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International Handbook for Policy Research on School-Based Counseling

  • Examines purposes, methods, and outcomes of international policy research on school-based counseling

  • Explores how school counseling enhances educational and career outcomes and wellbeing

  • Synthesizes current policy research methodologies in school-based counseling

  • Analyzes the evidence base of how school-based counseling is germane to public policy

  • Identifies future directions in school-based counseling policy research?

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Table of contents (33 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
  2. Conceptual Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Introduction to Policy Research in School-Based Counseling

      • Sharon F. Rallis, John C. Carey
      Pages 3-10
  3. Effective Methodologies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 23-23
    2. Developing and Conducting International School Counseling Survey Research

      • Michael P. Krezmien, Alexandra Lauterbach, Karen Harrington, Ayse Yakut
      Pages 59-69
    3. Using Methodological Reviews and Meta-analyses to Identify Current Best Practices in School-Based Counseling

      • Michael P. Krezmien, Kristine A. Camacho, Jason C. Travers
      Pages 105-120
    4. Focusing on Context Within International School-Based Counseling Research

      • Ian Martin, Mohammed Mahboob Morshed, John C. Carey
      Pages 227-236
  4. Current Findings

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 237-237
    2. Policy, Capacity Building and School-Based Counselling in Nigeria

      • Oyaziwo Aluede, Florence Iyamu, Andrew Adubale, Emmanuel U. Oramah
      Pages 239-253

About this book

This handbook examines policy research on school counseling across a wide range of countries and offers guidelines for developing counseling research and practice standards worldwide. It identifies the vital role of counseling in enhancing students’ educational performance and general wellbeing, and explores effective methods for conducting policy research, with practical examples. Chapters present the current state of school-based counseling and policy from various countries, focusing on national and regional needs, as well as opportunities for collaboration between advocates and policymakers. By addressing gaps in policy knowledge and counselor training, the Handbook discusses both the diversity of prominent issues and the universality of its major objectives.

Topics featured in this handbook include: 

  • The use of scoping reviews to document and synthesize current practices in school-based counseling. 
  • Contemporary public policy on school-based counseling in Latin America.
  • Policy, capacity building, and school-based counseling in Eastern/Southern Africa.
  • Public policy, policy research, and school counseling in Middle Eastern countries. 
  • Policy and policy research on school-based counseling in the United Kingdom.
  • Policy research on school-based counseling in the United States.

The International Handbook for Policy Research in School-Based Counseling is a must-have resource for researchers, graduate students, clinicians, and related professionals and practitioners in child and school psychology, educational policy and politics, social work, psychotherapy, and counseling as well as related disciplines.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Student Development, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA

    John C. Carey

  • University of Nottingham School of Education, Nottingham, United Kingdom

    Belinda Harris

  • Department of Education, Korea University, Seoul, Korea (Republic of)

    Sang Min Lee

  • Department of Guidance and Counselling, Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Nigeria

    Oyaziwo Aluede

About the editors

Dr. John Carey is Professor of School Counseling and Director of the Ronald H. Fredrickson Center for School Counseling Outcome Research at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He is also the Coordinator of the Collaboration between the Dipartimento di Filosophia, Pegagogia e Psicologia, Università degli studi di Verona and the Department of Student Development, University of Massachusetts and has an appointment as a Visiting Professor at the Università degli studi di Verona. 

Dr. Belinda Harris is Associate Professor and Director of Postgraduate Taught Courses at the University of Nottingham, where she is also a member of the Centre for Research in Schools and Communities, the Centre for Trauma, Resilience and Growth, and the Centre for Forensic and Family Psychology. 


Dr. Sang Min Lee is an Associate Professor in the Department of Education at the Korea University. He earned his Master of Education in Educational Counseling from Seoul National University in Korea.


Dr. Oyaziwo Aluede is Professor of Guidance and Counselling (specialised in School Counselling) and the Director of Quality Assurance and Linkages at the Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma- Nigeria. Until very recently, he was the Dean of the Faculty of Education of the University 

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eBook USD 219.00
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  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 279.99
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  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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Hardcover Book USD 279.99
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