This manual is designed to train teachers to prevent and cope with disruptive student behavior. The focus is on dealing with mainstreamed students with special emotional needs. The manual's six modules can be used by instructors with a general competence in special education. The first module explores behavior values, standards and limits. Module…

Mental, physical, emotional, and spiritual aspects of midlife males are frequently disturbed and have a definite impact on job satisfaction. Three major tasks to be worked on during this time are described: (1) terminating early adulthood; (2) dealing with polarities; and (3) initiating middle adulthood. (Author)

The pervasiveness of stress as a problem, with its many harmful effects on people, makes it a matter of growing interest for counselors and other personnel workers. This monograph provides definitions of stress, distress, and eustress, and discusses numerous causes of distress, as well as the benefits of stress to a healthy, productive life.…

This three-part manual is intended for principals and other administrators responsible for developing and managing school crisis plans. Part 1, preparation for a school crisis, includes sections on the selection and training of members of the school crisis team, steps in developing a school crisis plan, and four crisis scenarios to train team…

Overviews social science research regarding Korean immigrant families and provides culturally relevant social work guidelines for addressing difficulties in marital adjustment or parent-child relationship in Korean families. Interventions include a short-term, task-centered crisis intervention model; a cognitive-behavioral approach for resolving…

Describes a family-school intervention model that shifts the ownership of a child problem prevention and solution from therapy office to school and that assertively confronts the adult, especially marital dynamics underlying many child problems. Discusses politics of collaboration and implications for the functioning of marriage and family…

A response to ideas set forth in J. Brien O'Callaghan's article, "School-Based Collaboration with Families: An Effective Model for a Society in Crisis," this article applauds and discusses school-based collaboration. Areas of concern are unfounded diagnostic assumptions, questionable ethical behavior, and limited breadth and scope of suggested…

Now in a completely revised and updated third edition, this widely adopted casebook and text presents effective, creative approaches to helping children who have experienced such stressful situations as parental death or divorce, abuse and neglect, violence in the school or community, and natural disasters. While the book retains the focus on…

American Indian teenagers have high rates of suicide, school dropout, alcoholism, and drug usage. Even students who are doing well need to explore new experiences and to develop new skills that challenge them to reach for higher goals and help them cope with today's pressures. This guide is intended to assist counselors and teachers design…

This staff training manual, the third volume of a three-volume set of materials for use in training paraprofessional refugee workers, deals with intercultural counseling and interviewing skills. Covered in the individual units are the role of the human service worker; intercultural perspectives on healing; an introduction to casework;…

These teaching guides and student study guides and workbooks for a secondary-postsecondary-level course for drug and alcohol abuse program personnel are one of a number of military-developed curriculum packages selected for adaptation to vocational instruction and curriculum development in a civilian setting. Purpose stated for the 292-hour course…

This book of objectives, one of a series designed to provide a competency-based analysis of employment categories in human services, deals with the core competencies necessary for social workers. Addressed in the individual sections of the volume are the following skill areas: counseling, income assistance, administration, courtwork, government…