Describes the "Living Values Activities for Refugees and Children Affected by War" program and its use in two refugee camps in Thailand. Details how the program provides children an opportunity to relate their experiences in an accepting environment and offers some tools for dealing with emotional pain, while helping them develop…

This paper describes two innovative programs inaugurated by the counseling center at San Jose State College in response to the increased general involvement of college students over the past several years. The first program was an educational experiment which sought to make freshman psychology courses more meaningful, as well as to increase…

Describes the rationale and techniques of a therapy program designed to keep children with behavior and learning problems in regular classrooms for part of the school day. (BRT)

A case study of an 8th grade girl illustrates the effect of emotional problems on math deficiencies. Suggestions are given for building confidence and mathematics comprehension. (DB)

The relationship of play and language to development of the sense of self is examined. The value of playful, affectively charged interchanges between caregivers and children is highlighted, and guidelines are established to determine a child's level of development. An intervention model is proposed for children developmentally delayed in terms of…

Examines the process of termination from the stand point of the parents of the child who is ending treatment, pointing out some inevitable consequences of termination which the parents need to be aware of. This paper was presented at the annual meeting of the American Orthopsychiatric Association at New York, N.Y., April 1, 1969. (MG)

The expressive arts, literature, film and song, are mediums for dramatic exposure of human experience with loss. This paper identifies concerns with loss, in students of any age, viewing the arts as a mode of learning in the classroom which elicits feelings and illustrates materials and techniques for expression. (Author)

Responses from 82 learning disabilities/behavior disorders (LD/BD) teachers were studied to investigate their understanding of the use of drug therapy with LD/BD students. (PHR)

Presents counselors with ideas for death fantasies appropriate for use in classroom guidance and group counseling situations. Although an overemphasis on the ultimate reality of death is not recommended, the general topic is essential to any developmental counseling program. (Author)

Boredom relates to many areas within a society: crime, child abuse, suicide, extreme loneliness, family tension, depression, violence, alcoholism, and drug abuse; a primary concern of the leisure services should be the alleviation of boredom. (JD)

This article introduces supportive therapies for students with emotional/behavioral disorders (EBD). Strategies to help children cope with emotions are described. Bibliotherapy approaches and various expressive arts approaches to helping these children are discussed, and the role of leisure awareness and adventure recreation as therapies is…