An evaluation of the elementary counseling program in the Olympia, Washington schools is presented. The emphasis is upon counselor role as seen by the counselors, teachers, and principals. Models of counselor role in intervention and change are developed. Case examples further explain the models. Evaluative comments by teachers and principals on…

This updated search of the ERIC system, "Dissertation Abstracts," and the journal literature yielded 64 documents which cover different and creative approaches in counseling that go beyond traditional methods and take the counselor outside the confines of his or her office. (CJ)

The document is concerned with women's failure to plan some reasonable occupational program, the lack of which places increasing pressure on the counselor and the female counselee. The report discusses some research on femininity: (1) how women adjust to the social norm; (2) how women describe the ideal woman; and (3) how women see themselves…

Presents a six-step model for conflict resolution and describes several ways a counselor can act as a helping agent in conflict management. (Author)

Compares client (participant) ratings of counselor effectiveness with tape rated judgments that used a crisis counseling analogue situation and employed previously unused control procedures and demonstrates two methodologies for estimating the reliability or consistency of client ratings of counselor characteristics. This research was part of a…

Presents guidelines for counselors who use an interpreter for cross-cultural counseling. Interpreters can be effective when there are language differences, when the client is speech or hearing impaired, or when cultural tradition prohibits the client from speaking directly to the client. (JAC)

This article describes a system of community-based social counselors whose function is to assist individuals and families living in 11 public housing parks in Norfolk, Virginia. The aim of the program is to reach individuals who, because of location and difficulty with transportation, might never get to a counselor for assistance. (Author/EJT)

The roles that school counselors play in schools can vary from school to school, from school district to district, and from state to state. To be effective in their positions as highly trained counseling and human development specialists, school counselors must be clear about their scope of practice. National standards for school counseling…

The results of this study clearly indicate the need for early and continued counselor behavior that will foster positive attitudes in elementary school children toward the counselor, his role and the profession he represents. (Author)

A training model designed to involve practicing counselors in a reexamination of their views of entry level workers is described. A brief presentation of the rationale, procedure, and effect of the experience on participants is provided as one response to a neglected area of counselor education--involvement with and training experiences for…

An address on the implications of decision making for the future. Only by keeping their minds open to change rather than predicting the future can counselors work realistically with young people to give them a sense of the possibilities available to them. Presented at the Fifty-Sixth Annual Convention of NAWDC, New York, 1972. (Author)

This article presents practical applications of the theoretical notion of modeling. Use of the live and symbolic models is emphasized, along with the modeling techniques of role reversal and role identification. (Author)

Panel presentation by Edmund W. Gordon, Earl Stahl, and Anthony Riccio, which discusses lack of behavioral training for counselors. Indications are that, regardless of counselor sensitivity and genuineness, he does not do effective job communicating with school staff or lower class students, particularly in area of college campus environment…