Education : Counseling

This is a somber reminder that sexual aggression, violence, and rape are chronic and serious problems on college campuses today. The volume proposes proactive strides toward stopping such violence. It addresses the role of alcohol and rape, includes the latest information on club drugs and drug-facilitated rape, and explores the special issues surrounding gay, lesbian and transgender violence. Chapters also address changing "the culture" found in, and often fostered by, fraternities and sororities as well as some athletic teams. It puts forward constructive strategies for preventing sexual assault, managing anger, group counseling for survivors, and more. This book will aid counselors and administrators in understanding and stopping sexual assault on college campuses across the country. more...

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Silent Grief is a book for and about “suicide survivors” – those who have been left behind by the suicide of a friend or loved one. Author Christopher Lukas is a suicide survivor himself – several members of his family have taken their own lives – and the book draws on his own experiences, as well as those of numerous other suicide survivors. These personal testimonies are combined with the professional expertise of Henry M. Seiden, a psychologist and psychoanalytic psychotherapist. The authors present information on common experiences of bereavement, grief reactions and various ways of coping. Their message is that it is important to share one's experience of “survival” with others and they encourage survivors to overcome the perceived stigma or shame associated with suicide and to seek support from self-help groups, psychotherapy, family therapy, Internet support forums or simply a friend or family member who will listen. Silent Grief gives valuable insights into living in the wake of suicide and provides useful strategies and support for those affected by a suicide, as well as professionals in the field of psychology, social work, and medicine. more...

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When a family member or close friend dies, it can be difficult to know how best to help the children and teenagers involved. Someone Very Important Has Just Died is a practical book written for those caring for children and teenagers suffering a close bereavement. Intended for use immediately or soon after the death has occurred, this book gives practical and detailed guidance on what adults might say and do to help children. This much-needed resource tackles the sensitive issues of what to tell children, how far to include them in the events immediately after the death, and how to tend to their physical and emotional needs. The material is suitable for anyone regardless of their background and beliefs, and is supplemented with information on where to go to obtain longer term bereavement support. Someone Very Important Has Just Died is an ideal resource for professionals in all areas of work relating to bereavement. It is designed to be given to adults with children in their care at the time of a death. more...

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What to do about bullying in schools is an ever-expanding field, requiring constant monitoring as new ideas appear and new resources become available.With the publication of this second edition of Stop the Bullying I have been able to take recent developments into account in revising some of the contents of the earlier edition and adding further material of a practical nature. The issue of whether schools in Australia should take action against bullying is now well and truly over. The question has become: How can schools best deal with the problem? There remains a need for schools to work out what, among many, are the best courses of action for them to take and what resources are available for them to carry out agreed plans as effectively as possible. In revising this handbook I have kept in mind that anti-bullying initiatives are unlikely to be effective without widespread support from the school community, that is from staff, students and parents. I have therefore further emphasised the need for informed and thorough discussion of the issues, in the first instance by members of each school’s staff. I know that individual teachers, like members of the community at large, are apt to have different opinions about what to do. These differences are healthy but need to be brought out into the open and discussed in a non-judgemental manner. To this end, in this edition I have provided a series of questions in a questionnaire to help teachers discover where they and their colleagues stand, as a prerequisite to reaching a joint decision on what to do. I am also aware that bullying is not only an issue among children. It can also involve adults, as workplace research is now showing. Accordingly, I have provided a section in this edition that I hope will assist in taking a more comprehensive look at the problem. A major contribution of this handbook lies in informing schools about resources for addressing bullying. Teachers are no longer alone in their more...

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