Counselor Companion has put together a list of guidance counselor books that we believe should be in every guidance counselor’s library. Continued education is an important aspect of a guidance counselor’s professional development. This collection of guidance counselor books can help guidance counselors stay informed of best practices as well as offer counseling suggestions and strategies that can be implemented at any school.

Every guidance counselor book featured on Counselor Companion is available for purchase from our site. We encourage you to check out our list of recommended guidance counseling books and add them to your counseling library.

Guidance Counselor Books

• School Counselor Accountability: a Measure of Student Success
• Best Practices for Effective Secondary School Counselors
• Substance Abuse: Information for School Counselors, Social Workers, Therapists, and Counselors
• School Counselor Consultation: Skills for Working Effectively with Parents, Teachers, and Other School Personnel
• Brief Counseling That Works: A Solution-Focused approach for School Counselors and Administrators

Rather than packing up their belongs and heading to college in the fall, a growing number of high school graduates are opting to take a year-long break from school to explore the world, and themselves.

The Concord Monitor Online reported that “a gap year – a break ranging from three months to a year after high school graduation – has been a popular option in Great Britain and throughout Europe for years.” It is believed that the respite will allow students to enter college better prepared to apply themselves and appreciate the opportunity.
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Rather than enroll in pricey summer enrichment programs on college and university campuses across the country, high school graduates who want to continue their academic progress during the summer months can take advantage of community college offerings.

“This is around the time that fliers fill mailboxes wooing students to pricey residential enrichment experiences for the summer at universities or camps. But perhaps an overlooked alternative for high school students looking to continue academic progress this summer is community-college courses. “

Read the complete article on the academic offerings of community colleges.

All high school seniors deal with the pressures of graduation, choosing what career field they want to enter, deciding on a college to attending and figuring out how to pay for a college education. Because they spend little time in one place, migrant students deal with these pressures and more.

Cipriano Manon has learned the struggles of migrant students from first-hand experience. In addition to serving as a migrant specialist for North Salem High in Oregon, he was born and raised in Mexico City, Mexico.
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There is a lot that goes into choosing a college or university. Parents, teachers and guidance counselors alike help high school students decide which college or university is best for them. But can guidance counselors do students a disservice by instructing them to set their aims too low?

Teresa M?ndez, staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor, wrote an article about the danger of guidance counselors failing to encourage their students to aim high when it comes to college. While no one advocates filling students with unrealistic dreams, it is dangerous to eliminate possibilities altogether.

Read more about how you, as a guidance counselor, can help your high school students aim high.