Online Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, Etc.
- General Resources
- School Counseling
- Student Development
- Community Counseling
- Marriage and Family Counseling
- Gerontological Counseling
General Resources
Adolescence in America: An Encyclopedia
- Contains entries concerning the physical, psychological, behavioral, social and cultural characteristics of adolescents.
- Published in 2001.
- Covers issues related to human development from conception through adolescence.
- Published in 2002
- Contains over 10,000 brief articles on a variety of topics in psychology, including counseling.
- Published in 2003.
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Contains articles on counseling topics such as school counseling and career counseling in higher education.
- Curriculum topics covered include international curriculum, higher education curriculum and school curriculum, as well as instructional design, objectives and strategies.
- Published in 2002.
Gale Encyclopedia of Psychology
- Contains articles on counseling topics such as marriage counseling, group therapy, family therapy and drug abuse.
- Also provides a glossary with brief definitions of important terms.
- Published in 2001.
Encyclopedia of School Psychology
- Comprehensive guide to current topics in school psychology.
Handbook of Pediatric Psychology in School Settings
- Contains essays on many topics relating to pediatric psychology, including promotion of mental health, diseases encountered in school-aged children, and developmental disorders.
- Published in 2004.
- An overview of current knowledge about learning and memory.
- Published in 2004.
The Oxford Companion to the Mind
- A guide to the complexities of the mind and human experience with contributions from over 300 leading scholars.
Encyclopedia of Educational Leadership and Administration
- Contains over 600 essays on theories, research, terms, concepts, ideas, and histories on educational leadership and school administration
- Published in 2006.
School Counseling
Girls, Boys, and Junior Sexualities: Exploring Children's Gender and Sexual Relations in the Primary School
- Eight chapters based on ethnographic and empirical data
- Helps understanding of childhood and sexualities
- Descriptive visits to UK, Australian and US-American schools.
- Includes bibliography and index
- Published in 2005
Handbook of Crisis Counseling, Intervention, and Prevention in the Schools
- US school psychology and crisis intervention
- Three main parts - genera;, childhood and elementary school crises, adolescent crises
- New updated chapters including diversity, bullying, violence, rape and sexual assault, and eating disorders
- Published in 2002.
How to Prepare for and Respond to a Crisis
- Practical guidelines on how to implement a crisis plan for schools and children
- Provides sample plans, checklists and resources
- Published in 2002.
Middle School and the Age of Adjustment: A Guide for Parents
- Deals with middle school education and adolescent psychology
- Topics include step-parenting, divorce, special needs, sex, violence, technology, and communication
- Parents handbook to help understand the middle school child
- Includes resources for parents, educators, and adolescents
School Counseling and School Social Work Homework Planner
- Provides 71 ready-to-copy homework assignments to facilitate therapy with students
- Sections include academic motivation, anger management, anxiety reduction, special services assessment, attachment/bonding deficits, ADHD, depression, conflict management, and more
- Published in 2003.
Student Development
Classroom Instruction that Works: Research-based Strategies for Increasing Student Achievement
- Effective teaching strategies in the US
- Uses research to support instructional strategies that work
- Chapters include summarizing, note taking, cooperative learning, reinforcing effort and providing recognition
- Published in 2001
Communicating With Vulnerable Children: A Guide for Practitioners
- Designed for front-line practitioners: social workers, mental health professionals, children's guardians
- Divided into two parts: knowledge base and practice issues
- Easy to find information in specific topical chapters
- Published in 2003
Development of Achievement Motivation
- Part of the Educational Psychology series
- Provides different theoretical perspectives on motivational theories
- Development of motivation within the child and environment
- Published in 2002.
- Offers suggestions of after school programs and community resources to help community youth
- Uses theory and research based literature to support ideas
- Published in 2005
School Kids/Street Kids: Identity Development in Latino Students
- Hispanic-American students and dropouts and why?
- Traces the development of Latin American students and how different yet similar they are. Offers recommendations on how to facilitate school-kid identities among Latinos and how school reform can lead to student success.
- Published in 2002.
