Survival Guide for the Elementary/Middle School Counselor »

John J. Schmidt, Ed.D., LPC, is a full professor at East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina, where he teaches graduate level courses in counselor education. He is a North Carolina Licensed Professional Counselor, a National Certified Counselor, and a member of Chi Sigma Iota, the international honor society in counseling.

This second edition of the best-selling book offers school counselors an expanded, practical, professional resource that is packed with hundreds of ready-to-use ideas, strategies, and tools. This Survival Guide will help you plan and implement an effective counseling program tailored to the remedial, preventative, and developmental needs of all your elementary and middle school students. For easy use, the Survival Guide is organized into twelve sections, each focusing on one aspect of a comprehensive program. Step by step, the book shows you how to:

• Define a Comprehensive Counseling Program
• Prepare for Crisis Intervention
• Develop Your Role and Create an Identity
• Use Essential Services to Address Students’ Concerns
• Set Sail and Stay Afloat
• Belong and Be with the School
• Identify Essential Services
• Involve Significant Others
• Integrate the Curriculum and the Program
• Play Fair and According to the Rules
• Reach Out to Diverse Populations
• Help Yourself to Help Others

This ready-to-use resource includes a wealth of worksheets, letters, checklists, and forms you can reproduce just as they are for immediate use, or easily modify to meet your specific needs.

Praise for A Survival Guide for the Elementary/Middle School Counselor

"Students and new counselors will especially benefit from this practical and engaging resource for establishing and running a school counseling program."

–Dr. Patrick Akos, counselor educator, the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

"Every once in a while a book comes along that I consider to be a must-have for all counselors, and this is it. . . sure to be a counselor’s best friend."

–Tom Carr, elementary school counselor and past president of the North Carolina School Counselor Association, Orange County, North Carolina

"Provides a comprehensive look at the roles and responsibilities of elementary and middle school counselors. . . It is a rich resource for any beginning or veteran school counselor."

–Dr. Paula Stanley, counselor educator, Radford University, Radford, Virginia

"User-friendly, comprehensive, and packed full of information."

–Nina L. Cassidy, lead elementary counselor, Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools, North Carolina, and past president of the North Carolina School Counselor Association