Discusses problems of retirement and factors that influence adjustment. These include having retirement plans, having positive attitudes toward retirement, and having a realistic picture of retired life. The role of the counselor is discussed with special emphasis on the need for counselors to have an accurate perception of retired life.…

The authors have taken a cynical approach by identifying negative traits to be avoided by helping professionals. Assumption is that the message can be conveyed in a humorous context. Third in a series by the authors. (Author)

Outlines the development of a new bilingual programming (French immersion) for Canadian schools. Documents the lack of development of adequate guidance service for these programs and presents a needs assessment for the development of guidance and counseling services. (JAC)

A review of the literature on elementary counseling was made in an attempt to determine the status of this field. Specific issues involving need, function, and theory of elementary counseling were discussed. (Author)

The teacher-advisor'' concept is one method by which the impersonalization of students in large school systems can be minimized. The classroom teachers who participate would be chosen by a small group of students thus freeing counselors for crisis situations, referrals, and for providing in-service and consultive services for the teaching staff.…

The present study provides moderate support for the use of one procedure which differs from standard group therapy practice, vicarious therapy pretraining. The findings suggest against the use of alternate sessions with hospitalized mental patients. (Author)

This study sought to determine whether or not job affiliation, life orientation, or biographical factors correlated with ability to predict public opinion on educational issues. When a group of trustees and four groups of professional educators were compared it was discovered that school counsellors were better predictors of public opinion.…

This paper outlines three training programs in sex counseling, labeled didactic, experiential and conjoint. It is suggested that the programs be implemented on a trial basis as modules of regular practicum courses in counselor education. (Author)

Counselors can play a preventive role through participation in teacher education programs. The authors have achieved this by offering the opportunity of group counselling for B.Ed. students on a voluntary basis. Also counselling staff teaches courses to B.Ed. students thus demonstrating the counselling point of view. (Author/CG)

Judges' and clients' ratings of both behavioral and global dimensions of counselor relationship were compared. Results indicated that judges and clients do not perceive the relationship of the counselor similarly. (Author)

The author contends that to be human is to have deep needs for contact, to become aware of these needs and to seek to have them satisfied in self and in others in appropriate ways. Counseling is a process in which contact can be established and these needs satisfied. (Author/CG)

Sociobiology suggests that our basic pyschological makeup is genetically determined and has evolved by means of natural selection. Biologically based human predispositions often conflict with legal and moral requirements of modern life. Sociobiology provides support for the direct teaching of moral values and social skills. (Author)

This paper deals with the collaboration of counselors and teachers in a program for student (human) development. It suggests several intervention strategies counselors may use to improve classroom learning environments, and concludes with a program which exemplifies these tactics. (Author/PC)

Involvement with parents constitutes an important dimension of the elementary school counselor's role. The Adlerian-Dreikurs approach is described in terms of its underlying theory and the means by which it can be implemented by school counselors. Certain advantages of using the approach in the schools are also discussed. (Author)

This article portrays the counselor as a life-skills coach who is able to assess human needs and to provide both developmental and remedial instruction in critical areas. Salient fields for teaching basics are identified and six arenas in which the counselor-coach may work are suggested. (Author)