Consultation with teachers remains untried by many counselors. Possible consultation areas are grief management and relaxation training. Grief is the normal reaction to loss. Being aware of the various stages is the first step in helping someone through the grief process. Relaxation techniques can be learned with proper guidance. (Author/BEF)

Proposes curriculum development in school counseling as a possible solution to a number of contemporary problems in the field. Discusses major elements including the need for appropriate materials, research and training to allow counseling to be taught by counseling instructors as a regular school subject. (Author/JAC)

Reports the perceptions of parents, members of the business community, school administrators, and counselors regarding the role and function of secondary school counselors. The research was presented as a part of a symposium at the Annual Conference of the American Personnel and Guidance Association, St. Louis, Missouri, 1981. (Author/JAC)

Discusses the reorientation of school guidance to involve teachers and assesses the attitudes of secondary vocational teachers toward school guidance systems. Teachers believe career guidance is important; however, they have an unfavorable disposition toward the adequacy of school guidance systems in providing students with career guidance.…

Describes how a guidance task force, consisting of counselors and teachers, sought and obtained community and professional support to defeat a proposed staff realignment plan in the Santa Barbara secondary schools. The Comprehensive Guidance Plan would have eliminated all guidance counselor positions. (Author/JAC)

This article suggests eight sequential steps by which the public school teacher can involve the school counselor more directly with the classroom. They are, basically, that the counselor should be sized up, confronted, invited, stimulated, praised, informed, convinced, and enjoyed. Counselors need "warm fuzzies", too. (Author/BP)

Defines stress, explains a dynamic model of stress, and provides strategies for reducing stress in teachers. Describes a two-prong inservice program to be led by counselors. The first prong is a series of inservice workshops. The second prong is a professional support group led by the school counselor. (Author)