Suggestions of roles and responsibilities are presented in this booklet designed for counselors in the implementation of career education. The first section deals with the role of the counselor and is presented in the form of a group discussion. (Participants in the discussion are counselors from elementary schools, middle schools, and high…

Parents have always been the primary teachers of their children. Counselors, as consultants, can help parents organize for the best interests of their children and obtain the support they need from school personnel. (Author)

Discusses the nature of intern supervision, identifies counselor skills and strategies suitable for various stages of the supervision process, and proposes a concrete sequential outline for structuring internship experiences. (ABB)

Considers the rights of privacy in the relationship between students and school counselors and the application of the right to confidentiality when students reveal special problems or are potentially dangerous to others. (MD)

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…

With the increasingly diverse student population of today's schools, there is a critical need for school counselors who are able to effectively guide and counsel students of culturally diverse backgrounds. As school counselors work with larger numbers of culturally different students, there is an increasing need for more school counselors who…

As used here, the term school-based crisis intervention refers to a range of responses schools can plan and implement in response to crisis events and reactions. All school-based and school-linked staff can play an important role in crisis intervention. This quick training aid presents a brief set of resources to guide those providing an…

Describes and includes the Occupational Literature Evaluation Form for Minorities to be used by counselors in evaluating occupational monographs, booklets, pamphlets, and books for minority occupational exploration. Provides content guidelines. (KMF)

Discusses the process of premature termination of counseling relationships with clients and the need to finish the therapeutic relationship. Discusses loss, anger, and dependence as issues of termination as well as means of therapeutically concretizing good-byes between client and therapist. (Author)

The development of interdisciplinary teaching teams offers the counselor increasing opportunities to benefit larger numbers of students than usually appear in the guidance office. The counselor also gains more opportunities for inservice teacher education and for facilitating parent-teacher conferences. A format for this last function is outlined.…

When discipline problems arise, the referral system outlined here, in which teachers, counselors, and administrators know what is expected of them, may help principals save time and retain effectiveness. (JM)

A hypothetical counseling case study involving a frustrated gifted elementary student and an inflexible regular class teacher is presented. (CL)

This paper focuses on the joint partnership between the rehabilitation professional and postsecondary academic institutions when serving clients with learning disabilities. Definitions of learning disability are explored as well as the types of evaluations used to determine if a learning disability exists. Assessment techniques are discussed. The…

This paper discusses strategies for the evaluation of severely handicapped students. The shortcomings of standardized assessment techniques are reviewed, and the appropriateness of normative comparison and the developmental model with this population is discussed. The role of the school psychologist in student assessment is described, and the need…

The paper examines the impact of a visual disorder on the emerging self. Sources of self-esteem are considered in the developmental process. The implications of a competence model in regard to the experiences of visually impaired persons are noted. Problems to be resolved include developing coping skills and adaptive behaviors, maintaining…