Working with Students with Disabilities: A Guide for Professional School Counselors - Softcover

"Working with Students with Disabilities is a masterfully constructed text that fills a critical gap in the school counseling literature. The compilation of specific and concrete intervention strategies and student activities, grounded in a variety of theoretical orientations, is invaluable. School counselors, counselor educators, and school counseling students in training will find this text to be a vital addition to their programs. I highly recommend this text for all school counselors, past, present, and future."

"Drs. Quigney and Studer get it! Grounded in a true understanding of the multifaceted role of school counselors, this comprehensive resource is focused on relevant topics that assist school counselors in integrating their work with, and for, students with disabilities. Whether a graduate student, professional school counselor, counselor educator or supervisor, this text will enhance awareness and knowledge and facilitate best practice in holistically serving students with disabilities."

"Quigney and Studer provide a well-rounded focus on the school counselor's role as it relates to students with special needs. The authors focus on the ethical and legal issues, and they also provide insightful individual and group activities that help connect their tasks to the ASCA national model."

"Working with Students with Disabilities fills a gap in school counselor preparation and introduces students to the world of special education, including laws, the IEP/504 process, and related resources. The comprehensive array of counseling strategies with the special education population are presented along with a thorough understanding of the intersectionality of disability."

Like no other book available, Working with Students with Disabilities: A Guide for School Counselors provides comprehensive coverage of school counselors’ roles in special education and working with students with disabilities and connects that coverage to both the ASCA national model and CACREP standards.

In Working with Students with Disabilities, school counselors will find thoughtful analyses of the legal and regulatory basis for many of the practices in special education, including an overview of pertinent laws including the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act. They’ll gain an in-depth understanding of the leadership role that school counselors should play in supporting students, teachers, and families, and they’ll also come away with an understanding of the common challenges―like bullying, cyberbullying, and successful transitioning from high school to adult life― to which students with disabilities may be more vulnerable, as well as less common challenges such as behavioral difficulties, autism spectrum disorders, and many more.