This school counseling text, written from a practitioner's point of view, addresses the common problems and challenges facing school counselors. It provides students with an overview of the school counseling profession as well as practical information on working with troubled youth. The book consists of two parts: Part One addresses the foundational issues, such as current trends and controversies in the field of school counseling, individual and group counseling, consultation with teachers and parents, the use of data for assessment and program evaluation, and career development. Part Two provides content on certain populations of children, such as racial/ethnic minority youth, children with disabilities, children of loss, depressed and suicidal children, and, also covers such topics as sexual development and sexual orientation, substance abuse prevention, intervening with violence and violence prevention, and child maltreatment.