Download or read book The School Counselor as Consultant written by Richard D. Parsons and published by Brooks Cole. This book was released on 2005 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: TABLE OF CONTENTS:Section I: THE SCHOOL COUNSELOR AS CONSULTANT. 1. The School Counselor: Addressing the Increasing Need for Service. 2. Consulting: Providing an Integrated Model of Service Delivery. Section II: THE NEEDS OF ONE WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF MANY. 3. The School as System: Basic Elements. 4. System Dynamics: Responding to Change. 5. The Counselor as an Agent of Change. Section III: FACILITATING THE CONSULTATIVE PROCESS. 6. The Stages of the Consultation Process. 7. Communication for Effective Consulting. 8. Working with Resistance. Section IV: CONSULTATION FOCI. 9. Client Focused Consultation: The Student as Client. 10. The Consultee as Focus: When Knowledge, Skill, and Objectivity are Needed. 11. The Group as Client: From Team Building to Mediation. 12. The System as Client: System Focused Consultation. 13. Ethical Concerns and Considerations. 14. Applying What We Know.