Prepared by a group of counselors in New York, this position paper states the duties and responsibilities of school counselors taking an activist role. (BY)

Discusses the school counselor's role in relation to special education programs, emphasizing historical and training perspectives. Emerging roles and future directions are described. (BL)

Describes some of the moral dilemmas facing adolescents and discusses some problems counselors face when dealing with adolescent counselees. In particular, the author mentions the difficulty in distinguishing normal developmental growing pains from personality disturbance. (Author/HMV)

This article proposes that the teacher and counselor are indistinguishable in their roles as learning consultants. Self learning and the process of understanding one's self in the tangential relationship of space, time, and matter become part of the counselor's purview and charge. (Author)

This reaction to the special feature on psychological education (School Counselor, May, 1973) stresses the need for more articles on workable methods of implementing both the new and old theories and programs into a school or community. (JC)

The author suggests that counselors provide information regarding the outcomes of their efforts. The survival of counseling depends on documented and justified outcomes. (BY)

Presents an overview of educational reform proposals emphasizing the lack of recognition for human development. Discusses why guidance and counseling has been ignored and why counselors are partly to blame. The role of the counselor in contributions to educational excellence is discussed. (BL)

The purpose of this exposition is to present a point of view regarding the differentiation of the counselor's role from other related helping professions, keeping the major function of counseling central in the argument. (Author/BY)

Discusses issue of acculturation among immigrant children. Describes stressors related to this acculturation. Outlines counselor interventions including altering external sources of stress and primary prevention through curriculum design and outreach programs aimed at adjustment and feelings of isolation. Includes 38 references. (CRR)

Parent-teacher conferences can provide the foundation for ongoing home and school cooperation and require only a minimal amount of counselor time using the guidelines set down in this article. (Author/HMV)

The article concludes that the circumstances under which the family counselor finds himself functioning are such that he must be free to move about the district and community unencumbered by the traditional forms of administrative pressures and red tape. (Author)

A review of the counseling literature from 1972 through 1974 suggested consultation and training aimed at remediation and prevention as the most appropriate means for intervention during an era of accountability and cutbacks. Working with communities and institutions rather than with individuals was also stressed. (Author/SE)

Catalytic counseling is a method of dealing with and thinking about multiple options. Presenting a guidance information system to students is not enough. The counselor must help students to think about change and about alternatives. What is needed most in guidance today is constant innovation in order to be catalytic for all students. (Author)