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Helping in the Hallways
Expanding Your Influence Potential

Second Edition


June 2008 | 184 pages | Corwin
This book offers counsellors specific ideas and strategies for doing a better job with outside-the-office encounters to positively affect the lives of all who come through a school's doors. The second edition addresses how increased responsibilities require counsellors to maximize their skills and effectiveness in all school-based encounters, regardless of location. Strategies are offered throughout the book for using "hallway" practice, or brief counselling, to make a significant difference in students' academic, career, and personal-social development.
 
Acknowledgments
 
About the Author
 
1. Life in the Hallways
Five-Minute Enlightening

 
Hallway Health

 
Joys, Risks, and Value

 
Learning Climate

 
 
Expanding Influence and Ideas
Finding Your Way in the Hallways

 
 
2. Hallway Challenges
Changing Pressures

 
Meeting Challenges in the Hallways

 
ASCA Collaborative Model

 
Making the Hallways Work for You

 
 
3. Evaluating Hallway Relationships
Security Spaces

 
Limited Time = Limited Goals

 
Readiness to Act

 
Context Assessment

 
Timing It Right

 
Location, Location, Location

 
Charting a Hallway Course

 
 
4. Courting Captive Clients
Environments for Change

 
Expanding the Hallways

 
Reflexes and Patience

 
Reacting to Readiness

 
 
5. Activating Adult Motivators
Power

 
Vulnerability

 
Joy

 
Tailoring Strategies for Teachers

 
Principal Investment

 
Appreciating Specialists

 
Forging Parental Partnerships

 
 
6. Steps to Hallway HELPING
Step 1: Hasten Normalization

 
Step 2: Evaluate Context

 
Step 3: Locate Common Goals

 
Step 4: Pragmatic Action Selection

 
Step 5: Initiate Multiple Connections

 
Step 6: Normal Adaptations

 
Step 7: Give Space

 
 
7. Student Development Openings
An Encouraging Word

 
Academic Thought Encouragers

 
Creative Communicators

 
Purposeful Words

 
Message Modeling

 
Affirmation Statements

 
 
8. Creating Adult Opportunities
Staff Supporters

 
Parental Partnerships

 
 
9. Daily Positive Messages
Body Talk

 
Big Ideas in Few Words

 
Final Reminders

 
 
References and Suggested Readings
 
Index

"This second edition speaks directly to the reader and touches on the heart and soul of school counseling. It also provides innovative and practical ways to empower school personnel to become more proactive in communication and leadership."

Jason M. McGlothlin, Associate Professor and School Counseling Program Coordinator
Kent State University

“As an educator, I certainly wish there had been a book of this nature when I first entered the profession 27 years ago! A refreshing, timely model that can assist educators in impacting the large number of students they serve, rather than the limited few who may actually seek out their services.”

Becky Brannock, Professor and School Counseling Program Coordinator
Pittsburgh State University

"An excellent resource that guides readers through the process of learning how to touch base with students in nontraditional settings.”

Tom L. Petit, Elementary School Counselor
Ontario Local School District, Mansfield, OH

"Quite simply a book that should be a part of every school counselor’s library.”

Rebecca Powell Stanard, Professor of Counseling
University of West Georgia

"A must-read for all school counselors searching for methods to enhance the school environment and build a sense of community. This book inspires all of us to shift from 'thinking inside the box' to becoming more creative and ingenious thinkers."

Nicole R. Hill, Associate Professor and Licensed Professional Counselor
Idaho State University

"An excellent pick for education libraries, especially those catering to administrators."

The Bookwatch, June 2008
Midwest Book Review

Sample Materials & Chapters

Chapter 1

Chapter 2


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ISBN: 9781412956086
£30.99