Presents program which organizes school counseling consultation as a systematic, systemic educational process for professionals in a school system. Goals are to help school professionals gain effective problem-solving skills for dealing with current issues and to assist in developing an environment conducive to academic and social growth. (ABL)

An invited comment on the array of ideas presented in the special feature on psychological education (School Counselor, May, 1973) as a new direction counseling is taking. (JC)

Discusses counselor skills that promote effective consultation. Reviews research on effective school consultation and presents a five-stage model which involves phasing in, problem identification, implementation, evaluation, and termination. Provides recommendations for the process and products of consultation. (JAC)

Claiming that the current counselor role is not working, the author suggests that counselor educators train counselors to serve as consultants in order to provide direct help for parents, teachers, children, and administrators and to solidify their own positions in the schools. (RWP)

Focuses on important knowledge, skills, and attitudes uniquely associated with guidance specialization. Discusses approaches counselors can use with teachers, administrators, and sponsors of extracurricular activities to make their expertise more pervasive throughout their school. (BH)

This article proposes that the teacher and counselor are indistinguishable in their roles as learning consultants. Self learning and the process of understanding one's self in the tangential relationship of space, time, and matter become part of the counselor's purview and charge. (Author)

Notes that American School Counselor Association identified school counselor's three primary responsibilities to be counseling, consultation, and coordination. Highlights advantages of using both counseling and consultation as a model of intervention in the schools and suggests when it would be advantageous to use them conjointly or separately.…

Counselors in one school district sought to organize policies and procedures into one useful notebook for all members of staff, designed to supplement and complement, rather than replace, counselor-teacher team efforts. Books were distributed to teachers, and, in guidance evaluation survey, 50% of high school teachers indicated they had used the…

Consulting provides counselors with a process for affecting their public image while becoming highly accountable to the full range of their clientele. (Author)

This article describes a consultant-to-counselor concept in which a consultant serves as a resource person and aid to school counselors and guidance program directors. (RWP)

The school counselor is the most logical person in the school to act as a mental health consultant. He has the necessary psychosocial background, is available for consultations, has a wealth of information about the students, and maintains a working relationship with other mental health specialists. He can do much to improve the school environment…

Based on author's experiences working with three school districts that wanted to improve counseling programs, this article discusses precipitants of change efforts, barriers to change, and the role of the consultant. The change process described focuses on assessment, goal setting, and strategy development. (NB)

Assessed extent and nature of involvement of school counselors in parenting skills training and parent consultation. Findings from 213 elementary and secondary school counselors revealed that school counselors on all levels recognized importance of working with parents for benefit of students, yet many had little contact with parents. Many…

At all school levels, counselors and teachers are increasingly encountering problems that are sexually oriented. Recognizing that attitudes and values toward sexuality are formed at an early age, it seems important to review incidents involving elementary school children. Implications for counselor involvement can then be drawn. (Author)