second edition of the bestselling Counseling Skills for Teachers, Jeffrey and Ellen Kottler expertly guide preservice and inservice teachers to be effective helpers in the context of today's most common challenges, highlighting issues related to homelessness, grief and loss, and bullying and harassment.The book also discusses:

  • Responding to a range of behaviors in formal and informal school settings
  • Building a culture of tolerance and respect in the classroom
  • Motivating disengaged students
  • Communicating effectively with counseling professionals and parents

With an entirely new chapter on "Counseling Yourself," the book offers teachers surefire techniques for taking better care of themselves and the students in their schools.

Contents

Preface

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

Index

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Counseling Skills for Teachers


November 2006 | 160 pages | Corwin

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"Relationship building is key to the successful mentoring and teaching of today's youth. This book is an indispensable reference for both students in teacher education programs and experienced classroom teachers."
—David Capuzzi, Scholar in Residence, Counseling and Human Services, Johns Hopkins University

Integrate counseling and consulting skills into your daily teaching roles!

By necessity, today's teachers do much more than deliver instruction. In the classroom, on the playground, or even in the parking lot, teachers are often called upon to respond quickly and appropriately to students' social and emotional needs, drawing from instinct more than anything else.

In this second edition of the bestselling Counseling Skills for Teachers, Jeffrey and Ellen Kottler expertly guide preservice and inservice teachers to be effective helpers in the context of today's most common challenges, highlighting issues related to homelessness, grief and loss, and bullying and harassment.The book also discusses:

  • Responding to a range of behaviors in formal and informal school settings
  • Building a culture of tolerance and respect in the classroom
  • Motivating disengaged students
  • Communicating effectively with counseling professionals and parents

With an entirely new chapter on "Counseling Yourself," the book offers teachers surefire techniques for taking better care of themselves and the students in their schools.


Table Of Contents:

  • 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

Recent Product Reviews:

This textbook is accessible and informative. Counseling for teachers is a difficult topic to address as there seems to be many ethical concerns and pitfalls. This book suggests simple and effective skills that equip the teacher to deal with difficult conversations.
Dr Sarina de Jager, Faculty of Education, University of Pretoria
Excellent book for teaching teachers the necessary skills in working with students at-risk. A must
Mr Michael MARRONE, Education Dept, La Salle University
“Relationship building is key to the successful mentoring and teaching of the youth of today. Teachers’ roles extend far beyond the dissemination of content and information to students. This book is an indispensable reference for both students in teacher education programs and experienced classroom teachers.”
David Capuzzi, Scholar in Residence, Johns Hopkins University

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