PROFESSIONAL ENDORSEMENTS: THE SECRETS TO... should be required
reading for school counseling interns, new and experienced
counselors alike. Full of practical examples of real life
challengers that school counselors face every day. A great resource
for new ideas and strategies, as well as insights into the
professional jargon used in school settings. .... Dr. Susan Moor,
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Counseling Programs
at Manhattan College and Hofstra University. It moves away from the
theoretical graduate classroom approach for middle and senior high
schools students to the practical, every day implementation of
services for students. ....Bob Emery, Director of Guidance, East
Rockaway High School, L I, NY BOOK REVIEW: by Lisa Kende (
Corporate Media Specialist) THE SECRETS TO BEING A GREAT SCHOOL
COUNSELOR by Dr. Richard O'Connell is truly the quintessential
guide for the professional counselor, graduate school counselor and
intern. Don't be fooled by the title which may seem pretentious,
rather it humbly claims merely to improve counselor performance
through a school community effort. What the author does is to
re-invent, clarify, humanize and add life to the difficult task of
counseling underachieving and superior students. The book is a
quick read further enhanced by the many anecdotes that provide
real-life applications for the many insights so useful to
counselors. The author's approach is an artful combination of
diplomacy, humor and decades of experience in the real world of
guiding young people to achieve their full potential. It is a
step-by-step guide for how counselors, administrators, teachers and
parents can pull together for the benefit of the student. Dr.
O'Connell has effectively identified the rough spots (that
typically have to do with ego or lack of experience) that can
easily derail what should be a harmonious team effort within the
school system. The many awards earned for superior guidance skills
are reflected in the author's understanding of human nature and
willingness to adjust, fine tune or even reverse his approach when
warranted. As a public relations professional specializing in
training corporate chief executive officers to deal with
confrontational media interviews, I recognized many of the same
techniques in Dr. O'Connell's approach to preparing students for
college. Clearly, Dr. O'Connell's approach leaves no student behind
from the most gifted to learning disabled. His anecdotes about
learning disabled and minority students and his work helping them
to mainstream into the school community demonstrate that every
student has something important to contribute to the school. THE
SECRETS TO... is a compendium of strategies, approaches,
organizational skills, time savers, motivational techniques, safe
guards and interpersonal skills, etc. which help the counselor to
become effective and valued, while at the same time avoiding costly
professional and personal mistakes. Using diplomacy, humor, and his
decades of experience, Dr. O'Connell gives step-by-step
instructions on how counselors, administrators, teachers and
parents can all pull together to motivate students. Dr. O'Connell
deals with the mechanics of guidance, from college planning to
government regulations, to helping learning disabled students.
Opening up dialogues and listening to what is being said is key,
suggests Dr. O'Connell. Packed with hands-on information and
techniques, he stresses that for parents and school personnel to be
effective, they must impact the entire school community. His work
is a real contribution to a department much criticized.
.....Matthew Bonura, Past President of the Shelter Island Board of
Education, Shelter Island, NY. It's a great book I never read
anything like it, a significant tool in affecting change in the
school community. ....Dr. John Kehoe, Assistant Superintendent of
Schools, Bronxville, NY
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