Outlines a five-stage model, based upon Adlerian psychology, designed to facilitate students' social-emotional development. Offers general suggestions for activities and affective education materials useful in implementing this model. Categorizes several popular affective education programs in relation to the five stages. (CRR)

Professional counselors must assume the responsibility for the continued expansion and growth of the counseling profession. Article provides counselors with practical strategies to strengthen their public image and promote more positions and programming, particularly, at the elementary level. Background information is included on public relations,…

Addresses the basic issues faced, methods used, and problems encountered in evaluating school counseling services. Gives examples and suggestions to assist in learning about evaluation. Contends that counselors have the requisite skills and should be involved in evaluation of the services they provide. (NB)

This chapter reviews changes for the future of student support programs identified and addressed by other contributing authors. It is proposed that without a blueprint of how the fields of school counseling, psychology, nursing, social work, and other student support programs will change to address the future, extinction is guaranteed. Changes…

This chapter presents eight competencies approved by the American School Counselor Association and the Association for Assessment in Counseling that provide the knowledge and skills school counselors need in the areas of assessment and evaluation. Because effectiveness in assessment and evaluation is critical to effective counseling, these…

Academic support has long been accepted as a major role of school counselors, yet many believe that traditional roles will not be enough for school counselors in the twenty-first century. This chapter focuses on how school counselors will need to expand their understanding of what academic support means in terms of learning and academic outcomes.…

Intended primarily for principals and guidance counselors, this monograph contains 13 articles written by practitioners associated with the Comprehensive Career Development Project for Secondary Schools in Tennessee. These articles share the thoughts, ideas, and experiences of practitioners who have implemented or planned for the implementation of…

Intended primarily for principals and guidance counselors, this monograph contains 15 articles written by practitioners associated with, and staff of, the Comprehenisve Career Development Project for Secondary Schools in Tennessee. The following articles are included: "Changes: From Crisis Counseling to a Comprehensive Career Development…

The role and function of the school counselor in the school instructional process has been infrequently examined in the recent "school reform" movement. Many of a counselor's duties may center around recordkeeping and evaluation activities. Changes in the instructional and curriculum functions of the school guidance counselor are needed. Planners…

This chapter has been written as if it were 20 years from today, looking into the future and attempting to outline changes that hopefully will have occurred in public schools, specifically in the area of the provision of support programs for students who have disabilities. It is predicted that the public school of the future will provide full…

Presents an account of the development of school psychology from 1952 to the present, as viewed through the author's personal experiences. Includes graduate school's influence, counselor training, and beyond the university. Notes implications for the future, and offers a conception of what school psychology is, or should be. (Author/JAC)