As a core component of culture, family influence plays an essential role on youths and individuals who grow up in families of Chinese cultural heritage in North America. This influence, overtly and covertly, shapes many aspects of these individuals' life experiences, including their work-life experiences and vocational behaviours. In this article…

Registration as a psychologist in Nova Scotia can be at the master's or doctoral level; however, the Nova Scotia Board of Examiners in Psychology has announced a move to the doctoral degree as the entry-level to practice. Many school psychologists in Nova Scotia practice at the master's level; therefore, this change could affect school psychology…

Educational psychology is an important profession in the Newfoundland and Labrador school system. Educational psychologists have core training in the areas of education and psychology and offer a variety of services to students, families, and teachers in the school system. This article builds on Martin's reflections by exploring the evolution of…

Evidence suggests that schools have, by default, become the primary mental health system for students in Canada. The goal of the present study was to design, implement, and evaluate the Psychology School Mental Health Initiative (PSMHI). The PSMHI is an innovative attempt to increase the capacity of school-based psychology staff to deliver…

Interprofessional collaboration is emerging as a best practice in health care. For counsellors to work effectively alongside professionals from other disciplines, they need to be educated about the value of collaborative practice and the roles, responsibilities, and expertise that they bring to interprofessional teams. Supervision practices in…

Suggests ways in which an efficient combination of individual and group activities may help secondary school counselors meet all students' career guidance needs. (BP)

Lists tenets to remember when working with adolescents: give adolescent control of what happens in counseling session; use language that adolescent can relate to; and involve the adolescent's significant support system in the treatment. Describes clinical case involving outpatient treatment with adolescent, nonvoluntary client referred by courts.…

Notes that community mental health programs are an expanding force in the promotion of mental health and that this has implications for the roles of counselors who are becoming more involved in consultation, training and education of volunteers, and program planning and evaluation. Describes community group counseling health promotion program for…

Counselors play an integral role in assisting international students to manage cross-cultural transitions. Re-entry counseling can support international students to examine their transition experiences, provide education about re-entry, and help to develop anticipatory coping strategies. An example of a workshop is described as a method of…

Structured, homogeneous group employment counseling is a process of group interaction where the functions of the group members are to make decisions, give each other assistance, and group teach. This type of counseling is appropriate for such groups as high school students or displaced homemakers. The concepts of situational leadership can be…

Adolescent pregnancy and parenthood is examined in regard to statistics and trends, sexuality and birth control, sociological factors, and needed intervention services (e.g., health care, father's role, education, counseling, financial assistance, housing). Implications for counselors are given. (BL)

Describes how the Young Offenders Act works and where it differs from the Juvenile Deliquents Act. Provides the counselor with a guide to the new Act's approach to the young offender. (Author/ABB)

Introducing CHOICES, a computer-assisted guidance counseling service, in British Columbia changed the counselor's image, role, qualifications, and training and brought counselors closer to helping implement a career education program that embraced the total school curriculum in which teachers relate what is being taught to the careers students may…

Career counselors frequently encounter clients who are at high risk for career and life development difficulties. Research suggests there is a connection between resiliency and successful career development in high-risk clients. Many high-risk individuals have poor decision-making skills and lack motivation to succeed in life and career…

Identifies the physical and emotional signals that counselors should be aware of which might indicate potential child abuse or neglect. Counselor strategies are suggested as a means to help the children whether or not the parents acknowledge the problem or the school has enough evidence to warrant agency intervention. (BEF)