The School Services Sourcebook: A Guide for School-Based Professionals

About this book

This comprehensive sourcebook covers every aspect of school service delivery arming practitioners with the nuts and bolts of evidence-based practice. Each of the 114 chapters serves as a detailed intervention map beginning with a summary of the problem area and moving directly into step-by-step instructions on how to implement an evidence-based program with distinct goals in mind and methods to measure the outcome. School-based professionals in need of ready access to information on mental health disorders developmental disabilities health promotion child abuse dropout prevention conflict resolution crisis intervention group work family interventions culturally competent practice policy ethics legal issues community involvement accountability and funding can now find high-quality and easy-to-implement strategies at their fintertips. A concise user-friendly format orients readers to each issue with a Getting Started section then moves smoothly into What We Know What We Can Do Tools and Practice Examples and Points to Remember. Quick-reference tables and charts highlight the most important information needed for daily reference and lists of further reading and Web resources guide readers in gathering additional information to tailor their practice to suit their students needs. Each chapter has been specifically crafted by leaders in their fields with the ultimate goal of giving school-based practitioners the tools they need to deliver the best mental health and social services possible to students families and communities. This is a must-have reference for all school-based social workers psychologists counselors mental health professionals and educators.