Narrative Counseling in Schools Powerful & Brief [Paperback]

Help students shed negative labels and develop healthy behaviors! This updated edition will assist students in narrating stories that redescribe who they are and who they can be.Help students shed negative labels and develop healthy behaviors! This updated edition will assist students in narrating stories that redescribe who they are and who they can be. What a gift to education! By practicing the ideas in this book, school counselors everywhere can help create new descriptions and stories that will transform the academic lives and behaviors of their students. Not only will schools be practicing what they have been preaching in the way of promoting respect from their students, they will receive that respect back in return. Preface
About the Authors
1. What Is Narrative Counseling All About?
We Live Through Stories
A Narrative Counseling Scenario
2. Doing Narrative Counseling: A Step-by-Step Guide
A Learning Guide
Obstacles to Narrative Practice
Counselor as Collaborator
Starting Assumptions
Attitudes to Bring Into the Room
Specific Narrative Methods
3. Reworking Reputations
The Discourse of Schooling
School Descriptions
The Power of the Teacher
Deficit Discourse
Resistance
4. Conversations With Kids Who Are In Trouble
Trouble With Stealing
Trouble in the Classroom
Trouble With ADHD: A SMART Approach
Trouble With Abusive Behavior
Trouble With Truancy
Trouble Enrolling a New Student
Restorative Practices
Counseling and Discipline
5. Working in a Narrative Way With Groups, Classes, and Communities: Beyond an Exclusive Focus on the Individiual
Accountability Practices
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