An Introduction to Consultee-Centered Consultation in the Schools: A Step-by-Step Guide to the Process and Skills / Edition 1

by Jonathan H. Sandoval

Overview

Drawing on historical writings about mental health consultation and on contemporary research and theory, Jonathan Sandoval lucidly explains the consultee-centered approach to consultation. The book provides an expert foundation on which to build a training program for future school-based consultants. Written for graduate students in school psychology, counseling psychology, special education, and social work, this book is an invaluable resource for mental health professionals working in schools who wish to upgrade their professional skills and grow as reflective practitioners. Individual chapters describe different stages in the consultation process; outline the processes characterized in each stage; detail useful consultant skills; review pertinent research; discuss the ethical principles underlying practice; and suggest self-monitoring questions for student consultants.

Featuring a step-by-step developmental model of the consultee-centered consultation process, this book encourages consultants to prioritize those characteristics that contribute to a consultee’s work difficulty, in addition to assessing the client more generally. By detailing this unique approach, this concise volume provides an applicable, contextualized, and strategic form of consultation, and fosters a professional-to-professional relationship distinguishable from supervision, counseling, therapy, coaching or other methods.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415807746
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	12/16/2013
Series:	Consultation, Supervision, and Professional Learning in School Psychology Series
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	5.70(w) x 8.60(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Jonathan H. Sandoval is Professor Emeritus at the University of California, Davis, USA.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Introduction: Consultee-Centered Consultation and Prevention
Chapter 2. Contemporary Consultee-Centered Consultation Theory
Chapter 3. Building a Consultation Relationship and Maintaining Rapport
Chapter 4. Problem Exploration, Definition, and Reframing
Chapter 5. Gathering Additional Data on the Client, the Client’s Background, and Community
Chapter 6. Sharing Information, Hypothesis Generation, and Reframing
Chapter 7. Analyzing Systemic Forces: The Social Context of the Schools
Chapter 8. Generating Interventions in Consultation
Chapter 9. Supporting Intervention and Experimentation
Chapter 10. Follow-up and Disengagement
Chapter 11. Group Consultee-Centered Consultation
Chapter 12. Ethical Issues in Client-Centered Consultation