Psychological Consultation and Collaboration: Introduction to Theory and Practice

Abstract

Preface. 1. Introduction to Consultation and Collaboration. Purpose. Consultation: The History and the Promise. Consultation Defined. Some Definitional Issues. Interventions Utilized by Human Resource Workers. The Perspective of This Book. The Remainder of This Book. 2. Mental Health Consultation. Roots of Mental Health Consultation. Basic Concepts in Mental Health Consultation. Fundamental Assumptions in Mental Health Consultation. The Consultation Process. Types of Mental Health Consultation. Further Developments in the Mental Health Consultation Model. 3. Behavioral Approaches to Consultation and Collaboration. Cultural Limitations. 4. Adlerian Consultation. Background. Adlerian Theory. Consultation. The Consultation Process. Cultural Limitations. Empirical Support. 5. Organizational Consultation and Collaboration. Principles of Systems Theory. Organizational Development Consultation. Principles of Organizational Change. 6. Consultation Stages and Processes I. Stages of Consultation. Interpersonal Processes. 7. The Skills and Characteristics of Consultants and Collaborators. Characteristics of Consultants and Collaborators. Skills of Consultants and Collaborators. Needed Research. 8. The Consultee as a Variable. Expectations and Preferences of the Consultee. Consulting Characteristics Affecting Process. Consultee Training. 9. Teacher Consultation -- Teacher Collaboration. The Consulting Teacher Models. Collaboration. Group Collaboration. The 15-Minute Consultation. Some Final Thoughts about Teacher Consultation. 10. Consultation with Parents. Empirical Support. Parent Consultation and Other Parental Interventions. Models of Family Consultation. An Eclectic Approach. The Assumptions of the Approach. The Process. Group Parental Consultation. Some Special Considerations. Some Brief Case Studies. 11. Data-Based Decision Making in Consultation. Monitoring the Consulting Process. Evaluation. Steps in Consultation Evaluation. Uses of Evaluation Data. Instrumentation. 12. Ethical and Legal Considerations. Purposes of Codes of Ethics. Ethical Principles. Ethical Decision Making. Enforcing Ethical Standards. Potential Legal Difficulties. 13. Issues in Consultation. Direct or Indirect Services. Classification Schemes. Consultation as a Profession. The Limits of Consultation. Choosing a Consultation Model. The Controversy over Collaboration. The Controversy over Behavioral Collaboration. Asking for Help. Dealing with Consultee Feelings. The Involvement of the Consultant. To Manipulate or Not to Manipulate. Consultant as a Scholar Practitioner. Research Directions. Name Index. Subject Index.

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