Children and young people can help guide an adult as he tries to counsel, teach and live with them. Personal integrity is maintained with a minimum of belligerency when each side feels it has a voice in decision-making. (NH)

Explores the structure of the Role Questionnaire (RQ) so as to clarify the measurement and structure of role conflict among high school counselors. Results indicate three underlying factors for the questionnaire: role ambiguity, role incongruity, and role conflict. A three-dimensional view of the RQ is required across populations and job…

Adoption of the helper principle whereby persons receiving therapy also act as therapeutic agents for others is reported to have been effective in a residence for emotionally distrubed and delinquent boys (8- to 18-year old). (GW)

No longer is it appropriate to explain school failure by stating that some children are too disadvantaged to succeed. Schools must find a way to meet the needs of all children and strategies in which school psychologists, working in collaboration with educators and school administrators, can meet these needs are discussed in this paper. It is…

Explores the possibility that some adolescent females may feel threatened and anxious when exposed to role awareness programs that conflict with their feelings about themselves. Suggests counselors be aware of the need for student development programs and be sensitive to the reactions of students exposed to them. (JAC)