Examined personality characteristics of female American Indian alcoholics using the Eysenck Personality Questionniare. Results indicated that in comparison with a sample of normal women, the women in the detoxification group tended to be more tough-minded, emotional, and introverted than did those women in either an extended treatment program or…

Describes how counselors, in consultation with parents, may be able to offer significant psychological support to adolescents facing hospitalization. Describes techniques and approaches designed to maintain a vital and stable link between the school, the hospital, and (during recovery) the adolescent's home. (NB)

Warns that counselors must take strong action to maintain support for school counseling programs. Presents a survival kit for counselors consisting of image-building, programing, consulting, advertising, professional growth, and evaluation. Also includes a set of guidelines for counselors to ensure that decision makers understand the value of…

Proposes three ways in which counselors may be seen as contributing to client resistance: counselor wants client to be and to behave in counselor-imposed ways; counselor actively constructs complementary role that client is to fulfill; and counselor maintains entrenched belief in truth of "client resistance." Suggests strategies to help…

Structured, homogeneous group employment counseling is a process of group interaction where the functions of the group members are to make decisions, give each other assistance, and group teach. This type of counseling is appropriate for such groups as high school students or displaced homemakers. The concepts of situational leadership can be…

Notes that, although it is not within scope of duties of school counselors to provide clinical diagnosis or to treat childhood depression, there is much that can be done within school settings to moderate, remediate, and rehabilitate depressive symptoms. Discusses identification of depression, the counselor's options in linking theory and…

Few individuals have given careful thought to what their lives might be like after they retire. Although some may have considered the financial implications of living on a fixed or limited income, most have not considered the social and emotional impact of leaving work. Career practitioners can play an important role in facilitating the transition…

Discusses basic sources of legal authority to control student behavior and court cases relating to improper discipline. Suggestions are made for counselor and teacher action to achieve desired classroom goals while still protecting student and parental rights to freedom from unlawful interference with the person or invasion of family privacy.…

Although in the past farmers have not been a traditional client group for personal and career counselors, the recent financial plight of farm families has resulted in farmers being identified as a special target group by the Canadian government. Programs, such as the Canadian Rural Transition Program (CRTP), have been established to provide…

Recommendations for school guidance services are presented by the Canadian School Trustees' Association. Ways in which students can acquire knowledge about self, the world, and life management skills are outlined. A response recommends futuristically-oriented programs, while another response proposes practical competencies of change and…

Contains nine articles focusing on prevention programs and school counseling. Topics addressed include educational alternatives for potential dropouts, childhood depression, suicide, and school vandalism. Describes programs facilitating adolescent development and for the prevention of delinquent behavior. Discusses the counselor's role in failure…

This document, intended for use by guidance professionals and educators, examines basic vocational guidance issues pertaining to the transition from school to work in a cross-cultural context. The introductory chapter, "A Perspective on Transition from School to Work" (William C. Bingham), provides a conceptual framework for examining…

Examines the science teacher's responsibility in assisting students to understand science and technology and its career implications, and proposes that the counselor provide career education consultation to the science teacher. Includes practical ideas for integrating career education into the science classroom. (Author/WAS)

This book of objectives, one of a series designed to provide a competency-based analysis of employment categories in human services, deals with the core competencies necessary for rehabilitation officers. Addressed in the individual sections of the volume are the following skill areas: human development and behavior, administrative skills, public…

This book of objectives, one of a series designed to provide a competency-based analysis of employment categories in human services, deals with core competencies necessary for human service workers as a group. Addressed in the individual sections of the volume are the following skill areas: client interactions, service delivery, personal and…