Includes bibliographical references and index.

A framework for conducting school counseling research in the current educational environment -- Access to schools: Relationships with stakeholders and systems -- Ethical research in schools: Navigating the IRB process at the district and university levels -- Research questions that contribute to sound study designs for school counseling -- Developmental and social considerations when conducting research with children and adolescents -- Using assessment instruments in school-based research -- Research design - Quantitative approaches -- Research design: Qualitative approaches -- Research designs: Action research -- Single case research design: A practical option in school counseling research -- Program evaluation in professional school counseling -- Ensuring treatment fidelity and clean data collection -- Data analysis procedures in school counseling research -- Bridging the research to practice gap.

"Research in the Schools: Advancing the Evidence-Base for the School Counseling Profession provides accessible and actionable strategies for conducting school counseling research with a focus on student outcomes. Organized to support new research from the starting point of collaborative relationships with school partners and the ethical and developmental considerations of this kind of work, the text thoughtfully provides a pathway for moving through the multiple measurement and design decisions that are part of meaningful and impactful research. Each chapter provides practical details and tangible applications, as well as extensive resources and relevant examples. Anyone interested in conducting research that provides the school counseling profession with nuanced, rich information about how to best support student development, that creates truly equitable opportunities for all youth, and that moves the profession forward will find this book useful and engaging"-- Provided by publisher.

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