The School Counselor′s Mental Health Sourcebook: Strategies to Help Students Succeed

by Richard (Rick) W. Auger (Editor)

This unique handbook provides information on common mental health disorders and intervention strategies that busy school counselors need to help students succeed.

216 pages, Paperback

First published December 29, 2010

Reviews

[WyoGal · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good information for reference or quick refresher

This book is exceptionally well written and edited. The information is useful and presented in a digestible format for quick access and for gathering deeper insight. I recommend it for school counseling interns and licensed professionals to read and have on hand. The suggested interventions make sense and are likely to gain buy-in and get used.

[Kim · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was the book I was reading for thw ASCA U Mental Health course and it is a very good resource. It both outlines the main mental health disorders affecting children and adolescents and also gives good information on recommended guidelines and interventions to help these students succeed in school.

[Lisa Winkler · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great book for resources. This was for a grad class and the data was pretty old.

[Selene · Rating 4 out of 5]

Pertinent information with good examples of interventions and support. Would like to see updates of the stats and recommendations since Covid.

[Chelsie Heichel · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was an excellent, succinct, and practical book that I would recommend to any future or current school counselor. Auger writes in a manner easily accessible by all, and caters to those who are new to the field by not making assumptions about the existing knowledge base of his readers. The text is filled with nuggets of research-informed interventions for a variety of mental health issues that children and adolescents present within the schools. I'm sure I'll be pulling this text frequently off my shelf in the coming school year. It is clear that Auger is passionate about the field, but more importantly, for the individual students who will be indirectly impacted by this text.

*Disclaimer: While I am a current graduate student of Dr. Auger's at Minnesota State University, Mankato, I am choosing to write this review out of my own regard for this text. But of course, I am probably a bit biased! :)

[Kathleen · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read this as part of a class I am taking. While the book does a great job of being concise and gives practical strategies on a wide scope of mental health concerns, I would rate it a 3.5. The book is ten years old and needs to be revised to stay current with new research and understanding. For example, it still uses the term mental retardation at one point in the book. If you are using this for professional education, please make sure you are reading critically.

[Jennifer · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good intervention info, but the information about the DSM is based on the DSM 4 instead of the current edition, so that knowledge wasn’t helpful. A little disappointed ASCA hasn’t worked on an updated resource for their Mental Health Specialist training, as the DSM 5 has been out since 2013!