Transforming the School Counseling Profession

by Bradley T. Erford

Transforming the way thousands of professional school counselors approach their work with students
Transforming the School Counseling Profession demonstrates how to effectively implement systemic, data-driven school counseling programs.This clearly written text presents the profession in easy-to-understand language, and is illustrated with numerous applied examples, case studies, and vignettes. The 5th Edition has been updated to include all of the latest CACREP, ASCA, and ACA standards. It also now includes the DSM-5. Coverage of cultural competence has been expanded throughout the book.

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Genres: Counselling, Textbooks

462 pages, Kindle Edition

First published April 22, 2002

Reviews

[Laura · Rating 2 out of 5]

Read this textbook for a grad course. It was very redundant in places, but the last couple of chapters were valuable.

[Joel Hacker · Rating 2 out of 5]

This was a pretty tough slog. Part of the pile of of textbooks for one of my grad classes. There's some good information buried in there, but its super dry. If you're picking possible books for a grad class, select something else.

[Madison Centanni · Rating 2 out of 5]

I decided if I had to read for grad school I was going to add it to my good reads. This was incredibly painful for me, and I don’t understand why we’re citing studies from 2013 in a book published in 2025. Although it’s supposed to be updated, much of it is still outdated and painfully repetitive.

[Kasi Beorchia · Rating 4 out of 5]

I didn't quite finish this text book, but I do feel like I gained a lot of general knowledge about the school counseling profession. I will definitely refer back to it in the future. The book was written to provide insight about how to become an effective counselor and how to promote positive change within the profession. I enjoyed what I learned from the book.

[Sabrina Robinson · Rating 2 out of 5]

Author wears his feelings right out on his shirt sleeves even in textbooks. I have found this to be true in each of his texts. These are rather easy to read and so I thank Erford for saving us from the pedantic writings I am coming to expect from academia.

[Shelby M. (Read and Find Out)]

Can't give this one a star rating. This was my book for the Grind side quest for #TheReadingQuest!