Strengthening K-12 School Counseling Programs aims to help school counselors, counselors in training, school administrators, and other members of the school community develop and strengthen developmental school counseling programs. Providing a step-by-step approach to planning and managing a comprehensive developmental counseling program, this book encourages school and community-based counseling teams coordinate their efforts to design coherent, complementary programs rather than competing, fragmented ones.<BR><BR>This second edition is significantly expanded, including additional information on preparing the advisory team and building a foundation of core beliefs and governing values. Also included is an example of a Counseling Program Activity Guide, as well as a chapter devoted to examples from the field from school systems in Arkansas, Missouri, Kansas and Tokyo, Japan.