Advocates that counseling professionals work together as team in helping families. Contends that quality of care provided is improved by coordinated network of helping professionals. Discusses advantages of community network, identifies obstacles to implementing networks, reviews related literature, lists assumptions upon which team approach is…

Discusses legal and developmental aspects of adolescent abuse, as distinguished from child abuse. The role of the school counselor in identifying and counseling abused adolescents and their families is discussed and several forms of intervention and support services are described. (JAC)

Presents succinct summaries of the concept of conflict and the unique developmental issues of adolescents whose parents are divorcing. Provides counselors with a five-step conflict resolution model suitable for the adolescent with divorced parents. (NB)

Describes the Keenan Project in Columbia, South Carolina, which provides ongoing group guidance to students on various topics, including communication skills, family concerns, and study skills. Its success is attributed to careful attention to building support, using available resources, including other staff members, and following systematic…

Compared 10 families with congenitally disabled children and 10 families with child who acquired disability on five scales of Family Assessment Inventory: Differentiation, Dependency, Support, Adaptability, and Satisfaction. Parents in two groups differed significantly on adaptability. Parents having children with acquired disabilities scored…

Presents school counselors with a brief intervention model for conducting family (and classroom) assessment and consultation that can be used within the framework of a parent-teacher conference setting. The family counseling-consultation model described provides school counselors with practical, step-by-step format for assessment and intervention…

Describes the PEACE process, a modified Senoi (Malaysian Indian tribe) technique that helps children work with their fearful dreams. Through the techniques of presenting, exploring, accepting, creatively fixing, and exchanging, children can confront their fears by recreating the frightening situation. The process encourages personal strength and…

School counselors may be the most appropriate people to provide assistance for children whose parents are divorced and to the school staff. Study suggests that school counselors become aware of recent research of the impact of divorce on children. (Author/CMG)

Investigated stressors and symptoms in 60 students. In order of frequency, elementary students cited family problems, feeling different, and school problems; junior high school students cited general adolescent problems, peer pressure, and family problems; and high school students cited the future, school problems, and peer pressure. Students…

Discusses ways a counselor can help children and family members deal with a parent's death. Children should be told the truth in a simple, sensitive manner and encouraged to share their feelings and emotions. (JAC)

Describes five myths and conditions associated with sexual child abuse. Suggests being aware of these myths helps counselors detect a problem. Stresses children and adults in unhealthy situations give clues to the problem. Urges counselors to free themselves from outdated beliefs that may prevent inquiry into sexual abuse. (JAC)

Discusses how school counselors can use structural family concepts in dealing with learning disabled children. Suggests this model aids counselors in presenting a holistic picture of the child to families and educational specialists. Proposes a family systems perspective and suggests that linking teams and family can achieve effective use of…

Describes five criteria (parental resources, chronicity communication between family members, parental authority, and rapport with professional helpers) of family functioning of an assessment model which can be used to determine which families could benefit from brief interventions by a school counselor. Provides results of 20 case studies with…

Presents an overview of child abuse and the dynamics of the abusive family to provide basic information for school counselors regarding family violence and the generational pattern of child abuse. Discusses the role of the school counselor in providing help for abused children and abusive families. (Author/RC)

Discusses ways to assess patterns of family interactions that influence adolescent career development. Encourages school counselors to investigate the possibility that extremes in family patterns of adaptation, cohesion, and communication may have a significant negative impact on adolescent career development. Timely assessments and interventions…