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Evidence-Based School Counseling
Making a Difference With Data-Driven Practices
Edited by:
- Carey Dimmitt - University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA
- John C. Carey - Ronald H. Fredrickson Center for School Counseling Outcome Research & Evaluation, UMASS Amherst
- Trish Hatch - CEO and President, Hatching Results; San Diego State University, USA
August 2013 | 240 pages | Corwin
Today's school counselors are under enormous pressure to document their effectiveness by engaging in data-based decision-making and producing quantitative accountability reports. However, the majority of counselors do not have training in these areas. Advocating for a shift from the historical best practice orientation to an evidence-based one, this authoritative guide from influential counselor educators John C. Carey, Trish Hatch, and Carey Dimmitt aims to help school counselors both preservice and inservice, acquire the knowledge and skills to make that shift. Detailed chapters and illustrative vignettes make practical the process of using evidence to accomplish three critical functions: determining what needs to be done, determining which interventions should be implemented, and determining whether the implemented interventions were effective. Additional topics covered include measuring student learning and behavior change, and communicating results to stakeholders. Counselors who successfully incorporate data-based decision-making and program planning will not only be able to document their work they'll be able to see the positive academic and personal changes in the lives of their students.
Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
1. Moving to Evidence-Based School Counseling Practice
2. Data-Based Decision Making: Knowing What Needs to Be Addressed
3. Practical Considerations in Using Data
4. Choosing Interventions: Reading and Weighing Outcome Research
5. Evaluating School Counseling Interventions and Programs
6. Action Research and Collaborative Partnerships
7. Measuring Student Learning and Behavior Change
8. Using Surveys to Gather Information
9. Moving to Evidence-Based School Counseling Practice
Appendix A: Guidance Curriculum Action Plans, Intentional Guidance Action Plans, and a Needs Assessment Survey
Appendix B: Summary of School Counseling Outcome Research Articles and Findings
References
Index
Easy to read information about becoming effective consumers of educational research
School Of Education, California Baptist University
January 21, 2010
This text is used as a recommended text for the course to assist the students in many of their school counseling assignments.
College of Continuing and Professional Studies, Mercer University Graduate Professional Center
October 14, 2009