The case presented illustrates the use of limited counseling in a situation that began as a consulting contact. A consultant who was initially employed to set up a class for emotionally disturbed children assisted parents, teachers and principal in solving problems associated with a child's adjustment to school. (Author/CG)

Presents and discusses common ethical issues elementary school counselors encounter in their consulting role and cites implications for practice. Concludes first and foremost school counselors need to ensure that they have the knowledge and skills necessary to practice consultation effectively. (ABL)

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)

Describes three models in school consultation: mental health, behavioral, and Alderian. Summarizes research on consultation under headings of input variables, process variables, and product variables. Discusses factors to consider when consulting and future of consulting over next decade and into twenty-first century. (ABL)

At the beginning of the second year of the Community Mental Health Service operation, expansion was decided, to a total of six consultants for the elementary schools in Douglas County, Nebraska. Consulting was done on a regular basis in the lower grades in hopes of catching problems at their inception, thus hopefully causing greater improvement…

The Family Involvement Communication System (FICS) model provides a human relations umbrella'' approach for parent and teacher input and participation in a school's elementary guidance program. FICS is designed as an ongoing consultative services program in which the counselor functions as the initial trainer of paraprofessionals and as…

The findings of this study with respect to on-task behavior and grade point average, provide support for the position that a counselor can serve effectively as a behavioral consultant to teachers. The classroom behavior management approach offered advantages over the client-centered group counseling behavior and grade point average. (Author)

A hypothetical counseling case study involving a frustrated gifted elementary student and an inflexible regular class teacher is presented. (CL)

Presents existing ideas on designing curriculum experiences in consultation and offers suggestions for training and supervising school counselors-in-training. Concludes that, for consultation to be effective as primary intervention within comprehensive developmental school counseling programs, planned instruction through didactic methods,…

The article describes a project in which a university clinical instructor in speech-language pathology consulted with kindergarten and first grade teachers in a rural school to integrate language development principles into the regular classroom curriculum. (CL)

This article presents a set of procedures and functions for the elementary school pupil personnel worker or consultant to use in facilitating school change to make the school a place for total human development through learning. (JC)

This study compared the effects of four classroom-based indirect teacher consultation methods on students' low sociometric status (SMS) in third-, fourth-, and fifth-grade classes. Providing teachers with both generative factors of out-group membership and ameliorative strategies was no more effective in enhancing these students' status than…

This paper explores the role of consulting in elementary school counseling. In particular, consulting with teachers and parents is reviewed, as well as the efficacy of consulting. A consulting model developed by Caplan in the field of mental health is presented as a comprehensive consulting model which may be of use to elementary school…

The purpose of this study was to examine the productivity of three differing focuses for organizing teacher group consultation activities. These focuses were: (1) the curriculum, i.e., individualizing instructional materials; (2) personalizing classroom interactions; and (3) personalizing classroom interactions through classroom videotapings. The…

Evaluated the relative effectiveness of two teacher-training packages under two analog consultation conditions. The experimental training package was found effective in increasing teachers' knowledge of behavioral procedures and in increasing the frequency of teacher verbalization regarding overt child behaviors and behavioral intervention plans…