Creative Approaches for Counseling Individual Children in the School Setting [Paperback]

Diane Senn (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 2006

This book provides 100+ creative activities for helping the child and the problem. In individual counseling with children, we need to connect with the child, gather information about the child and their needs, explore the problem, implement and create a plan together, and then assess if the plan is working. Various contact forms, referrals, feedback forms, and information gathering activities are included along with activities to assist in understanding and dealing with the problem. In addition, creative activities are shared to deal with specific problem areas of:

Feelings
Self-Concept
Friendship
Academic Support
Behavior
Divorce
Death

Product Details

• Paperback: 234 pages
• Publisher: YouthLight, Inc. (January 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1598500112
• ISBN-13: 978-1598500110
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.4 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #39,704 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars AWESOME resource!!!!, May 25, 2008

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Kelly Guidry "Kelly" (Fort Worth, TX) - See all my reviews
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I recently bought this book from Amazon, and have used it almost every day since I bought it! I have been a school counselor for 8 years, and wish that I had this book from my very first day. The activities, ideas, forms, and projects are ALL AWESOME! I have used this resource not only for individual children but also for groups, as well as to send home for homework. My students seem to enjoy the activities, and really get the message for why they are using them. The book is set up into a very easy to use format. There is a section for forms, relationship building/ getting to understand the problem, self-esteem, anger, divorce, grief, school problems, behavior contracts, and MUCH MUCH more...I cannot recommend this book enough! If you can only buy one resource, this is the one to get.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Conversation Starters...., October 28, 2007

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Heather R. Thomas "Elementary Counselor" (Burton, MI United States) - See all my reviews
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This book covers a wide variety of topics and provides many quick and easy activities that can provoke theraputic conversations and processing. While the themes and inverventions are not Earth shattering in their uniqueness, they are presented in an appealing and effective way. I would recommend this book for beginning counselors and those counselors looking to put a new spin on familiar topics.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A "Must-Have" For All Counselors!, May 4, 2009

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Hadassah (West Indies) - See all my reviews

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This book is amazingly helpful for the new Guidance Counselor, or for the more seasoned one. The referral forms for infants, are simple and most suitable for the age group. For the older students, there are age-appropriate versions.

Everything that we might possibly need to have, or know, to set up an effective, efficient Counselling service, is included - and we are free to copy and use them. The tips are invaluable!

Thank you, so much, for this book! I will definitely be using it, and recommmending it to my colleagues!