Focuses on what can be done in intermediate or middle school to identify potential dropouts and conduct effective counselor groups and mentoring programs to keep these high-risk students in school. Describes program designed to provide potential dropouts with support system that helps them develop positive attitudes about themselves, resulting in…

Reports on the redesign and development of a counseling center at a small liberal arts college in the Southeast. Challenges discussed include inadequate funding and shortage of personnel, campus education for a better understanding of the counseling center's functions and limitations and dual role issues required by the split position of…

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…

Reviews the challenges facing children in foster care and uses case examples to illustrate counseling interventions that are appropriate for the role of the school counselor. Asserts that the school counselor can play a critical role in facilitating the foster child's growth and development through the various components of a comprehensive…

Increasing recognition of cultural influences on career development requires expanded theoretical and practical perspectives. Theories of career development need to explicate views of culture and provide direction for career counseling with clients who are culturally diverse. The Systems Theory Framework (STF) is a theoretical foundation that…

This paper explores what art therapists can learn from career counseling and how to apply and adapt these strategies with recent art therapy graduates who are looking for a job postgraduation. Art therapists are a distinct group of career-counseling consumers because they face unique challenges in the job market, including changing health care…

Every two hours and 15 minutes in the United States, a person who is under the age of 25 years old completes a suicide. As such, everyone must be on the watch for the signs of adolescent suicide, and everyone must know how to respond when they come face to face with it. All must confront this epidemic and provide space within schools for students…

The paper describes the business/industry internship for school counselors, special educators, and vocational educators at Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, Connecticut. The purpose of this internship was to provide school counselors with experiences in local businesses and industries that would enable them to update their…

This brief personal planning program takes the form of a self-survey where the student answers questions to which there are no right or wrong answers. The first part is called Where am I Now?; the second is Where do I Want to Be?; the third is How do I Get to Where I Want to Be? The first part requires fairly objective responses, while the other…

The functions of the guidance counselor and the teacher overlap in a variety of ways. Each needs information about students that the other can provide. This article suggests ways they can work together using shared information to help individual students. (Author)

Responsibilities of student affairs staff following the suicide of a student on campus are discussed, as well as policies and procedures for handling the psychological and social ramifications. Training suggestions for student affairs staff are included. (Author)

The role the student affairs personnel can play to promote a genuine commitment to racially integrating the campus environment is outlined. (Author)

Presents a model of vocational and career-oriented secondary school programs for the emotionally disturbed population. The model borrows principles and practices from various theoretical approaches, including the trait-factor, psychodynamic, behavioral, and developmental approaches. The methods and materials recommended are believed to be…

Presents guidelines for developing a team approach, involving both school and social service personnel, in dealing with child abuse. A case study is presented to illustrate the approach. (BL)

Presents a pilot project that describes a model of counseling intervention using a consultant and counselor team, working with families (N=14) having children enrolled in elementary schools. Concludes that school counselors can, with training, develop basic family counseling skills. (LLL)