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Arkell, Bob – School Guidance Worker, 1977
The author presents a new gaming device, SAY, which focuses upon family interactions. It has proved effective in training volunteer lay counselors and in use with parent groups along with family counseling sessions. (Author/HMV)
Descriptors: Counseling Services, Educational Media, Family Counseling, Games
Fruit, Dorothy – 1983
This paper describes the Portage County, Ohio community hospice program, emphasizing the linkages between family life specialists, health professionals, volunteers, and students. Hospice service is defined as a specialized, home-based program for the management of pain and other symptoms of terminal illness, with the family as the unit of care.…
Descriptors: Counselor Role, Family Counseling, Family Life Education, Health Personnel

Green, Robert Jay; Saeger, Karen E. – Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 1982
Describes five highly structured writing assignments for teaching family therapy trainees to think in systems terms: 1) analysis of a communication task; 2) family assessment report; 3) family treatment plan; 4) analysis of a marital or family therapy interview; and 5) family autobiography. Discusses the overall training context. (Author)
Descriptors: Counseling Techniques, Counselor Training, Course Content, Family Counseling
Snyder, Wendy, Ed.; Ooms, Theodora, Ed. – 1999
At the request of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), the Research and Education Foundation of the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy organized a series of 12 panels that focused on family issues in adolescent treatment. In these workshops, panelists discussed the importance of involving the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Alcohol Abuse, Counseling Theories, Drug Abuse
Paley, Evelyn S.; And Others – 1982
Alzheimers Disease (AD), an incurable disability which afflicts older adults, can have devastating emotional consequences for the victim and the family. In an attempt to determine the effectiveness of multifamily psychoeducational support, group therapy (MFPSGT), 22 persons (13 families) from the Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Counseling Techniques, Emotional Adjustment, Family Counseling
Blundell, Joan; And Others – Human Services in the Rural Environment, 1986
Describes five creative/innovative human service programs currently dealing with the farm/rural crisis: Northwest Iowa Community Mental Health Center (Spencer), Lutheran Social Services in southwest Minnesota, Farm Counseling Service, Inc. (Memphis, Missouri), Missouri Financial Advisory and Resource Management Support (Columbia), and Missouri…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Crisis Intervention, Crisis Management, Extension Education