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Download full textBeaver, Jodie L. – 1991
This literature review explores societal attitudes about older individuals and the influence of these attitudes on the self-esteem of older persons. These topics are examined: identification of common stereotypes and myths about older persons; media depiction of older persons; influence of stereotypical images on older persons' self-perceptions;…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Counselor Attitudes, Counselor Role, Older Adults
Schuyler, Suellen – 1991
The problems facing a rehabilitation counselor in successfully working with survivors of brain trauma are myriad. This review examined evaluation techniques, rehabilitation therapies, and existing services that have proven effective with traumatic brain injury (TBI) clients. There is a gap in rehabilitation services that results in the TBI…
Descriptors: Counseling Effectiveness, Counseling Services, Counselor Role, Evaluation Methods
West, Benita L. – 1992
School counseling has evolved from primarily being a vocational guidance service for high school students to being a multifaceted service. School counselors have been providing services to an increasing number of special education students especially since the passage of the Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975. School counselors…
Descriptors: Counselor Role, Counselor Training, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
Everett, Susan M. – 1991
Crisis management in the schools is discussed in this position paper. These topics are addressed: the origins of crisis intervention in the schools; the effectiveness of the crisis team approach; establishment of the crisis team; primary components of existing crisis intervention plans; and the role of the school counselor in crisis intervention.…
Descriptors: Counselor Role, Crisis Intervention, Crisis Management, Elementary Secondary Education
Badger, Solomon L., III – 1975
In order to measure the effectiveness of an urban community college counseling service, a questionnaire was developed and administered to a random sample of students, faculty, administrators, and the professional staff of counselors from the three campuses of Florida Junior College at Jacksonville. Of 321 subjects, 219 responded (68 percent).…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Counseling Services, Counselor Attitudes, Counselor Role
Reisinger, Wendy A. – 1999
Women in institutions of higher education who deserve special attention in advising situations include those with multiple responsibilities, those in under-represented fields, and reentry women. Factors that can help women be successful in an institutional setting are a supportive family and informal peer support groups. Stressors for women seem…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Adult Students, Counselor Role, Females
Parker, Kandis Cooke – 1991
This paper explores the literature on attachment disorders in order to discover if the school setting can be an appropriate treatment option for children with mild attachment disorders, and in order to investigate how counselors can implement this treatment option. The introduction discusses the effects of recent changes in family structure on…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Behavior Development, Counselor Role, Elementary Education
Lux, Patricia L. – 1974
A study was conducted to determine whether students could self-administer, self-score, and self-interpret the California Occupational Preference Survey (COPS) with the aid of a multi-media device as effectively as similar students could take the survey in the conventional group method which involves counselor administration, scoring, and…
Descriptors: Career Education, Counselor Role, Educational Research, Grade 9
Grzybala, Henry S. – 1977
A photographic projective occupational survey was employed as an occupational interest and career related data-gathering device. The major assumption underlying the development of the new instrument is that, when asked to respond to a visual stimulus, usually in the form of a design, drawing, or pictorial representation, the subject will respond…
Descriptors: Adults, Career Choice, Career Counseling, Career Guidance
Byers, Jenny – 1990
This document investigates both immediate and long-term effects of childhood sexual abuse in order to help counselors identify victims and survivors. It is based on a search of the literature on child sexual abuse in the ALICE system in the Alden Library at Ohio University, and the Psychological Literature and Social Sciences Index. Key words used…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adult Children, Child Abuse, Counselor Client Relationship
Haughey, Edmund J. – 1976
This practicum is a study of the student's perceptions of the effectiveness of the academic advising system at Bridgewater State College in the spring semester of 1976. The questionnaire used in the study was distributed at pre-registration for the fall semester to randomly selected students in the freshman and junior classes. The freshman…
Descriptors: Career Planning, College Freshmen, Counseling Effectiveness, Counselor Evaluation
Whitehead, Everett – 1974
School counselors face identity crises since they must respond to the conflicting demands of students, faculty members, administrators, commercial and industrial interests, parents, and the local community. In order to defend themselves against public criticism, counselors must find a way of illustrating their effectiveness. Data obtained from an…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Counseling Effectiveness, Counseling Objectives, Counselor Client Relationship
