American Counseling Assn.

A handbook for counseling with international students in the United States.

What happens when international students have hidden learning disabilities that only get worse when they have no peers with whom they can "ride along"? What if students' birth cultures do not allow them to admit they do not understand something? In this collection of 18 articles, contributors share their direct experiences with foreign students in the US, describing the difficulties international students tend to have, regional characteristics, and counseling approaches most likely to help them. Contributors cover counselors' new roles as bureaucrats as well as student advocates, intervention for students facing acculturation issues, career development, sexual identity, disability, the families left behind, and reverse culture shock. They then go region by region, giving counseling approaches for each that resonate with the relevant culture and describe such approaches as formal programs, group work and outreach. (Annotation ©2007 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)