The author contends that counselor training and school realities are not insurmountable obstacles. School counselors are desperate for help and guidance in these times of upheaval and confusion and feel the resources to retrain, renew, and revitalize the profession rest with counselor educators and university personnel. Chris D. Kehas comments on…

This article relates data gathered in a pilot study on the general restructuring of roles for women and the implications of this information for counseling. (JC)

This article describes how the detention room in one school system was changed in favor of group counseling sessions. In the counseling sessions, the counselors could aid students in identifying the problems which disturb them in order to improve self-understanding and status in school. (JC)

This article, expressing the views of three collaborating graduate students, examines the role of the counselor and concludes that the basic priority for all school counselors is to break down the existing dichotomy between teachers and counselors by removing the mystique surrounding what counselors "do." (Author/HMV)

This article discusses the role of the counselor as an agent of change. Many schools in Indian communities must make changes if they are to make education a meaningful experience for the Indian child and the counselor is seen as being in the unique position to enact these changes. (JC)

To begin meeting the challenges of change and dissent, the counseling profession will have to develop theories and practices that get to the roots of the social situations that create difficulties for individuals rather than treating individuals who are defined as social troublemakers. (Author)

This discussion of school counseling advocates the need for a reexamination of the political role of the counselor in the schools, the preparation of a more realistic curriculum for counselor education and the development of guidelines by which counseling positions in each school can be evaluated. (JC)

Results of the category frequencies indicate that both counselors in practice and counselors in training prefer to respond to client problems in a manner that allows them to maintain a counseling relationship with the client and to leave the taking of action up to the clients or other persons. (Author)

Attempted to ascertain how students at the secondary and technical-institute levels perceive the potential that some occupations have for influencing changes in society. Occupations believed to influence changes were: elected public official, writer, economist, political scientist, teacher, artist, entertainer, clergy member, judge, physicist, and…

A counselor role questionnaire was developed to assess attitudes toward 12 counselor roles, 10 of which were modifications of the major role activities outlined in the ASCA policy statement. The roles of ombudsman and change agent were added. Results indicate that students, administrators, teachers and parents view all 12 roles as appropriate.…

The authors argue that counselors must begin to accept and then to implement a view of themselves as facilitators of change within the school system. (Author)

Examination of school counselors as change agents of institutional policy was studied by information from questionnaires on the following questions: To what extent are school counselors currently promoting institutional change? Do they regard themselves as effective catalysts in producing change? What are perceived consequences of their attempts…

Discusses ways school counselors can be agents of change in organizational behavior to promote organizational health in their schools. Defines organizational health and identifies 10 related dimensions. (ABB)