Thinking and Acting Like a Behavioral School Counselor / Edition 1

by Richard D. Parsons

Overview

Emphasizing skill development through practice and feedback, this concise book offers new and experienced counselors a reflective practitioner model and introduces the fundamentals of behavioral analysis.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781412966504
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	07/06/2009
Pages:	176
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Richard D. Parsons, Ph.D. is a Full Professor in the Counselor Education Department at West Chester University. Dr. Parsons has over 45 years of university teaching in counselor preparation programs. Prior to his University teaching Dr. Parsons spent 9 years as a school counselor in an inner-city high school.

Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Introduction to Book Series
Part I. Using Behavioral Orientation to Guide Reflection
1. The School Counselor as Reflective Practitioner
2. The Fundamentals of a Behavioral Orientation
Part II. Interventions Targeting the Increase, Decrease, and Substitution of Behavior
3. Strategies Targeting the Development of Behavior
4. Strategies Targeting the Reduction and/or Elimination of Behavior
5. Counterconditioning
Part III. From the Eyes of the Behavioral-Oriented Expert
6. School Counselors Reflecting In and On Practice
7. Practice in Procedural Thinking
References
Index

Editorial Reviews

"This is the go-to training manual for those who received minimal behavioral exposure in their counseling program. "

Katy Olweiler

"After reading this book, I found myself thinking more behaviorally with my interactions with students. I plan to refer back to this book for ideas for fine-tuning some of what I do. "

Cynthia Knowles