Presents the author's personal journey as a beginning therapist, the changes that have taken place in his personal and professional worldview as a result of conceptualizing therapy as a hermeneutic process. Concepts learned in approaching biblical studies have been applied in approaching family therapy. (LKS)

Concentrates on homeless children's experience with schooling and suggests strategies and approaches school counselors can use to help these children. Through counseling, classroom guidance, consultations, and educational services coordination, counselors can address these children's needs. Adults must recognize that the children do not wish to be…

The career implications of recent economic and labor market trends in Canada are reviewed and then contrasted with the characteristics of learning disabilities and the applicability of current career counseling practices to the learning disabled. General guidelines for adapting career interventions to make them accessible to clients with learning…

Investigated perceptions of university counselors relative to social, cultural, and psychological barriers to achievement among gifted black and gifted white students. Results indicated counselors disagreed with or were undecided about gifted learners' special dilemmas. Most counselors believed that gifted students experience social, cultural, and…

Perceptions of the functioning of multidisciplinary teams making decisions about the eligibility of and programing for special education students were studied for 177 school psychologists surveyed nationwide. Results suggest an overall average level of satisfaction with typical team functioning, although moderate problems are reported for some…

The study investigated variables relating to the attribution of censure by 99 teachers and 162 social workers to a 14-year-old victim of father-daughter incest, the father, and nonparticipating mother. Responses were influenced by the level of resistance, the girl's other sexual experiences, and respondents' sex and occupation. (Author/JDD)

Investigates the attitudes of 91 human service counseling students toward working with an inner-city gang member. Results reveal qualitative differences in students' self-perceived ability to work with this client. Presents implications for human service education and training. (MKA)

Surveyed 186 high school counselors to assess their perceived self-efficacy in recognizing students at risk for suicide. Most counselors believed it was their role to recognize students at risk, however, only one in three believed they could recognize a student at risk. High efficacy-expectations significantly related to working at a high school…

This study aimed to advance understanding of how doctoral students perceive postmodernism's influence in the field of Marriage and Family Therapy (MFT). Focus group interviews were utilized to investigate perceptions of MFT doctoral students. Findings suggest participants are attracted to postmodern tenets but also feel liberation and confusion…

Two national surveys of the perceptions of trainers and practitioners regarding assessment and intervention for students with low incidence disabilities (LID) were conducted. The first survey, sent to the directors of 250 school psychology training programs, was designed to determine the extent and type of training in assessment and intervention…

This article encourages supervisors, in general, and counsellor supervisors, in particular, to engage in reflective learning as a way to identify their cultural biases. Awareness of counsellor bias has been addressed by ethical standards outlined for professional helpers. This article presents reflective learning as a potentially useful strategy…

This study assesses the self-perceived multicultural counselling competencies of 106 public school counsellors working in a rural area. Self-perceptions of multicultural counselling competencies were assessed using the Multicultural Counselling Inventory. Results are discussed and recommendations are provided. (Contains 1 table.)

Factors limiting the effectiveness of school counseling functions include discrepancies between school counselor training and practice, lack of understanding of school counseling roles and functions, school counselor professional isolation, and the poor professional attitude of some school counselors. (MM)

Tested a five-factor framework for understanding client-counselor agreement about their counseling, including the scope of counseling (process, impact or outcome), the dimension (index) rated (session Depth, Smoothness, Positivity, or Arousal), the measure used to assess agreement, the level at which the analysis is conducted, and the type of…

Suggests that Likert ratings and semantic differentials differ in sensitivity to personal experience with the aged, that therapists had more positive beliefs about the elderly than did college students, and that therapist attitudes were not correlated with either proportion of elderly clients seen or desire to work with elderly. (Author/ABB)