School-Based Family Counseling

Written by experts in the field, School-Based Family Counseling: An Interdisciplinary Practitioner's Guide focuses on how to make integrated School-Based Family Counseling (SBFC) interventions, with a focus on integrating schools and family interventions, in an explicit step-by-step manner.

Brian A. Gerrard, PhD is chair of the Institute for School-Based Family Counseling and director for the Oxford Symposium in School-Based Family Counseling which has members in 22 countries. Michael J. Carter, PhD teaches the School-Based Family Counseling graduate students and directs the Counseling & Assessment Clinic at California State University, Los Angeles. He believes that multiculturally-focused family therapy is critical to our future. Deborah Ribera, PhD is an assistant professor of Counseling at California State University, Los Angeles, a marriage and family therapist, a school counselor, and founder of the nonprofit organization Beyond the Block.

Acknowledgements Foreword Contributors Chapter 1 School-Based Family Counseling: The Revolutionary Paradigm Chapter 2 How to Develop a SBFC Case Conceptualization Chapter 3 Family Intervention: How to Build Collaboration between the Family and School Using Conjoint Family Counseling Chapter 4 Family Intervention: How to do Family Counseling with Individuals Chapter 5 School Intervention: How to Consult with Teachers Using a Functional Behavior Assessment Model and Process Consultation Chapter 6 School Intervention: How to Facilitate a Classroom Meeting Chapter 7 Family Prevention: How to Facilitate a Parent Education Workshop Chapter 8 Family Prevention: How to Facilitate a Parent Support Group Chapter 9 School Prevention: How to Increase Student Engagement Chapter 10 School Prevention: How to Develop an Anti-Bullying Program Chapter 11 How to Develop Community Resources Chapter 12 How to Overcome Barriers to SBFC Chapter 13 Effective Referral Processes in School Mental Health: Multicultural Considerations in a Eurocentric System Chapter 14 Case Study: A Family in Distress Chapter 15 The Case of Collaboration: A Closer Look at a University/K-12/Nonprofit Partnership