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| Preface | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| About the Author | |
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| The Achievement Gap: Our Ultimate Challenge | |
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| School Counseling and the Gap | |
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| Where We Have Been and Where We Are Headed | |
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| The Power of School Counselors | |
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| Achievement Gap Defined | |
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| A Closer Look at the Gap | |
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| What Do We Know About Closing the Gap? | |
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| Questions to Consider | |
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| School Counseling Within the Context of Social Justice | |
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| Redefining School Counseling to Serve Diverse Groups | |
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| Focusing on Social Justice | |
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| Key Functions of School Counseling Based on a Social Justice Approach | |
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| Questions to Consider | |
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| Counseling and Intervention Planning | |
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| Critical Factors That Affect School Counseling and the Counseling Relationship | |
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| Culturally Appropriate Counseling Interventions | |
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| Assessing School Counselors' Multicultural Counseling Competence | |
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| The Influence of Culture on Intervention Planning | |
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| Questions to Consider | |
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| Consultation | |
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| Defining Consultation | |
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| Social Justice Considerations and the Consultation Process | |
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| Consultation Strategies | |
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| Questioning Domains | |
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| Assessing School Culture | |
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| Questions to Consider | |
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| Connecting Schools, Families, and Communities | |
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| Avoid the Blame Game | |
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| Five Principles of Effective SFC Partnership | |
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| Barriers to School-Family Collaborations | |
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| Questions to Consider | |
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| Collecting and Using Data | |
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| What Is Accountability? | |
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| Using Data to Uncover Inequities | |
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| School Counseling Program Evaluation | |
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| Developing Program Assessment Tools | |
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| Questions to Consider | |
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| Challenging Bias | |
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| Guidelines for Challenging Bias | |
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| Social Justice Education in Schools | |
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| Questions to Consider | |
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| Coordinating Student Services and Support | |
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| Collaborating With Community Organizations and Social Service Agencies | |
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| Implementing Scheduling Practices That Encourage Rigorous Course Taking | |
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| Coordinating College Preparation Interventions | |
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| Coordinating Tutoring Services | |
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| Participating on Individualized Education Program Committees | |
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| Participating on Gifted and Talented Committees | |
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| Questions to Consider | |
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| Doing the Right Thing: Developing a Social Justice-Focused School Counseling Program | |
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| Assessing Your Beliefs | |
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| Assessing Your Skills | |
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| Assessing Your Students' Needs | |
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| My Vision for My School Counseling Program | |
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| Concluding Remarks | |
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| Resources | |
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| Assessing School Equity | |
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| School Counselor Multicultural Competence Checklist | |
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| School Culture Assessment | |
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| Assessing Beliefs About School-Family-Community Partnership Involvement | |
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| SOARING Samples and Worksheets | |
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| Suggested Readings by Topic | |
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| References | |
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| Index | |