The International Journal for School-Based Family Counseling is the official Journal of the Institute for School-Based Family Counseling (SBFC).

 

The purpose of the International Journal for School-Based Family Counseling is to advance the theory, research and practice of SBFC – which integrates school and family mental health approaches within a systemic  meta-model, conceptualizing the child’s problems in the context of multiple interpersonal networks - family, peer group, school, and  wider community.

 

The term “School-Based” refers to the critical importance of the role of the school rather than its specific site. The SBFC model is flexible and holistic, and applicable to any situation in which it is useful to conceptualize the child’s problems in the context of more than one interpersonal network. The SBFC practitioner engages the child, the school, the family, and other pertinent networks in order to help bring about positive outcomes at both an individual and systems level. This engagement may be direct, or via consultation with other helping professionals.

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Dr. Nurit Kaplan-Toren, University of Haifa, Israel

E-mail: ntoren@edu.haifa.ac.il

All manuscripts should be sent to Dr. Kaplan-Toren

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Hans Everts, Emeritus Faculty, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand 

E-mail: evergreenheights@xtra.co.nz

 

Brian Gerrard, Institute for School-Based Family Counseling.

E-mail:  gerrardba@outlook.com

 

Theresa Kruczek. Ball State University, Teachers College, Muncie, Indiana, USA.

E-mail: tkruczek@bsu.edu

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Allan Morotti, Emeritus Faculty, University of Alaska, Fairbanks  Alaska, USA

Email: aamorotti@alaska.edu

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Gertina van Schalkwijk, Emeritus Faculty, University of Macau, Macau, China.

E-mail: gjvs@umac.mo

 

Andrew Smith, Bethlehem Tertiary Institute, Tauranga, New Zealand.

E-mail: a.smith@bti.ac.nz 

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Michael Carter, California State University,Los Angeles, California, USA

Ralph Cohen, Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, USA

Daniela Dominguez, University of San Francisco, California, USA

Hans Everts, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

John Friesen, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

Brian Gerrard, Institute for SBFC, Florida, USA

Judy Giampaoli, University of San Francisco, California, USA

Emily Hernandez, California State University,Los Angeles, California, USA

Dr. Belinda Hernandez-Arriaga,   University of San Francisco, California, USA

Michael Kelly, Loyola University, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Kathie Laundy, Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, USA

William Nicoll, Florida Atlantic University, Florida, USA

Andrew Smith, Bethlehem Tertiary Institute, Tauranga, New Zealand

Danielle Swick, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, USA

Marcel Soriano, Emeritus Faculty, California State University Los Angeles, California, USA

Gertina van Schalkwyk, Emeritus Faculty, University of Macau, Macau, China