The Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975, Public Law 94-142, represents the culmination of a "quiet revolution." The far-ranging provisions of P. L. 94-142 are causing many education personnel, including school counselors, to reevaluate their traditional roles in order to accommodate the needs of handicapped students.…

The power relationship between physician and death counselor is well established The power relationship between the clergy and the death educator is more egalitarian. Death educators and counselors need to be aware of their role relationships with other relevant professionals. (Author)

Physical, psychological, academic, and career problems of spinal cord injured college students plus counselor knowledge, attitudes, and skills that help in solving these problems are cited. Community and commercial resources are identified. Programs that enhance faculty and employer sensitivity and cord injured student development are described.…

This review of assessment strategies for handicapped populations is intended to provide counselors with assessment perspectives as well as specific suggestions. The review emphasizes the counselor's role as a member of a diagnostic team and the need to consider a variety of information in formation of meaningful intervention strategies. (Author)

Discusses the relationship of boundaries to other measures of personality, to dreams and nightmares, to clients' occupations and interests, and to the conduct of psychotherapists and counselors. Explores how some boundary violators have thin boundaries and are unable to maintain clear distinctions between the client's needs and their own needs.…

Uses the concept of boundary to describe the ground rules, quality, and type of therapeutic relationships in a humanistic form of counseling--a form that blends Rogerian principles with ideas taken from psychodynamic practice. Discusses the work of Robert Langs, boundaries in person-centered work, and the limits of boundaries. (RJM)

Considers some of the issues involved in the debate over codes of ethics regarding the right to effective treatment. Offers suggestions for how ethical codes could be modified to include clients' right to receive effective treatment and social workers' obligation to be educated about and to provide such treatment. (RJM)

Presents a classification system of dual relationships and claims that dual relationships are not inherently harmful or unethical. Focuses on circumstantial multiple roles, shifts in professional roles, personal and professional role conflicts, and the predatory professional. Discusses options available to persons involved in dual relationships.…

Medicaid managed care will have an important impact on Medicaid recipients and uninsured people who live in cities. This article identifies roles for social workers in supporting clients in the transition to Medicaid managed care and in advocating for policies that will improve access to care for disadvantaged urban populations. (RB)

Surveys school psychologists to determine if differences exist among practitioners in the various U.S. Census regions. Variability among the regions was noted for variables of demographic characteristics, current and preferred roles, job satisfaction, assessment practices, and system reform beliefs and attitudes. Findings are discussed in the…

Examines relationships between the professional practices of school psychologists and the factors of practitioner training, experience, gender, school district setting, and students-to-school-psychologist ratio. School psychologists with more years of experience and higher levels of training were found to have served more students through…

Examines information literacy and its relationship to workplace environments and its affect on career preparation. Highlights the role of school counselors in shaping the curricular and instructional decisions as technology skills and diverse forms of literacy are expected of students. (Contains 13 references.) (GCP)

Presents a description of the potential roles for school psychologists in school-based health centers. A detailed model for predoctoral internships and postdoctoral residencies for the professional preparation of pediatric school psychologists is presented. (Contains 33 references.) (GCP)

Describes the challenges of successful college integration, college entrance examinations, and college admission policies faced by students with learning disabilities. Outlines types of college programs for these students. Discusses aspects of the counselor's role in successful transition planning in preparation for college: student assessment,…

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…