This article discusses the complexities associated with adopting a not-knowing stance in Child and Youth Care practice. By highlighting some of the challenges, it also clarifies the distinctions between practitioner lack of knowing how to proceed and an intentional, uncertain attitude when working with children, youth and families. Recommendations…

Although they may be reflected in professional guidelines, formal standards, or law, ethics are not static codes. They are an active process by which the individual therapist or counselor struggles with the sometimes bewildering, always unique constellation of questions, responsibilities, contexts, and competing demands of helping another person.…

This booklet is designed to provide resources, insights, and descriptions about concepts, approaches, activities, and ideas associated with mentoring. Following a brief introduction, the booklet is divided into five sections. The first section discusses concepts of mentoring, focusing on the ambiguous and fluid nature of mentoring. The second…

Substitute teachers who perceive a school staff as supportive have greater confidence and are more effective. Tips to help both the substitute and the students have a pleasant and productive day are offered. (MT)

The history of dream analysis and interpretation is presented to provide additional background for practitioners interested in dream analysis. (Author)

This document presents a guide for developing a peer helpers code of behavior. The first section discusses issues relevant to the trainers. These issues include whether to give a model directly to the group or whether to engender "ownership" of the code by the group; timing of introduction of the code; and addressing the issue of…

This bibliography provides an overview and introduction to attribution theory with an emphasis on its role in clinical work. Articles are listed alphabetically by author in four sections: (1) an introduction to attribution theory, 11 entries; (2) attribution and the helping relationship, 9 entries; (3) attribution therapies and psychopathology, 4…

This booklet provides extension personnel with basic information on how to help handicapped individuals through referral to the appropriate service provider. A series of steps is suggested for locating help for a client when no appropriate service provider can be readily located. Lists are then presented of possible sources of help in these areas:…

Intended for allied health professionals, this guide provides information on seizure recognition and classification to help them assist the patient, the family, and the treating physician in obtaining control of epileptic seizures. A section on seizure recognition describes epilepsy and seizures, covering seizure classification and the causes of…

Therapeutic potential for working with adolescents is maximized with the passage through each of the five checkpoints: (1) establish a relationship attitude; (2) isolate the known problem areas; (3) adopt a tentative position; (4) confront inconsistencies and unrealistic goals; and, (5) be a match to the adolescent. (Author)

This guide presents techniques to assist others in coping with the loss of a loved one. Using the language of 9 layperson, the book contains more than 100 tips for caregivers or loved ones. A simple step is presented on each page, followed by reasons and instructions for each step. Chapters include: "What to Say"; "Helpful Things to Do"; "Dealing…

A list of behavioral changes indicative of emotional distress is provided for teachers for use in identification and referral of potential suicides. (JD)

Forty-three books, published in 1988, are recommended for classroom use. Books for lower, middle, and upper grades are included. The selection included classics and books that emphasize such themes as risk-taking, caring, and having fun with words. (IAH)

The primary purpose of this volume is to awaken a realization on the part of helping professionals that some people have real-life emotional and psychological distress that cannot be defined or treated, like traditional psychopathological problems. Professionals must identify real-life problems that must be treated if the person is to live…

Intended for mentor teachers who assist beginning teachers, this handbook includes a description of the mentoring process, including its definition, purpose, and application to professional development in education. Characteristics of good mentors, their relationships with their proteges, and typical activities associated with mentoring are…