Evidence-Based School Counseling: A Student Success Approach (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781138956674)

Greg Brigman, PhD, is a professor of counselor education at Florida Atlantic University and has been a counselor educator and researcher for more than 26 years. Dr. Brigman has extensive experience as a classroom teacher, school counselor, staff development trainer, and curriculum researcher, and he regularly consults with school districts to evaluate the impact of school counselor and teacher-led evidence-based programs to improve student performance. He is a frequent presenter at international, national, and state professional conferences and is the co-developer of the Student Success Skills program. He has received numerous awards for his research and teaching.

Elizabeth Villares, PhD, is a professor and doctoral program coordinator in the Department of Counselor Education at Florida Atlantic University. Dr. Villares has worked as a teacher, school counselor, and school counseling program director and counselor educator for more than 20 years. She specializes in counseling children and adolescents, the use of technology to improve data-driven practices, and collaborating with school counselors to design outcome research and program evaluation projects. Her current research interests include developing and implementing school counselor-led evidence-based programs to improve the academic, social/emotional development, and college and career readiness of students from pre-kindergarten to grade 16.

Linda Webb, PhD, is a counselor educator and retired research faculty member at Florida State University and has been a teacher, school counselor, and counselor educator for a combined 30 years. During that time, she has been interested in school counseling outcome research. Her expertise is in the area of student behaviors and their relationship to academic learning and has experience developing and researching interventions that address learning and social needs of students. Dr. Webb has worked extensively with school counselors in the field and consults with school district personnel in the use of evidence-based programs that improve student academic and social outcomes.