This book is great for a middle school student or a high school freshman to start preparing for a higher education. It is very easy reading and very entertaining with true stories from college students who wish they could go back into time to change their attitudes and practices when they were in high school or even back in middle school. The book is an appeal to all students who read it to meet all school expectations in preparation for college even if you are undecided right now. Read what others had to say about not being fully prepared for college. After all, the college students whom you will hear from, did not plan to struggle or fail in college, they failed to plan ahead when they were in middle and high school. This book encourages and gives students the opportunity to set and work towards goals as early as the middle school years. Students can use the book as a reference for some things to do and to think about even if one is not thinking about getting a formal higher education, but will follow some other career path. Parents are going to love having their child to read this book because this book can serve as a point of conversation with parents and high school student. This is a "forever" book. Five, ten or fifteen years from high school graduation, compare what you wrote in the goals section of the book with whatever actually became of you. Keep in mind that parents and teachers know that children are going to make mistakes as they grow up, but students can avoid not being prepared academically, socially and recreationally if they plan ahead.

Featuring contributed chapters written by experts in the field, Working with Students with Disabilities: Utilizing Resources in the Helping Profession provides readers with valuable perspective about leveraging resources to promote positive change in the lives of students. Readers cultivate a deeper understanding of the systemic and historical reasons why students with disabilities don't always receive the support they need, from kindergarten through undergraduate and graduate studies. The text helps readers learn how to identify and implement resources to better assist students with disabilities at all levels. The chapters address culturally responsive teaching; disability acts, ADA standards, and their impact on inclusion; meeting the needs of veteran students with disabilities in higher education; undiagnosed PTSD and the implications for counselor education programs at historically black colleges and universities; promoting self-advocacy in students with disabilities; leading the next generation; and more. At the end of each chapter, questions and considerations promote self-reflection and deeper consideration of the material. Working with Students with Disabilities is designed to support future and practicing helping professionals at all levels who work with students with disabilities, including school counselors, counselor educators, and instructors.

This book is great for a middle school student or a high school freshman to start preparing for a higher education. It is very easy reading and very entertaining with true stories from college students who wish they could go back into time to change their attitudes and practices when they were in high school or even back in middle school. The book is an appeal to all students who read it to meet all school expectations in preparation for college even if you are undecided right now. Read what others had to say about not being fully prepared for college. After all, the college students whom you will hear from, did not plan to struggle or fail in college, they failed to plan ahead when they were in middle and high school. This book encourages and gives students the opportunity to set and work towards goals as early as the middle school years. Students can use the book as a reference for some things to do and to think about even if one is not thinking about getting a formal higher education, but will follow some other career path. Parents are going to love having their child to read this book because this book can serve as a point of conversation with parents and high school student. This is a "forever" book. Five, ten or fifteen years from high school graduation, compare what you wrote in the goals section of the book with whatever actually became of you. Keep in mind that parents and teachers know that children are going to make mistakes as they grow up, but students can avoid not being prepared academically, socially and recreationally if they plan ahead.