Overview
- School psychologists and other school-based mental health professionals are constantly seeking interventions that can positively affect social/emotional and academic outcomes. Most interventions deal with either social/emotional concerns or academics, but are unable to affect both simultaneously. Service learning is one of a very few interventions that can address both of theses areas at the same time. However, at present, service learning is not widely known in this market. This book will:
- Constitute a groundbreaking introduction of service learning to the field of school psychology and related school-based mental health professionals
- Teach readers how service learning can forge a critical link that enjoins their work with the academic mission of schools – as such, it offers school-based mental health professionals an opportunity to broaden their role to encompass both regular and special education. Therefore, the proposed book is a unique offering of guidelines and resources for school-based mental health professionals in implementing service learning
- Use case studies of school-based mental health professionals implementing service learning to highlight change processes in schools and communities and offer strategies to overcome obstacles to implementation and sustainability of service learning programs
- Provide practical materials and forms to guide mental health practitioners in organizing and assessing service learning activities
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Service Learning for School Psychologists and School Counselors
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Service Learning as Intervention and Prevention
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Service-Learning Blueprints to Build Developmental Assets
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Service-Learning Print and Internet Resources
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Reviews
From the reviews:
"The text has several positive features. First, the authors’ writing style is engaging … . Second, the authors do a good job of describing the different theories, conceptualizations, and principles of service learning … . Third, this text is a good repository of practical tips and helpful guidelines. … makes an important contribution in recognizing service learning as a potentially important intervention with relevance for researchers, educators and school mental health staff. … It should be useful for anyone wishing to augment students’ educational development." (Joseph A. Durlak and Christine I. Celio, PsycCRITIQUES, March, 2008)
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Felicia L. Wilczenski, Ed.D., is an Associate Professor on the faculty of the School Psychology Program and Director of the School Counseling Program in the Department of Counseling and School Psychology in the Graduate College of Education at the University of Massachusetts Boston. She is author of numerous articles addressing social and emotional interventions in K-12 settings. Dr. Wilczenski is interested in service learning applications in school-based mental health programs and incorporates service learning in her graduate courses. She has conducted research and published articles concerning service learning processes and outcomes.
Susan M. Coomey, M.Ed., is currently employed as a school psychologist in the Shrewsbury MA Public Schools and is a graduate student at the University of Massachusetts Boston. Her research interests focus on service learning to promote social, emotional, and academic learning in K-12 settings. She has presented research at national and international service learning conferences.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: A Practical Guide to Service Learning
Book Subtitle: Strategies for Positive Development in Schools
Authors: Felicia L. Wilczenski, Susan M. Coomey
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-46540-5
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Behavioral Science, Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag US 2007
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-387-46538-8Published: 02 March 2007
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-4284-5Published: 04 November 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-46540-1Published: 03 June 2007
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXII, 173