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Anderson, Ron – 2002
Over the last quarter of the 20th century, the counselor role moved substantially from one that focused primarily on remediation to one that focused on prevention. This chapter discusses the possible move toward a third role shift focusing on a developmental framework. The shift to this developmental focus rests on the premise that counselors need…
Descriptors: Child Development, Community Involvement, Counselor Role, Elementary Secondary Education
Hanrahan, Marian, Ed.; Prinsen, Bert, Ed. – 1998
This booklet is about the Mothers Inform Mothers program (MIM), a network of local early childhood care and development support programs in five provinces in The Netherlands. These programs are carried out in eight different towns (two large, four medium, and two small) in deprived areas. A short overview of the theoretical basis for the program…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Family Programs, Foreign Countries, Mothers
London, Lorna H., Ed. – 2002
This book is devoted to interventions that help to make a difference in the lives of children. Children have many challenges, some of which cannot be addressed effectively during the school day. The role of community psychologists has become increasingly important in helping to meet the social and emotional needs of children. This book presents…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Childhood Needs, Children, Community Services
American Counseling Association, Office of Public Policy and Information, Alexandria, VA. – 1998
This guide encourages counselors to actively celebrate Counseling Awareness Month. It was designed to simplify planning and publicizing activities for counselors involved with Counseling Awareness Month. It includes information about activities ranging from the simple, such as wearing a Counseling Awareness Month T-shirt, to the ambitious, such as…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Citizen Participation, Community Involvement, Counselor Role
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Steinweg, David A. – Journal of Employment Counseling, 1990
Presents six empirically supported strategies to aid counselors in helping unemployed workers cope with the consequences of job loss: encourage broad sense of self-esteem; maintain activity and daily structure; develop social support networks; encourage external causal attributions; establish links with community resources; and make referrals to…
Descriptors: Community Support, Coping, Counseling Techniques, Dislocated Workers
Holcomb-McCoy, Cheryl – Corwin Press, 2007
School counselors can play a powerful role in closing the achievement gap when they incorporate the principles of social justice into their practice. In this much-needed resource for preservice and inservice counselors, the author addresses factors (such as racism, sexism, heterosexism, and classism) that can contribute to academic failure, and…
Descriptors: Gender Bias, Academic Failure, School Counselors, Justice
Virginia State Dept. of Education, Richmond. Student Services. – 1993
This directory, which updates and expands a 1989 version, provides information to guide students with disabilities, their parents, and school personnel in planning for postsecondary higher education opportunities. The guide is divided into seven sections to assist in planning and choosing the right college. A year-by-year plan stresses the need to…
Descriptors: College Bound Students, College Choice, College Preparation, Community Colleges
Workman, John F.; And Others – 1983
In spring 1978, a study was conducted at a large community college in Southern California to determine what washroom graffiti revealed about the concerns of community college students. Graffiti were monitored for a 1-month period in one male and one female washroom in each of six classroom and general purpose buildings. Graffiti were copied…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Community Colleges, Females, Males
Creamer, Don G. – 1985
Student affairs professionals in community colleges are facing several major issues in need of resolution including: the insufficient use of existing knowledge about adolescent and adult development and organization development in program design and execution; and the insufficient use of knowledge of program evaluation for understanding the…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Cooperative Planning, Faculty Development, Liberal Arts
Marsick, Victoria, J.; Bitterman, Jeanne; van der Veen, Ruud – 2000
This paper explores a common assumption: that education must be made an open, interconnected chain of learning opportunities, available to people from cradle to grave, i.e., a "learning society." Learning is examined in the following three distinct, but interrelated, domains: the domain of work; the domain of the community; and the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning
Lee, Courtland C. – 2000
As helping professions enter the 21st century and nascent network technologies realize their full potential as therapeutic and educational modalities, it is an ethical and moral imperative that the digital divide be bridged. It is important that those in counseling and related fields take active steps to ensure that cybercounseling is available to…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Access to Information, Advocacy, Community Involvement
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Evelo, Sheryl; Price, Lynda – Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability, 1991
A case study illustrates the transition process of a girl with learning disabilities over a three-year period, describing experiences in graduating from high school and proceeding to community college. Specific transition objectives, personalized counseling, and individual accommodations are discussed, with secondary and postsecondary examples.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Articulation (Education), Case Studies, College Bound Students
Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance, 2008
Students and parents need ample time and accurate information to prepare for the financial burden of a college education--those who lack this knowledge base face a significant access barrier to higher education. This problem can be countered by the delivery of comprehensive, integrated financial aid information, an approach identified by the…
Descriptors: Student Financial Aid, Access to Information, Information Dissemination, Access to Education
O'Callaghan, J. Brien – 1991
This guide is designed for therapists who are looking for faster, more reliable ways of preventing and solving child problems. It focuses on the variety of family-school collaboration that is school-based and involves interaction between families, school, and community agencies. Chapter 1 presents a collaborative model called FACETS (Families and…
Descriptors: Counseling Techniques, Elementary Secondary Education, Family Problems, Interdisciplinary Approach
Flora, Pat T. – 1989
This guide is intended to encourage South Carolina secondary vocational education administrators, teachers, and counselors to implement programs designed to keep potential dropouts in school and recover those who leave school prematurely, as well as to provide those educators with research findings relevant to such activities. Following an…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Access to Education, Community Resources, Dropout Prevention
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