Psychological Consultation and Collaboration in School and Community Settings / Edition 6

by A. Michael Dougherty

Overview

With Dougherty's PSYCHOLOGICAL CONSULTATION AND COLLABORATION IN SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY SETTINGS, 6th Edition, you will see how human service professionals help others work more effectively to fulfill their work-related or caretaking responsibilities to individuals, groups, organizations, and communities. This practical book uses a proven generic model for application, surveys various approaches to consultation, examines the organizational context of consultation, and reviews the numerous ethical and professional challenges that today's consultants face. As you work through the book, you can develop or refine your own personal model of consultation. Case studies bring concepts to life and help you learn how to deliver services most effectively. This edition includes new content aligned with CACREP and other standards, an increased focus on school-based consultation, new material on cultural diversity, advocacy, social justice, prevention, systems theory, and ecological variables as they affect consultation and collaboration in counseling and psychology, and much more to help you prepare for professional success. Available with InfoTrac Student Collections http://gocengage.com/infotrac.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781285098562
Publisher:	Cengage Learning
Publication date:	02/19/2013
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	464
Product dimensions:	7.40(w) x 9.20(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

A. Michael Dougherty Ph.D. is Professor Emeritus of Counseling and former Dean of the College of Education and Allied Professions at Western Carolina University (WCU) in Cullowhee, North Carolina. During his tenure as dean, WCU s teacher education programs were recipients of both the AASCU Christa McAuliffe Award and the ATE Distinguished Program in Teacher Education Award. He is author of Psychological Consultation and Collaboration in School and Community Settings (6th Edition, 2014) and Casebook of Psychological Consultation and Collaboration in School and Community Settings (6th Edition, 2014) both published by Brooks/Cole-Cengage Publishing Company. Dougherty has published a large number of articles on consultation and on school counseling. His major current research interests are in the area of interpersonal processes in consultation and collaboration. He has consulted, taught courses, and made presentations in a variety of international settings including Barbados, Colombia, Cypress, El Salvador, Germany, Great Britain, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Japan, and Jordan.

Table of Contents

Part I: CONSULTATION AND CONSULTANTS, COLLABORATION AND COLLABORATORS. 1. The Foundations of Consultation and Collaboration. 2. Consultants, Consultees, and Collaborators. Part II: THE STAGES OF CONSULTATION AND COLLABORATION. 3. An Overview of the Generic Model of Consultation and Collaboration. 4. Entry Stage. 5. Diagnosis Stage. 6. Implementation Stage. 7. Disengagement Stage. 8. Pragmatic Issues of Working Within an Organization. Part III: MODELS OF CONSULTATION AND COLLABORATION. 9. Mental Health Consultation and Collaboration. 10. Behavioral Consultation and Collaboration. 11. Organizational Consultation and Collaboration. 12. School-Based Consultation and Collaboration. 13. Case Study Illustrations of Consultation and Collaboration. Part IV: PROFESSIONAL ISSUES AND EPILOGUE. 14. Ethical and Legal Issues. Epilogue.

Editorial Reviews

"This is a process-oriented text with wide application to the field. Students find the organization of the book and the language easy to grasp."

"Well organized and well written. Free of jargon, but full of important concepts of consulting from an institutional point of view."

"Excellent reference for anyone doing consulting in helping professions and/or human services."

"Very thorough textbook that incorporates up-to-date literature and research, presented in a format that helps the novice practitioner learn the step-by-step how-to's of consultation."

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