Presents a model for organizing presession and midsession therapy team conferences. Examines the risks in working in teams and proposes ways to counteract these risks, based on experiences at the Family Therapy Center at the Worcester Youth Guidance Center. (JAC)

This paper provides an introduction to the background and philosophy of the team concept, the nature of the population served, and the related reports which follow. (Author)

The implementation of a multidisciplinary rehabilitation team in providing rehabilitative services to discharged cancer patients in an in-home situation is outlined in this article. The characteristics of effective team coordinators, their functions, the nature of their services, and evaluation results are discussed. (Author)

Suggested is a team approach which would pair a minority group counselor with a white counselor to provide support to the client not only in regard to his cultural aspects but also in regard to the wider community with which he may not be familiar and in which neither he nor the minority group counselor may feel at ease. (CJ)

Provides an overview of a team approach to pupil personnel services that allows the counselor to function as a generalist in guidance and counseling. (Author/IRT)

Professionals and parents need effective systems of teamwork for planning restorative outcomes with troubled children and youth. This article taps the resilient problem-solving process C*L*E*A*R, which is drawn from the Response Ability Pathways (RAP) curriculum. Participants examine the timeline of Challenges, Logic, Emotions, Actions, and…

The article describes one segment of the guidance program at the Marvin Pittman Laboratory School located on the campus of Georgia Southern College. The total program aims to work toward goals of understanding self and others, developing adequate relationships, and experiencing success in education. (NQ)

A professional social worker is employed for family counseling three mornings a week in a pediatrician's office. Results indicate that this team approach has been valuable in dealing with the many pediatric problems. (Author)

This report describes an existing counseling and testing center program for treating emotionally disturbed college students which seems to be very successful. Many clients welcome questions covering topics other than those they thought of bringing up spontaneously, since they generally interpret the questions as indicative of concern and interest…

Discusses a pilot study in which joint consultations with a family therapist and a matrimonial attorney were offered to 10 couples and one woman contemplating divorce. Videotaped sessions. Suggests joint consultations can be useful in helping couples understand the psychological and legal implications of conflicts expressed during separation.…

Presents an approach to family therapy where a group of observers becomes part of a therapeutic team by introducing strategic messages into the sessions. Messages are described in terms of five components: function, target, timing, content, and delivery. Suggests guidelines for effective team functioning and discusses implications for training.…

The team treatment model is extremely popular in residential group care for emotionally disturbed and/or troubled children and youth; however, there is little information to verify that the model is being implemented and that desired outcomes are being obtained. This field study was designed to explore the team decision-making process through…

The Reorganized Junior High School Program completed its second year of operation in June 1973. An additional counselor was hired for each of the two schools in the project, Jordan and Marshall-University. A major procedural objective called for the counselors to place greater emphasis on team member, implementer, and facilitator functions. The…

Minneapolis Public Schools' Reorganized Junior High School Program completed its third and final year of operation with Title III ESEA funds in June 1974. An additional counselor was hired for each of the schools, Jordan and Marshall-University. A major objective was that the counselor would change from a traditional resource person to more of a…

This study explored the efficacy of conjoint behavioral consultation (CBC) by assessing objective outcomes and social validity with a sample of students with and without diversity. Diversity characteristics that were investigated included ethnicity, socioeconomic status, family composition, maternal education level, and language spoken in the…