Factors outside of psychology, both positive and negative, are pressing school psychology to re-examine itself. Thus, the time is right for a reconceptualization of doctoral school psychology. This reframing should take into account the relationship of doctoral school psychology to the larger fields of both school psychology and professional…

This monograph is designed to provide a blueprint to educators on how to improve academic advising for first-year college students. Seventeen chapters are: (1) "First-Year Students: The Year 2000" (Wesley Habley); (2) "Insights from Theory: Understanding First-Year Student Development" (M. Lee Upcraft); (3) "Creating…

Designed for use as a development activity for counselors at Bronx Community College in New York, this program provides discussion materials, questionnaires, and worksheets from the college's Counseling Faculty Development Program. A brief introduction indicates that the program encompasses three components, empowering counselors in the teaching…

This book is the first in a series aiming to promote international exchange of ideas, experiences, and studies relating to technical and vocational education. Recommendations for educational and vocational guidance policies and programs are given. Part 1 lists the goals of guidance: for students to know and appreciate themselves, to relate…

Dual or multiple relationships may be one of the most controversial of all issues in counseling. The nature of these kinds of relationships, the current thinking on the topic, and the diversity of opinions and perspectives touching this issue are explored in this book. The introduction provides an overview of dual relationships, followed by…

The Occupational Education Bridge Program provides a bridge, between academic/comprehensive high schools and community colleges, that offers average ability students college experience through a career program. During its second year, the program provided 91 students (42 juniors and 49 seniors) from 5 academic/comprehensive high schools in Queens,…

This report itemizes the Austin (Texas) Independent School District's (AISD) expenditures of federal funds for 1988-89 that were designed to supplement the school district's efforts directed at drug and alcohol abuse education and prevention. Some funding was used to determine the extent of the drug problem in the district, what curriculum and…

This learning module, which is intended for use in in-service training for vocational rehabilitation counselors, deals with methods and procedures for eliminating or reducing client behavioral problems that may be interfering with the vocational rehabilitation process. The following topics are covered: ways of blocking or changing environments…

This manual contains a complete set of program formats, activities, and references covered by the Dare to be You Training Program. The program, piloted in a rural Colorado County, is designed for use by parents, youth, teachers, church, and service organizations to help them deal with adolescents' problems and to assist youth in developing skills…

This workbook is intended as a guide to be used at the 1990 Arizona Counselors' Academy to provide Arizona school counselors with the resources and procedures for establishing a Competency-Based Guidance program. It provides instructional materials to assist with the following 12 elements of program development: (1) a mission statement; (2) a…

This three-part report presents an overview of an international survey and an international seminar at which survey results were disseminated--both on the topic of equal opportunity counselors. Part 1 focuses on the framework structure involved in the implementation of equal opportunities policy. Two types of structure are discussed as developed…

This book addresses the need for counselor training materials which deal with the counseling needs of women of varying ethnic and racial backgrounds. It is designed for training in community agencies, women's centers, college and university counseling centers, and other programs addressing the needs of re-entry women, single women, and displaced…

This paper, the second in a series, focuses on the content of the diagnostic interview, in a clinical context, with refugee patients who have been victimized by physical violence. It is organized around a list of 11 introductory questions that will facilitate discussion of traumatic events in the patient's past. The questions focus on: (1)…

These two booklets, one for juvenile counselor candidates and one for test administrators, provide information about the examination developed as part of the evaluation procedures for juvenile counselor candidates in the Standards and Training for Corrections program in California. The candidate information booklet (1) provides background…

Computer technology can assist school psychologists in assessment, data management, and consultation, but there is little centralized information available about the most appropriate ways to use the computer. There is even debate about the amount of interest school psychologists have in acquiring computer skills. A nationwide survey of school…