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Creative Strategies for School Problems: Solutions for Psychologists and Teachers » (1st ed)

Book cover image of Creative Strategies for School Problems: Solutions for Psychologists and Teachers by Michael Durrant

Authors: Michael Durrant
ISBN-13: 9780393701906, ISBN-10: 0393701905
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.
Date Published: April 1995
Edition: 1st ed

Author Biography: Michael Durrant

Michael Durrant, a psychologist and therapist, is Director of the Eastwood Family Therapy Centre in Sydney, Australia.

Book Synopsis

In today's unsure, and often unsafe, school environment, professionals need brief but thorough strategies to handle any classroom imbalance.

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Ideas from various brief therapies provide school psychologists, counselors, and teachers a framework for dealing with student behavior problems, emphasizing practical strategies to change disruptive behavior, rather than its causes. Demonstrates strategies for setting goals, intervention, highlighting change, and shifting the focus from present problems to future solutions, for use in formal counseling and in classrooms. Includes case examples and sample forms. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

	Introduction - Catching "invisible balls"
1	How do we think about school problems?	1
2	Changing behavior and meaning	15
3	Assessment	26
4	Feeling heard	52
5	Goals - Setting the agenda for counseling	55
6	The imbalance of responsibility	75
7	Intervening in problem behaviors	80
8	Case example - Brief strategic intervention	104
9	Case example - Building on exceptions	111
10	Running groups with a competency focus	133
11	Highlighting change - and helping it persist	138
12	Consulting to teachers	144
13	Helping school staff notice difference	150
14	How we see students makes a difference	157
15	References	159
	Index	165