This book explains how fears, anxiety, and stress develop in children, and how they can learn to successfully cope with these factors. It offers specific activities designed to assist in coping with a particular aspect of fear or stress. Part I, "Overview of Fears and Stress," contains activities to complement the various curricular…

The focus of this book is on the identification of practical knowledge and skill needed and an action plan to implement prevention programming in schools. The text is written as a resource for practitioners, students, and faculty in school counseling. It is designed to facilitate development of knowledge necessary to implement comprehensive…

This first chapter in "Elementary School Counseling in a Changing World" offers elementary school counselors help in understanding cultural bias and provides practical strategies to promote child development in a multicultural society. Four journal articles are included in this chapter. "Ten Frequent Assumptions of Cultural Bias in…

This seventh chapter in "Elementary School Counseling in a Changing World" discusses theoretical and practical issues related to career development and offers suggestions to help elementary school counselors promote students' career exploration. Four journal articles are included. "Major Trends in Career Development Theory and Practice" by Norman…

This sixth chapter in "Elementary School Counseling in a Changing World" contains four journal articles which focus on technological advances. The articles help elementary school counselors explore their own feelings about technology and learn how technology may be used as a counseling tool. "Role of the Counselor with Computers" by Garry Walz…

This fourth chapter in "Elementary School Counseling in a Changing World" contains four journal articles which focus on the issues of child abuse and neglect. "Parent Support Groups to Prevent Child Abuse" by C. Jerry Downing describes a training and supervision model developed by a parent support group for potentially abusive parents in…

This fifth chapter in "Elementary School Counseling in a Changing World" contains four journal articles which focus on exceptional children and helping elementary school counselors build a supportive learning environment for exceptional children. "Primary Prevention for Gifted Students: A Parent Education Group" by Elizabeth Conroy describes a…

This ERIC Digest summarizes Robert E. Slavin's 1986 comprehensive review of research on the different types of ability grouping in elementary schools. Slavin examines evidence on the achievement effects of five comprehensive ability grouping plans in elementary schools: (1) ability grouped classroom assignment; (2) regrouping within grade level…

This eighth chapter in "Elementary School Counseling in a Changing World" presents four journal articles concerned with the "back to the basics" movement and with programs to help elementary school counselors promote academic achievement among students. "The Effects of Classroom Guidance on Children's Success in School" by Edwin Gerler, Jr. and…

This third chapter in "Elementary School Counseling in a Changing World" contains five journal articles which focus on substance abuse prevention. "Perspectives on Substance Abuse Prevention" by John Horan, Andres Kerns, and Christine Olson emphasizes how important it is for children to be able to say "no" to drugs and provides a review of…

This ERIC digest discusses civic education in U.S. schools in terms of: (1) its meaning; (2) its place in the curriculum; (3) its effects on learners; and (4) suggested methods of improving it. Civic education involves the development of skills in making decisions about public issues and participating in public affairs and encompasses the…

This second chapter in "Elementary School Counseling in a Changing World" covers a variety of topics related to helping children and parents function effectively within changing family situations. Four journal articles are included in the chapter. "A Multimodal Intervention for Group Counseling with Children of Divorce" by Margaret Crosbie-Burnett…

The primary cause of anxiety for many parents today is protecting their children from acts of violence at school. This brochure discusses what steps parents and school administrators can take to make schools safer. First, the brochure discusses what is being done to ensure children's safety in school, such as teaching prevention skills, providing…

This book of readings was developed to increase the reader's awareness of the cultural and social issues which face children and their counselors. It draws attention to environmental factors which impinge on both teaching and counseling techniques, and encourages counselors to re-examine their roles and interventions for the 1990s. The readings…

A select portion of the educational management literature is reviewed in the three sections of this paper. The first section discusses literature concerning the amount of time students spend in school. Specific attention is given to the quantity of schooling, the allocation of school time, student engagement in academic tasks, and the relationship…