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Feral, Crystal-Helen – 1999
To help mitigate the impact of multi-environmental degradation, the model program for emotionally at-risk children that uses nature to enhance emotional well-being (or intellect) has been constructed, implemented and researched. The six sessions that compose the program are designed to impart social-emotional understanding and prime perceptions by…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Children, Counseling Techniques, Elementary Education
Rehm, Lynn P. – 1982
A behavioral psychotherapy program for treating depression has been developed based on a self-control or self-management model that postulates that depressed persons selectively attend to negative events and immediate consequences of events; set stringent self-evaluative standards; make negative, inaccurate attributions of responsibility for…
Descriptors: College Students, Counseling Effectiveness, Counseling Techniques, Depression (Psychology)
Spragg, Paul A. – 1983
The paper addresses issues in counseling the retarded in the context of the research literature, identifies promising trends, and proposes a counseling model. Three issues are identified: the necessity for counseling to meet measurable objectives; the need for cost effectiveness; and the need for an integrated model. After proposing a definition…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Cost Effectiveness, Counseling Effectiveness, Counseling Techniques
Friedrich, Margret C.; And Others – 1985
This paper describes the development of one high school peer counseling program created in response to a number of adolescent suicides and attempted suicides. The formation and activities of the interdisciplinary team (school social worker, school psychologist, school guidance counselor, health education teacher, and students) to develop and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Communication Skills, Counseling Techniques, Counselor Training
Shao, Timothy – 1981
This paper describes the author's experiences while supervising refugee counselors and providing social welfare services to refugees in Hong Kong. The background of the worldwide refugee problem and the particular situation of Vietnamese refugees in Hong Kong are described in detail. The role of the refugee counselor in preserving the health and…
Descriptors: Counseling Services, Counseling Techniques, Counselor Role, Counselor Training
Kincaid, Marylou Butler – 1980
The Summer Institute in Counseling Girls and Women, a training model offered by the Graduate School of Education's Psychology in Education Program at the University of Pennsylvania, is described. The Summer Institute integrates the three curricular areas of the psychology of women, counseling of women, and organizational and program development to…
Descriptors: Counseling Techniques, Counselor Attitudes, Counselor Role, Counselor Training
Harrington, Susan G. – 1998
This paper identifies and explores three major factors that affect the career choices of African Americans. First, the future of the American employment market is strongly based in technology, yet approximately two-thirds of the African American population reported their level of education at high school completion and lower. Second, African…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Culture, Blacks, Career Choice
Tulkin, Steven R. – 1982
The delivery of services in a health maintenance organization (HMO) provides many opportunities for innovation. There is a growing awareness that many outpatient medical visits are related to psychological or social needs. Because of the economic incentive for HMO's to reduce inappropriate utilization, psychologists and psychotherapists will play…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Counseling Techniques, Counselor Role, Delivery Systems
Cage, Bob N.; Hardin, Dawn – 1991
The Northeast Louisiana University (NLU) Dropout Intervention Strategy Program (1990-1991) was designed to train administrators and teachers in junior high schools to recognize, treat, and relate to at-risk students who have been identified as potential school dropouts. The 13 participating schools were identified as having potentially high…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Role, College School Cooperation, Counseling Techniques