The article addresses the role of rehabilitation counselors in special education transition programs for students with disabilities. It contends that the special training of rehabilitation counselors prepares them to coordinate existing school and community resources into effective transition programs. (DB)

Examines the scope of practice or the responsibilities, methods, and techniques in which the school counselor is trained to perform in today's school. Examines skills-based school counseling programs, the counselor's role in such programs, counselor education and training, and need for professional development. (NB)

Reviews literature germane to school-based suicide programs and identifies components that are descriptive of comprehensive and systematic school-based suicide programs. Uses literature review to devise checklist to enable school counselors to compare their programs with current views of prevention of teenage suicide. Checklist is appended and…

A description of guidance and counseling services now in use in Malawi's secondary schools is provided. Survey and interview data were collected from 20 school counselors. The role of counselors and problems identified by counselors are discussed. Recommendations for meeting the needs are delineated. (Author/EMK)

Describes some of the pressures and frustrations counselors have to contend with daily. (HMV)

The purpose of this article is to support aspects of family counseling as an appropriate dimension of school counseling, and to introduce the school counselor to one of the many theoretical orientations available to those who work with families. (Author)

Suggests ways in which an efficient combination of individual and group activities may help secondary school counselors meet all students' career guidance needs. (BP)

Counseling is effective with low-achieving secondary school students. The literature suggests that when counselors are selected, when small numbers are treated, when objectives are clear, and when methodology is carefully developed, individual or group counseling can be effective in modifying student behavior and improving academic performance.…

As the social and psychological needs of the members of this society continue to increase in complexity at all levels, including education, social and psychological delivery systems must adjust to meet these needs. The consulting school counselor model is not a cure-all, but a necessary part of the cure. (Author)

Surveyed counselors (N=131) and parents (N=819) to compare their perceptions of counselor function and role. Used American School Counselor Association scales and compared counselors and parents to locate subscales common to both. Results showed four common subscales and differences between groups' perceptions of high priority functions for…

Reviews the literature on marijuana use among adolescents which shows that experimentation is commonplace and regular use is not rare. Cited a distinction between marijuana use and abuse. Concluded that promoting abstinence might reduce credibility and suggested a prescription for responsible use. (LLL)

The present study focused on the status of the occupation of high school counselor in the social system of the school. The counselor was ranked 8 in the 14 school occupations, placing between high school department chairman and high school teacher. (Author)

Explored living arrangements, services sought, and needs expressed by teenage mothers (n=57) to determine how school counselors can provide support and help guide adolescent mothers through the necessary systems they will undoubtedly encounter as a teenage mother. Many teenage mothers reported that they were living with their parents; housing…

Surveyed Minnesota secondary school counselors (N=155) on the roles and functions of school counselors. Found a limited parallel between role perceptions and expectations set forth in current professional guidelines. Suggests that individual approach to counseling must be examined critically against reaching larger numbers through group and…