The School Services Sourcebook:
A Guide for School-Based Professionals

School-based social workers, counselors, psychologists, mental-health professionals, and educators who need ready access to information on mental health and social services might want to have this reference book on hand.

Each of the volume's 114 chapters tackles a different issue, providing a summary of the problem area, easy-to-implement strategies for approaching the problem, and a list of further reading and Web resources. Topics covered include: mental health disorders, developmental disabilities, child abuse, family interventions, conflict resolution, legal issues, policy, ethics, and funding. Comprehensive, yet succinctly written, the book provides evidence-based practice and the tools needed for school-based practitioners to deliver quality mental health and social services to students, families, and communities.

Edited by Cynthia Franklin, Mary Beth Harris, and Paula Allen-Meares. $69.50. 1,224 pages from Oxford University Press.

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