The counseling aspect of the counselor's role has been eroded by a number of negative influences. If this erosion is not halted the counselor will not have enought time to counsel because of overinvolvement in noncounseling activities. Counselors must focus on and preserve counseling as their primary function. (Author)

Upward Bound, one of the relatively few examples of residential programs for adolescents conceptually based in developmental rather than treatment or conventional goals, is described to provide another view of child care roles and responsibilities. (MS)

Compares counseling to the choreography of dance. Reviews other counseling structures, such as the scientific process, and then introduces the "choreography of counseling." Claims that counseling, as in a dance performance, involves an introduction, exploration, exposition, and resolution. Offers principles and techniques for success in each of…

Raises possible ethical issues concerning the potential for subtle imposition of a group leader's values on participants in a group. Presents vignettes which demonstrate how easy it is to steer clients toward a particular path. Concludes it takes wisdom to determine when counselors cannot work with certain clients because of a conflict in values.…

Responds to "macrostrategies" concept in counseling advanced in previous articles by Herr, Ivey and Rigazio-DiGilio, and Dinkmeyer relative to broadening the service delivery perspective of the profession and thereby sustaining its heritage. Claims this work contributes significantly to strengthening a paradigm shift in that direction.…

Increasing recognition of cultural influences on career development requires expanded theoretical and practical perspectives. Theories of career development need to explicate views of culture and provide direction for career counseling with clients who are culturally diverse. The Systems Theory Framework (STF) is a theoretical foundation that…

A qualitative study was conducted into the experience of student counsellors working as lone counsellors or as members of a small team in higher education colleges. The data, gathered through semi-structured interviews of eight participants, all of whom were responsible for the management of their counselling service, revealed the complexity of…

This book is intended to help the counselor learn to work with terminal patients. The first part presents historical and cultural attitudes toward death and dying. Fear of death, the role of religion, and common myths about terminal cancer patients are discussed. The second part deals with care and treatment of terminal patients. The significance…

This study sought to determine whether or not job affiliation, life orientation, or biographical factors correlated with ability to predict public opinion on educational issues. When a group of trustees and four groups of professional educators were compared it was discovered that school counsellors were better predictors of public opinion.…

Activist guidance stresses environmental manipulation and counselor-client participation in the process. This article postulates that social science, not psychology, is the theoretical basis for the activist counselor. (Author)

If counseling services are to remain a viable force in the American school system, black counselors must be involved in significant numbers, join the counseling/guidance professional organizations, and situate counseling in the context of a black life style directed toward self-determination, respect, and justice. (EH)

Divorce American-style is becoming an ever-more-frequent event - with effects on children in school. This article confronts the issue from the viewpoint of the school counselor. (Editor)

Reports on a workshop designed to help students and teachers to communicate more openly and honestly with one another. Discusses role of the counselor in the school system. Views in-service training experiences such as this as a way in which counselors can have impact on total school environment. (Author/PC)

This set of materials provides the individual and panel presentations from a national conference on financial counseling at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, May 30-June 2, 1979. The focus of the presentations is on: (1) the role of the counselor as financial counselor; (2) certification and training;…

This publication is one of a series on current research and resources compiled by the Counseling and Personnel Services Information Center. It is intended as a companion volume to an earlier publication (Pupil Personnel Services). The purpose of this publication is to make the user aware of (1) the variety of available information sources…