Questions the amount of time spent by school counselors in placing students in Ivy League colleges. Encourages the counselor to advocate for what is in the students' best interests both in college placement and beyond, and to not lose sight of the primary counseling role of intervention. (ABB)

Presents a model of vocational and career-oriented secondary school programs for the emotionally disturbed population. The model borrows principles and practices from various theoretical approaches, including the trait-factor, psychodynamic, behavioral, and developmental approaches. The methods and materials recommended are believed to be…

Examines the needs of the mentally handicapped for counselling and the reasons why insufficient services are offered. Presents four theoretical positions regarding personality development among the mentally handicapped and their implications for counselling practice. Concludes with a model of group counselling for high school students. (Author)

Investigated the reactions of 33 adolescents to the death of a sibling, using private interviews. Emotions reported included shock, confusion, numbness, depression, and anger. For most respondents study habits became worse. Many peers were portrayed as uncertain and uncomfortable. Implications for school counselors are discussed. (JAC)

Discusses legal and developmental aspects of adolescent abuse, as distinguished from child abuse. The role of the school counselor in identifying and counseling abused adolescents and their families is discussed and several forms of intervention and support services are described. (JAC)

Results of the study indicate that stated disagreements in perceptions of counselor function appear to arise from the necessity of counselors performing duties outside the counseling paradigm. (Author)

Outlines a structured interview process to help school counselors deal with pregnant adolescent students. The process includes developing rapport, aspects of legality and confidentiality, affective empathy, directive versus nondirective approaches, gathering background information and considering alternatives. (JAC)

Maintains that secondary schools often assign their counselors major responsibility for the gatekeeping and custodial functions associated with student scheduling. Recommends as an alternative having counselors advise students and others needing counseling while paraprofessionals and clerical personnel handle the administrative duties. (Author/PGD)

Guidance services must be concerned with helping students understand themselves and their environments. Testing cannot be an isolated strategy but a tool that is at the disposal of a counselor to help students cope with the decisions of each developmental stage. (Author)

A combined discipline counseling approach treats both symptoms and causes of discipline problems, while also providing accountability for behavior. Over the five-year period that this approach has been in operation at the Bridge Street Junior High in Wheeling (West Virginia), the number of repeat offenders has declined. (WD)

Discusses how principal-counselor teams can enhance the organizational adaptability of secondary schools. (JG)

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…

Describes a school-based community intervention program led by the school counselor to address the issue of adolescent suicide. Explains how program uses content consultative approach to create a network between school and community resources and emphasizes the prevention and intervention of suicide and associated risk factors. (NB)

Discusses a survey of 200 counselors, placement coordinators, vocational resource educators, and administrators on the priorities regarding services to handicapped and disadvantaged students. Discusses the importance of guidance counselors to the transition of special needs students. (JOW)

Asserts that drug use by adolescents is rooted in personal attitudes and values and in the youth's relationship with family and peers. Having established that drug use is rooted in problems within the counselor's domain, discusses potential role of counselor in working with adolescent drug use. (NB)