Summarization in Any Subject: 50 Techniques to Improve Student Learning
- Provides techniques and tips to use summarizing to help students retain and comprehend material; provides sample questions
- Includes Acronyms, Bloom's Taxonomy, Concrete Spellings, Human Bingo, SQ3R, T-charts, Word Splash and more.
- Easy to read, practical advice about cognitive theory
- Published in 2005.
Community Counseling
- Realistic behind the scenes look at starting up a practice in human services or counseling
- Practical information that goes beyond the counseling textbooks
- Published in 2005
Career Development and Counseling: Putting Theory and Research to Work
- Sections include: major theories, informative research, assessment and occupational information, career interventions, and special needs
- Useful for graduate level courses to promote scientifically-based career practices
- Published in 2005
- Focuses on mental health of refugees and contemporary issues
- Cross-cultural counseling
- Three main parts: overview of refugee population, case studies, and global perspective of refugees
- Published in 2003
Counseling Refugees: A Psychosocial Approach to Innovative Multicultural Interventions
- Papers that provide a history of consultee-centered consultation as a method for promoting the well-being of the population
- Shows how the method has evolved over the years
- Serves professionals in school and community settings
- Published in 2005
Handbook of Professional and Ethical Practice for Psychologists, Counselors and Psychotherapists
- Focuses on ethical principles of current codes of practice
- Includes diverse participants with diverse viewpoints
- Includes chapters on legal considerations, professional practice, clinical considerations, supervising and training, and professional development
- Published in 2005
- Published by the World Health Organization
- Provides summaries of four case studies of successful hotlines/helplines
- Topic include staff training and recruitment, researching target population, successful fundraising and effectiveness
- Published in 2002
Marriage and Family Counseling
Counseling Problem Gamblers: A Self-Regulations Manual for Individual and Family Therapy
- Practical advice for individual and family therapy
- Chapters include research, models, pathological gambling, clinical intervention strategies and many worksheets
- Published in 2002
The Great Marriage Tune-up Book: A Proven Program for Evaluating and Renewing Your Relationship
- Includes quizzes, self-tests, and personal assessments
- Addresses marriage myths, identifies two dozen specific factors that predict marital satisfaction, and many more marriage tune-up resources
- Published in 2003
Interviewing and Diagnostic Exercises for Clinical and Counseling Skills Building
- Uses role play and actual case studies to practice
- Includes twenty client profiles to practice interviewing and diagnostic skills
- Published in 2005
The Parenting Skills Treatment Planner
- Designed for all adult and family therapists, clergy, doctors, nurses, mental health professionals
- Features 31 behaviorally based presenting problems and the corresponding treatment plan
- 1000 prewritten treatment goals, objectives, and interventions
- Step-by-step guide to writing treatment plans that meet requirements of insurance companies
- Published in 2005
Gerontological Counseling
- 14 different chapters cover technical-instrumental orientations, interpretive and emancipatory orientations
- Examines growth of gerontology as an academic discipline and concept of 'ageism' as a socio-cultural concept
- Published in 2002
Ethical Patient Care: A Casebook for Geriatric Health Care Teams
- Deals with ethical issues in geriatric care
- Helps students and clinicians who work with geriatric patients and their families to enhance their ethical decision-making skills and team facilitation skills
- Practical text that teaches team skills and ethical skills together
- Published in 2002
Frontotemporal Dementias: 4th International Conference, Lund, Sweden, April 24-26, 2003
- Papers presented at an international conference on dementia disorders, such as Parkinson's, Tau Gene, Frontotemporal Dementia and others
- Includes abstracts, author and subject index
- Published in 2004
Opportunities in Gerontology and Aging Services Careers
- Provides vocational guidance for gerontology careers
- Chapters discuss careers, trends, training, cross-disciplines, and future of gerontology careers
- Published in 1995
Processing of Medical Information in Aging Patients: Cognitive and Human Factors Perspectives
- Chapters include: Introduction to Medical Information Processing (cognitive actions), Medical Decision Making, Medication Adherence, and the Human Factors
- Includes author and subject index
- Published in 1999
- Provides information about current research in Alzheimer's Disease and vision research
- Other chapters include abnormalities, visual perception and visual attention in AD patients
- Published in 2004
