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"In the year that King Uzziah died I also saw The Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple."( Isaiah 6:1) It is clear to many that we are in a time when greater challenges and sufferings will confront us. The world's system and most religions have failed to solve life's challenges since ancient times. The Bible speaks about an end-time world government that will promise peace and security to all. This new world government will be like all in the past, a...

This non-fiction story is about 17-year-old Jewels Odom and 13 other ex-teen prostitutes, drug dealers and gang bangers, a story that is now still being relived by thousands of girls throughout our inner cities and towns. There are an estimated 900,000 girls, ages from 10 and older, nationwide and 20 million worldwide who are involved in prostitution and sex trafficking, This story gives Jewels and her 13 "sisters" a pulpit to speak to other lost girls looking for an escape from what they call...

Providing individual and group counseling for secondary school students was once a major priority for secondary school counselors. However, many guidance programs have abandoned this role, and counselors have become quasi-administrators who spend most of their time scheduling students for classes, managing mandated testing programs, resolving discipline issues, and advising students on college admissions. Counseling students on personal and well-being issues takes up a very small part of the tim...

The death of a student, especially to gun violence, is a life-changing experience that occurs with more and more frequency in America's schools. For each of these tragedies, there is a classroom and there is a teacher. Yet student death is often a forbidden subject, removed from teacher education and professional development classes where the curriculum is focused instead on learning about standards, lesson plans, and pedagogy. What can and should teachers do when the unbearable happens? An Empt...

Shifting our thinking to help break the cycle of bullying   We all know bullying impacts the academic and emotional lives of our young people. We see it in our schools and hear about it in the news. If we know it’s a problem, why is it still happening? Often it’s because we fail to address the individuals at the heart of the problem—the kids who engage in the behavior. In Working With Kids Who Bully Walter Roberts challenges us to shift our thinking about these youth and offers innovative appr...

Is your school prepared to deal with a crisis, whether it's a hurricane, an earthquake, an explosion at a nearby chemical facility, an active shooter, or one of many other possibilities? Does your school have an up-to-date plan to deal with hazards of all sorts? Do teachers and other staff members know what to do in emergency situations to protect their students and themselves from harm? In this informative and comprehensive guide, school safety experts Amy Klinger and Amanda Klinger offer sign...

Written in accordance with the President's 2003 homeland security directive and the Department of Education's guidelines, and in response to the ever-present threats facing our school systems, this book helps schools and institutions develop a comprehensive emergency response plan. This book outlines programs and procedures that can be applied to any school system to address hazard mitigation and prevention, emergency preparedness and response, and recovery and restoration of school functions t...

This text provides the conceptual and practical information on key issues and problems you will need to prepare effectively for work with at-risk youth. The authors describe and discuss the latest prevention and intervention techniques that will help you perform your job successfully and improve the lives of young people at risk.

This text is intended for undergraduate or graduate courses in crisis intervention in counsellor education, human services, nursing, criminal justice, and social work. It should also be appropriate for field experience, internship, or practicum courses. It offers readers a set of skills and case intervention strategies that can be adapted to virtually any crisis situation. The authors draw on their own experiences as well as from interviews with crisis intervention experts to offer contemporary...

NOTE: Used books, rentals, and purchases made outside of Pearson If purchasing or renting from companies other than Pearson, the access codes for MyCounselingLab may not be included, may be incorrect, or may be previously redeemed. Check with the seller before completing your purchase. This access code card provides access to MyLab Counseling with Pearson eText. In an accessible writing style, Fisher and Harrison's Substance Abuse: Information for School Counselors, Social Wor...