Presents comments on a case of disagreement between a principal and a teacher concerning the value of pacing. (SS)

Response to the paper on the role and responsibility of school counselors to career education programs (CE 510 317). Suggests strategies for leaders of the counseling profession to involve school counselors in career education. (JOW)

Discusses that paper on the role and responsibility of school counselors to career education programs (CE 510 317). Suggests that the paper's ideas are but a first step. Federal and state leaders must commit time, priority and resources to this program. (JOW)

Reflects on the American Personnel and Guidance Association School Counselor and Career Education Project. Discusses counselor role, preparation and commitment. (JOW)

Contends that teachers can benefit greatly by learning and then by practicing basic counseling communication skills with students in their classroom. Sees counselor as being responsible for sharing these skills by training teachers and others to improve mutual communication. Discusses possible topics for inservice training. (NB)

Counselors must become active participants in the practice of full inclusion of children with disabilities into classrooms with nondisabled youngsters. Full inclusion is distinguished from mainstreaming; successful models are reviewed. Topics of collaboration and consultation among counselors and teachers, building social adjustment, and…

Considers the school counselor's role as consultant. Describes step-by-step procedure for the stage of problem clarification and identification for behavioral consultants. Assumes that each problem may be defined in varied ways and that problem definition is not considered useful unless it is accepted as such by both the teacher (consultee) and…

Intended as a basis for the development of cooperation between school counselors and reading personnel, this paper discusses counselor involvement in secondary school reading programs. The various sections of the paper contain the following: (1) an overview of the role of the school counselor at the secondary school level, (2) an overview of…

Reaction to the paper on the role and responsibility of school counselors to career education programs (CE 510 317). Indicates the need for counselor educators to become more aware of the literature in the field and the knowledge it presents. (JOW)

Consultation services have been considered an essential and important role for school psychologists throughout the history of the field. Traditionally consultation has been cast as a problem-solving process, nevertheless, it can be thought of as a knowledge-linking process in which psychologists advance knowledge in schools to various mediators…

Pedagogical research emphasizes the need for teachers to be involved in developing the personal skills and interactional abilities of students in their classrooms. The role of counselors in teacher training and the implications for teacher and counselor interaction in training and practice are discussed. (KS)

Reaction to the paper on role and responsibility of school counselors to career education programs (CE 510 317). Notes that the paper proposes roles which are realistic and attainable. (JOW)

Notes that, as school counselors engage in consultation, it is common for teachers and administrators to resist consultation. Discusses sources of consultee resistance and suggests ways that school counselors can minimize and manage such resistance. Lists seven major points that a school counselor should remember about resistance to consultation…

Educational and treatment programs for troubled youth face formidable barriers in building pro-social group climates. When a youth is loyal to deviant peers, positive adult bonds are obstructed. Fritz Redl once observed that therapeutic efforts with such a youth is akin to having a "gang under the couch." Effective ecological interventions employ…

Provides a model for "coordinate status consultation," a method of improving instruction in which the client-professor and the counselor-instructional developer work together as equals. This paper defines the process, summarizes the conceptual basis, describes the major phases in the process, and provides an example of its use. (JJD)