Brief Intervention for School Problems

Every interaction with a young person who is struggling is an opportunity for change. This highly practical guide helps school practitioners find effective solutions to academic and behavioral problems through brief counseling. It shows how to build on the ideas and resources that students, parents, and teachers bring to the intervention process, within an innovative, research-supported, time-limited framework. Filled with real-world examples from both elementary and secondary settings, the book presents creative strategies for addressing disciplinary problems, poor academic performance, anxiety, compulsive behaviors, and other common difficulties.

New to This Edition:

• Incorporates clinical, conceptual, and empirical advances.
• Extensive new case material.
• Chapters on monitoring intervention outcomes and supporting informed decision making about medication use.
• Chapter providing answers to practitioners’ frequently asked questions.