Examined effects of relaxation training on preadolescent children (N=532) with behavior problems. Results indicated fewer discipline problems among students receiving relaxation training than those who did not. Fighting, cutting class, and discipline reports markedly decreased. Suggests that counselors can serve as schoolwise consultants for…

The unique yet common needs of disabled students are highlighted and school counselors are challenged to humanistically encourage these students through expanded developmental programming. Suggestions for expanding the role of the school counselor are given. (Author/BL)

Middle graders today are under more stress than in the past and are less prepared to cope because they have not been given the time and guidance needed to acquire a healthy sense of self-esteem and self-identity, which is the best defense against stress. Counseling approaches and strategies to combat stress are given. (Author/BL)

The author describes the counselor's role in providing special services for exceptional students. (HMV)

With new demands and expectations being placed on careers work, the role of careers service is changing to focus on those most at risk of dropping out of education. Recent research has been used to show how careers education has improved since the mid-1980s, but there is still much work to be done. New challenges must be met by those responsible…

There is no question that professionals and students need help in the process of gathering, deciphering, and then utilizing career information. As we enter the 21st century, school counselors are in a significant position to access and facilitate use of all sorts of career information, and they must be technically prepared to orient students,…

A means of combining the staff development approach and the accountability approach for pupil services staff was created by the Denver Public Schools in conjunction with the University of Colorado. A central city junior high school was used. The first step involved identification and formal statement of current functions of pupil services workers.…

School Counseling is discussed in relation to secondary levels of education, and in particular, this article is concerned with the social orientation of youth. (Author/RK)

The findings of this study support the hypothesis that a secondary school counselor can function effectively as a behavioral consultant to an inner city teacher. (Author)

The one definite way to insure confidentiality is to insist that no information be passed on to any one without the written permission from the student involved. The responsibility of any counselor should be only to his client. The counselor cannot act as an arm of the administration without sacrificing his effectiveness. (Author)

Assesses school counselors job-ideal dictated by school counselors themselves. Counselors responded to the Counselor Function Inventory. Counseling per se is viewed as primary to counselors role; he or she is not a clerk, teacher, disciplinarian, or an administrator. (Author/EK)

Published articles that have appeared in four APGA journals during the past 21 years provided the basis for this review. General trends in each journal and a developmental history of the consultation movement are presented. A serious gap is noted between theory and practice of consultation in schools. (Author)

Describes parents' perspective of the transitional period for children with special needs and provides suggestions for working cooperatively with parents. (JOW)

The teacher has an important part to play in the development of counselling in the schools. The paper emphasizes a model known as the integrative approach showing the characteristics that are necessary for sound relationships. This article was presented as a paper at the Convention of Canadian Guidance and Counselling Association, June 1973.…

The author outlines the role of counseling in English schools having spent a year in England as a researcher and observer. (Author/HMV)