Presented at the 1980 annual meeting of the National Association of School Psychologists, the paper discusses two areas in which school psychologists can make significant contributions to facilitate the mainstreaming of mentally retarded children: staff training and supportive and counseling services to parents. Two intervention strategies that…

The effectiveness of three counseling models and a no-counseling control situation for students with behavioral and learning difficulties was examined. The first model consisted of counseling parents, teachers and students; the second of consulting and counseling teachers and students; and the third of counseling students only. Subjects were 58…

The authors give practical ideas for winning the cooperation of parents and making conferences with them an opportunity for growth rather than a dreaded obligation. Specific suggestions are given for helping parents understand their children and develop workable plans for positive change. (Author)

This digest describes brief family consultation, a short-term strategy that enlists the home and school in an attempt to solve childhood behavior problems. Five criteria are given for assessing the functional status of a family: (1) parental resources; (2) chronicity; (3) communication between family members; (4) parental authority; and (5)…

This self-instructional module, one volume of a series of competency-based modules in human relations skills for occupational specialists, is designed to help the specialist better understand the nature of children's behavior and the processes that both impede and facilitate the development of constructive attitudes and behavior patterns for work…