"What a gift to education! By practicing the ideas in this book, school counselors everywhere can help create new descriptions and stories that will transform the academic lives and behaviors of their students. Not only will schools be practicing what they have been preaching in the way of promoting respect from their students, they will receive that respect back in return."

• PrefaceAbout the Authors1. What Is Narrative Counseling All About?We Live Through StoriesA Narrative Counseling Scenario2. Doing Narrative Counseling: A Step-by-Step GuideA Learning GuideObstacles to Narrative PracticeCounselor as CollaboratorStarting AssumptionsAttitudes to Bring Into the RoomSpecific Narrative Methods3. Reworking ReputationsThe Discourse of SchoolingSchool DescriptionsThe Power of the TeacherDeficit DiscourseResistance4. Conversations With Kids Who Are "In Trouble"Trouble With StealingTrouble in the ClassroomTrouble With ADHD: A SMART ApproachTrouble With Abusive BehaviorTrouble With TruancyTrouble Enrolling a New StudentRestorative PracticesCounseling and Discipline5. Working in a Narrative Way With Groups, Classes, and Communities: Beyond an Exclusive Focus on the IndividiualAccountability PracticesWorking With the Larger School CommunityBuilding Communities of ConcernGroup Work ProgramsWorking With a Whole ClassClassroom Guidance LessonsStarting Conversations With a SchoolConclusionReading ListReferencesIndex

"What a gift to education! By practicing the ideas in this book, school counselors everywhere can help create new descriptions and stories that will transform the academic lives and behaviors of their students. Not only will schools be practicing what they have been preaching in the way of promoting respect from their students, they will receive that respect back in return."

• PrefaceAbout the Authors1. What Is Narrative Counseling All About?We Live Through StoriesA Narrative Counseling Scenario2. Doing Narrative Counseling: A Step-by-Step GuideA Learning GuideObstacles to Narrative PracticeCounselor as CollaboratorStarting AssumptionsAttitudes to Bring Into the RoomSpecific Narrative Methods3. Reworking ReputationsThe Discourse of SchoolingSchool DescriptionsThe Power of the TeacherDeficit DiscourseResistance4. Conversations With Kids Who Are "In Trouble"Trouble With StealingTrouble in the ClassroomTrouble With ADHD: A SMART ApproachTrouble With Abusive BehaviorTrouble With TruancyTrouble Enrolling a New StudentRestorative PracticesCounseling and Discipline5. Working in a Narrative Way With Groups, Classes, and Communities: Beyond an Exclusive Focus on the IndividiualAccountability PracticesWorking With the Larger School CommunityBuilding Communities of ConcernGroup Work ProgramsWorking With a Whole ClassClassroom Guidance LessonsStarting Conversations With a SchoolConclusionReading ListReferencesIndex

"What a gift to education! By practicing the ideas in this book, school counselors everywhere can help create new descriptions and stories that will transform the academic lives and behaviors of their students. Not only will schools be practicing what they have been preaching in the way of promoting respect from their students, they will receive that respect back in return."

• PrefaceAbout the Authors1. What Is Narrative Counseling All About?We Live Through StoriesA Narrative Counseling Scenario2. Doing Narrative Counseling: A Step-by-Step GuideA Learning GuideObstacles to Narrative PracticeCounselor as CollaboratorStarting AssumptionsAttitudes to Bring Into the RoomSpecific Narrative Methods3. Reworking ReputationsThe Discourse of SchoolingSchool DescriptionsThe Power of the TeacherDeficit DiscourseResistance4. Conversations With Kids Who Are "In Trouble"Trouble With StealingTrouble in the ClassroomTrouble With ADHD: A SMART ApproachTrouble With Abusive BehaviorTrouble With TruancyTrouble Enrolling a New StudentRestorative PracticesCounseling and Discipline5. Working in a Narrative Way With Groups, Classes, and Communities: Beyond an Exclusive Focus on the IndividiualAccountability PracticesWorking With the Larger School CommunityBuilding Communities of ConcernGroup Work ProgramsWorking With a Whole ClassClassroom Guidance LessonsStarting Conversations With a SchoolConclusionReading ListReferencesIndex