Building Competence in School Consultation: A Developmental Approach

by Daniel S. Newman, Sylvia A. Rosenfield

Overview

Building Competence in School Consultation, Second Edition, directly addresses the need for practical, comprehensive consultation training, including support materials, for school psychologists, counselors, and other professionals working in schools. School psychologists consistently indicate that consultation is a crucial component of their duties but that they lack sufficient opportunities to develop their corresponding knowledge, skills, and confidence during graduate training. Drawing from evidence-based approaches as well as experienced instructors’ real-world toolkits, these essential perspectives and activities approach the standard and less common challenges of the school consultant role.

Written by two leading experts in consultation, this book brings school psychology research directly to graduate students and both novice and experienced practitioners, providing invaluable context, reflection activities, videos from fellow consultation experts, and resources that translate academic findings into skills ready for immediate use. This revised and expanded second edition includes two new chapters - one on collaboration and consultation on teams and another on teleconsultation – along with thoroughly updated content related to socially just and culturally responsive consultation practices; refreshed practice materials including rubrics and videos; references to newly published research and the latest professional standards; and updated activities for readers, all of which are freely downloadable.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781032622286
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	01/22/2024
Series:	Consultation, Supervision, and Professional Learning in School Psychology Series
Edition description:	2nd ed.
Pages:	260
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Daniel S. Newman is Associate Professor and Program Coordinator of the School Psychology Program at the University of Cincinnati, USA, and Editor of the Journal of Educational and Psychological Consultation.

Sylvia A. Rosenfield is Professor Emerita of School Psychology in the Department of Counseling, Higher Education, and Special Education at the University of Maryland, USA.

Table of Contents

1. Consultation Training: Making It Work 2. Understanding School Culture 3. Consultation Relationships: Building Working Relationships 4. Communication Skills 5. The Consultative Problem-Solving Process: An Introduction 6. Contracting: Making the Invisible Visible 7. Problem Identification and Problem Analysis: Look Before You Leap 8. Designing and Implementing Interventions: It’s Not Magic—It’s Planning, Monitoring, and Performance Feedback 9: Post-Intervention Planning and Closure 10. Collaboration and Consultation on Teams 11. Teleconsultation: Navigating Technology in a Relational Model 12. Learning to Consult: The Roles of Assessment, Feedback, and Deliberate Practice Appendices

Editorial Reviews

"In all my years developing, researching, and supporting the implementation of consultation, I have never read a book more accessible, comprehensive, and motivating than the second edition of Building Competence in School Consultation: A Developmental Approach. Danny Newman and Sylvia Rosenfield have captured and communicated with crystallized clarity the elements of consultation practice. Through the use of expert narrative, provocative thought questions, video commentaries, and meaningful activities, they have taken a complex intervention and made it manageable and achievable. This book will allow consultants in training to develop the competence and confidence needed to provide highly refined consultation services throughout their careers. Importantly, this book creates the opportunity for consultants in training and in practice to enhance the lives of young people and educators and to improve the schools in which they work."

—Susan M. Sheridan, Associate Dean for Research and Creative Activity and George Holmes Professor of School Psychology at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA

"Newman and Rosenfield offer consultants in training, educators, and experienced applied psychologists a cutting-edge, evidence-informed book to develop effective consultation practice. Building Competence in School Consultation: A Developmental Approach expertly balances academic rigour and accessibility, and this second edition updates the text with enhanced coverage of significant contemporary issues. The authors have woven together key conceptual ideas, research, practice, and innovative learning activities to stimulate learning and progression. A highly engaging and thought-provoking text with a wealth of inclusive resources that recognise and celebrate the diversity of learning approaches, this book is the best it its field."

—Dr. Emma-Kate Ní Chinnéide, Programme Director and Principal Educational Psychologist at The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust, UK

"In all my years developing, researching, and supporting the implementation of consultation, I have never read a book more accessible, comprehensive, and motivating than the second edition of Building Competence in School Consultation: A Developmental Approach. Danny Newman and Sylvia Rosenfield have captured and communicated with crystallized clarity the elements of consultation practice. Through the use of expert narrative, provocative thought questions, video commentaries, and meaningful activities, they have taken a complex intervention and made it manageable and achievable. This book will allow consultants in training to develop the competence and confidence needed to provide highly refined consultation services throughout their careers. Importantly, this book creates the opportunity for consultants in training and in practice to enhance the lives of young people and educators and to improve the schools in which they work."

—Susan M. Sheridan, Associate Dean for Research and Creative Activity and George Holmes Professor of School Psychology at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA

"Newman and Rosenfield offer consultants in training, educators, and experienced applied psychologists a cutting-edge, evidence-informed book to develop effective consultation practice. Building Competence in School Consultation: A Developmental Approach expertly balances academic rigour and accessibility, and this second edition updates the text with enhanced coverage of significant contemporary issues. The authors have woven together key conceptual ideas, research, practice, and innovative learning activities to stimulate learning and progression. A highly engaging and thought-provoking text with a wealth of inclusive resources that recognise and celebrate the diversity of learning approaches, this book is the best in its field."

—Dr. Emma-Kate Ní Chinnéide, Programme Director and Principal Educational Psychologist at The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust, UK

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