The author suggests many of the dissatisfactions voiced by speech therapists working with the mentally handicapped arise from a traditional view of the therapist's role. A special education resource model is proposed which consists of three role components--consultant and skills transmitter, coordinator of language programs, and participant in the…

Group cohesiveness in psychotherapy is defined as the dynamic process that incorporates the multifactors that establish and maintain members in the therapy group. The development of group cohesiveness and the role of the therapist can be divided into five stages. In the first pregroup stage, the therapist must select clients and prepare them for…