The goal of the present study was to understand the current needs of school counselors for preventing child sexual abuse. The need assessment study was carried out with a focus group sample. The participants were school counselors who work in various types of schools. The researcher contacted the school counselors and invited them to participate…

This study used quantitative measures to explore child abuse reporting trends for early career school counselors and to examine factors influencing their decisions to report suspected child abuse. Thematic coding was used to analyze recommendations for additional training needs regarding child abuse reporting and for the challenges school…

A social worker, a psychiatrist, and a parent discuss the difficulty involved in matching up parent, professional help, and treatment modality when working with abusive parents. (CS)

Assessed the degree to which elementary and middle school counselors (N=241) recognized and felt competent to deal with child abuse. Survey results indicated counselors believed child abuse was a national rather than a local problem. Most felt confident of recognizing child abuse, but had seen relatively few cases. (JAC)

This digest familiarizes counselors with the four major types of child maltreatment: neglect, physical abuse, sexual abuse and exploitation, and emotional abuse or neglect. A definition is provided for each, along with relevant symptoms and statistics. The subsequent discussion focuses on identifying maltreatment and on counseling abused children.…

The author discusses ethical issues for middle school counselors facing problems of child abuse, drug and alcohol usage, and pregnancy. (HLM)

This report incorporates all the major conference events of the 18th Annual All Ohio Guidance Conference which had as its theme, "Guidance for the Now Student". The keynote address by Dr. Anthony Riccio, entitled "Guidance and the Destination Crisis" is concerned with the role of counselors and counselor educators of the near future. He presents…