The triadic model of consultation service delivery for students with ties is expanded to include a problem-solving approach including 11 variables within 3 domains: (1) the people involved, (2) their interactional process, and (3) the implementation of specific procedures. The professional literature is reviewed within each domain. (Author/DB)

The article explores collaborative consultation as a model to facilitate the transition from school to community and employment settings of disabled persons. Provided are a rationale, an overview of collaborative consultation, consideration of advantages of the triadic model of consultation, and a description of professional roles and…

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)

Describes a short piece of consultancy work in a school for the mentally handicapped from the perspective of both the consultants and the consultees with particular reference to the process issues involved. Explores reasons for high stress levels experienced. Considers questions of practical management. (Author/ABL)

A prereferral intervention system was implemented in three schools (two elementary, one junior high) in which consultation, observation, and intervention occurred before a student entered the typical referral-for-assessment phase. A survey assessing teachers' beliefs about special services and teachers' expectations and preferences about the…

The report details the accomplishments of Project RHISE--Rockford (Illinois) Handicapped Infant Services Expansion--outreach efforts. The year's (1981) activities described include establishment of 10 new sites for replication of the RHISE model, which views parents as primary interventionists for a transdisciplinary approach. The consultancy…

Presents a description of Family Group Consultation and its application to a parent program. Discusses structure, issues and value of the model. (Author)

This paper describes the rationale and design of the State Consultant Model developed for the six state northwest region of Alaska, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington for the dissemination of educational research information and other resources. The program defines dissemination, its components of resources and mechanisms, and the…

This dyadic consulting model promotes a collaberative relationship among persons having responsibility in different community areas. The university is the setting for a consulting agreement between the counseling center and residence halls. A primary committee goal is proaction. A proactive program allows selective goals enhancing professional…

Contends that current conditions in education indicate that a change is needed in the counselor role. Defines consultation, describes a number of current models of consultation, identifies problems in implementing the consultant role, makes recommendations for resolving these problems, and suggests future trends in the use of consultation. (LLL)

The Learning Resource Support Program provides academic support services to learning disabled adolescents. (SB)

Offers a model of teaching improvement which rests on the assumption that if college faculty are to make meaningful changes in undergraduate learning environments, these changes must be made in response to some of the developmental and learning characteristics of their undergraduate students. Four references are listed. (Author/FM)

A process model is presented for delivering natural-context language consultation services to personnel dealing with children with severe language delays in home, school, or day treatment programs. The model consists of four phases: developing intervention objectives, designing intervention strategy, implementing the intervention program, and…

Delineates model of supervision for consultation training. Describes trainee characteristics and supervision needs across three levels of development, culminating in integrated level with developed skills across eight domains of consultation activity. Tracks development other-awareness, motivation, and autonomy. Presents suggestions for…

Resistance is the phenomena that occurs in the therapeutic relationship when the patient refuses to complete tasks assigned by the therapist which would benefit the patient in improving their psychological situation. Resistance is also used to describe situations in the consulting relationship where the consultee does not do what the consultant…