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Coolhart, Deborah – Guidance & Counselling, 2005
Little attention has been given in the literature to the unique issues that queer therapists who work with heterosexual and queer clients face. Of particular interest is whether, how, when, and why queer therapists self-disclose their sexual identities, or come out, to clients. This article reviews stage models of sexual identity development and…
Descriptors: Therapy, Allied Health Personnel, Self Disclosure (Individuals), Sexual Identity
Bagnato, Stephen J.; Elliott Stephen N., Ed.; Witt, Joseph, C., Ed. – Guilford Publications, 2007
Meeting a crucial need, this book provides clear recommendations for authentic developmental assessment of children from infancy to age 6, including those with developmental delays and disabilities. It describes principles and strategies for collecting information about children's everyday activities in the home, preschool, and community, which…
Descriptors: Performance Based Assessment, Early Intervention, Child Development, Preschool Children
Witmer, J. Melvin – 1985
This book is intended to motivate persons working in the human and social service occupations toward fuller personal development as well as to improve professional competence. The first part discusses the process of becoming a more fully functioning person. Human potential, barriers to personal growth, self-fulfillment, and seeking pathways to…
Descriptors: Coping, Counselors, Creativity, Decision Making
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
Sheppard, Glenn W.; Schulz, William E.; McMahon, Sylvia-Anne – 1999
This booklet expresses the ethical principles and values of the Canadian Counseling Association and serves as a guide to the professional conduct of all its members. It also informs the public served by the association of the standards of ethical conduct for which members are to be responsible and accountable. This guide reflects the values of…
Descriptors: Accountability, Codes of Ethics, Counseling, Counselor Client Relationship
Bryant, Jill; Milsom, Amy – Professional School Counseling, 2005
The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of child abuse reporting by school counselors and to examine factors affecting their decisions to report abuse. A sample of school counselors (N = 263) in one Midwestern state completed questionnaires to share their child abuse reporting behaviors, influences with regard to making a…
Descriptors: School Counselors, Child Neglect, Child Abuse, Incidence

Gibbons, Melinda M.; Shoffner, Marie F. – Professional School Counseling, 2004
First-generation students, or students whose parents did not attend college, represent 27% of all graduating high school students. They have unique needs that separate them from other students and that must be addressed in counseling. This article examines how school and career counselors can help these students through the use of Social Cognitive…
Descriptors: School Counselors, Self Efficacy, First Generation College Students, Career Counseling
Rugg, Frederick E. – 1989
This publication, the most recent edition of a resource tool for students choosing colleges, makes recommendations for undergraduate programs in about 65 major subjects, most of which are divided among groups of schools based on their selectivity. The ranking of major fields of study was done primarily by students in colleges and universities…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, College Applicants, College Bound Students, College Choice
Peterson, Karen L. – 1983
A study identified the variables affecting the vocational choice of college women. During the research project, a 97-item instrument entitled the Work Interest Questionnaire (WIQ) was developed and administered to 437 undergraduate female students enrolled at a large Midwestern university. The subjects were selected based on their varying fields…
Descriptors: Career Choice, College Students, Decision Making, Females
Russo, Thomas J. – 2000
This paper presents information and strategies designed to enable teachers and counselors to understand, practice, and utilize the group process known as open classroom meetings. It considers the types of classroom meetings that can be utilized, such as social problem solving meetings, open-ended meetings, and educational diagnostic meetings. The…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Counselors, Democratic Values, Educational Innovation

Amatea, Ellen S.; Daniels, Harry; Bringman, Nancy; Vandiver, Fran M. – Professional School Counseling, 2004
A 3-year project of school-wide change undertaken by a team of school counselors, administrators and counselor educators was initiated to create strong working relationships among a school's counselors, teachers, and students' families. This article delineates the goals and history of this consultation project and gives detailed examples of the…
Descriptors: Counselor Educators, School Culture, School Counselors, Teachers
Williams, Linda K.; And Others – 1996
With the purpose of developing caring and capable children, this book offers teachers and counselors a collection of over 75 activities as teaching and guidance tools. Characteristics of caring and capable children, which reflect the development of empathy, compassion, assertiveness, and self-discipline, are described. The activities are grouped…
Descriptors: Activity Units, Altruism, Children, Decision Making
Schulz, William E. – 1983
After a short background introduction on educational and vocational guidance in West Germany, this paper, written for counselors and educators, focuses on three main areas: (1) a 3-year training program for all West German employment counselors; (2) a school orientation program offered to grade 8 students by the employment counselors; and (3) a…
Descriptors: Career Guidance, Career Planning, Counselor Role, Counselor Training
Kerr, Barbara – 1990
This digest addresses some of the special career planning needs of gifted and talented students and offers intervention guidelines for the elementary, junior high, senior high, college, and adult levels. Indications that students are having difficulty coping with the multipotentiality of their talents may be evidenced by early difficulty in making…
Descriptors: Adults, Career Awareness, Career Choice, Career Education
Phifer, Paul – 1987
This document was written as a reference guide for students, counselors, parents, teachers, and educators in general. It attempts to explain the role of the college major and its impact upon the career planning process, and it encourages students to compare the factors which led them to select certain majors with careers which naturally flow from…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Counseling, College Students, Decision Making