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Daniels, Judy – Journal of Humanistic Education and Development, 1995
Describes some common characteristics of homeless families and the additional needs and stresses created by being homeless with which children must successfully cope in order to succeed in school. Provides specific counseling intervention strategies to help schools become more responsive to the needs of this at-risk group of students. (LKS)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Advocacy, At Risk Persons, Counseling Techniques
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Durodoye, Beth A.; Combes, Bertina H.; Bryant, Rhonda M. – Professional School Counseling, 2004
Transitioning African American students with learning disabilities from high school to post secondary education requires that school counselors be flexible in their roles and functions. This is critical as school counselors work within personal and sociohistorical prisms that impact counseling programs and services for this population. In this…
Descriptors: School Counselors, African American Students, Learning Disabilities, College Bound Students
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Goldman, Juliette D. G.; Padayachi, Usha K. – Health Education Journal, 2005
Objective: To examine a statewide sample of school counsellors' reporting behaviour of suspected cases of child sexual abuse, and their need for further education in this area. Design: A questionnaire using four hypothetical vignettes on child sexual abuse requested information on the degree of suspicion, reporting behaviour and familiarity with…
Descriptors: Sexual Abuse, Child Abuse, Questionnaires, School Counselors
University Coll. of the Fraser Valley, Abbotsford (British Columbia). – 1994
Although the question of priority training needs for workers in British Columbia's (Canada) Alcohol and Drug Programs (ADP) direct service and funded agencies has been examined in the past, no prior needs assessment systematically surveyed workers in all job categories throughout the province. Results were obtained for administrators, program…
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, Alcoholism, Counseling, Counseling Services
Phillips, Brad C.; Boren, Kelly J. – 1992
Most academic advising conducted in the California Community Colleges is accomplished through a formal system administered by professional academic advisors/counselors. With recent cutbacks in funding, the amount of academic advisor time available to an increasing number of students is decreasing. In an effort to increase the availability of…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Community Colleges, Counselor Attitudes, Counselor Role
Ruzicka, Susan Helen – 1986
Research was conducted at Camp ASCCA (Alabama's Special Camp for Children and Adults) to investigate the effects of an 11-week outdoor residential camp experience with handicapped campers on their self-esteem, attitude toward handicapped individuals, and locus of control scores of first year counselors with no previous experience. Self-esteem was…
Descriptors: Adults, Adventure Education, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Camping
Nevada Univ., Reno. Research and Educational Planning Center. – 1989
Data were collected on guidance and counseling programs and guidance personnel in Nevada schools. Questionnaires were mailed to all 309 practicing school counselors in Nevada; the response rate was 72%. Guidance counselors in Nevada were primarily female, Caucasian, and middle-aged. Mean number of years as a counselor was 9 years, and most…
Descriptors: Counseling Services, Counselor Attitudes, Elementary Secondary Education, Employee Attitudes
Kerstiens, Gene – 1983
A study was conducted to assess the effectiveness of El Camino College's Cooperative Career Education (CCE) program, which awards credit for on-the-job experiential learning related to a student's course of study. Surveys designed to obtain demographic data, information on course withdrawals, and perceptions of the program were distributed to 735…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Community Colleges, Cooperative Education, Counselor Attitudes
Gardner, Philip; Carpenter, Robert – 1985
The purpose of this study was to assess both the needs of students in transition from elementary to middle school and the extent to which those needs were being met. A questionnaire was used to obtain the perceptions of 117 sixth-grade students, 64 parents of sixth-grade students, 37 parents of fifth-grade students, nine sixth-grade teachers, and…
Descriptors: Counselor Attitudes, Elementary School Students, Elementary Schools, Foreign Countries
Sanders, Carol S. – 1980
A study was conducted to investigate views of vocational educators who receive program improvement products regarding activities currently associated with dissemination. The construct of the Dissemination Analysis Group (DAG) four-level definition of dissemination--spread, exchange, choice, and implementation--provided the theoretical framework…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrators, Counselor Attitudes, Elementary Secondary Education
Trent, E. Roger; And Others – 1979
Purposes of this study included constructing a self-administered measure of bias in sex role stereotypes and developing a self-intervention, self-confrontation manual to reduce the impact of these stereotypes on career choices. One hundred six items, representative of thirty-two stereotypes, were administered to 154-item tryout participants. A…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Attitude Change, Attitude Measures, Attitudes
Verheyden-Hilliard, Mary Ellen – 1979
One of a series of sixteen knowledge transformation papers, this paper reviews that state-of-the-art of professional development as it relates to sex equity in vocational education. First, the problem of sex discrimination is presented with statistics showing the number of women currently working and the number who are heads of their households.…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Coordinators, Counselor Attitudes, Counselor Training
Campbell, Robert E.; And Others – 1968
A national survey of vocational guidance in secondary education was conducted in the fall of 1966. The purposes of the survey included: (1) to describe the present status of guidance in public secondary schools in terms of services, functions of counselors, and student contact, (2) to provide a reference point for future surveys, (3) to compare…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Career Guidance, Counselor Attitudes, Counselor Role
Frankel, Edward – 1968
This report is a follow-up study of the students who participated in a high school grade reorganization plan in the city of New York as a step toward establishment of a four-year comprehensive high school. The evaluation attempts assessment of any long-range effects of this program on disadvantaged high school students in four representative high…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Counselor Attitudes, Desegregation Effects, Disadvantaged Youth
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Michigan State Dept. of Education, Lansing. – 1969
The objectives of this study were to obtain responses from students and counselors (in Michigan Community Colleges) to the following questions: (1) which functions do counselors feel receive enough or too much emphasis? (2) which functions do students feel receive enough or too much emphasis? (3) which functions do counselors feel need more…
Descriptors: Career Planning, Community Colleges, Coordination, Counseling Objectives
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