Recent educational programs and initiatives hinge on effective collaboration between education professionals, such as school social workers, school psychologists, teachers, and principals. Our inquiry seeks to build on prior conceptual work to unpack the collaborative stance of school social workers by examining how they conceptualize their role…

This paper reports an investigation of the effectiveness of vision screening by the Modified Telebinocular Technique (MTT) when compared to the more cumbersome but highly valid and reliable Modified Clinical Technique (MCT). Data on 102 school children were collected using the MCT. The same children were then given the MTT to establish comparison…

The educational deficiencies of disadvantaged secondary students can be realistically overcome through a comprehensive program. First, the educational package must include an individualized educational plan that focuses on resolving each student's specific difficulties. Second, the package must include a mastery-based instructional program. The…

This article suggests directions in which pupil personnel services should be moving. Specifically, pupil personnel workers should: (1) employ a team approach whenever possible, thereby focusing the talents of specialists from the various desciplines on the problems of the student; (2) serve as resource persons for teachers; (3) make more extensive…

This monograph presents a five-module staff training program used to improve the related service of transportation of children with disabilities in Union County, North Carolina. Each module takes from 4 to more than 8 hours of training and bus drivers and transportation safety assistants with current certificates in all five modules receive a…

A plan was developed to evaluate the organizational interchanges between local school districts and community mental health centers. The objective was to identify and describe the organizational interchanges, to assess interface satisfaction, and to identify innovative planning, program, or administrative linkages for potential replication. Data…

The school psychologist is asked to consult and advise in situations involving diverse needs, diverse cultural implications, and diverse choices. In the challenge of counseling, humor can ease tension by promoting rapport, relaxation, and shared insight between the counselor and the client. Humor, it is claimed, not only relieves physical and…

Criticism of the construct "children and families at risk" has grown substantially in recent psychology and education literature. The practical and the semantic issues surrounding this criticism are explored in this paper. Four major objectives are presented here: (1) to provide psychologists with an increased level of awareness relative…

Traditionally, school systems isolate pupil personnel staff from the classroom and the learning process. School psychologists, social workers, and counselors work one-to-one with special or problem students who are referred to them by classroom teachers. The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools in North Carolina reject this traditional model. Instead,…

Vision is so important to scholastic success that almost all states require by law some kind of vision testing of school children. The ideal visual screening program would involve the kind of test or tests a classroom teacher could administer and would be fast, thorough, and accurate. However, present commercial vision screening batteries fail to…

In 1980, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention released a program announcement for an alternative education demonstration program intended to test a variety of school-based delinquency prevention programs. Great emphasis was placed on project evaluations. One of the programs identified was PATHE - Positive Action Through…

The major government relations activities which APGA has concentrated on during the past six months are in the following areas: (1) GRC and Its Network: Major efforts have been made to strengthen the national government relations communications network in all 50 states. Government Liaison Workers (GLW) and legislative committees are being formed…

Professional ethics are designed to set minimum standards of practice and service for school psychologists. Ways in which professional ethics standards of school psychology can be used to build and strengthen work relationships with parents, legal guardians, and other family members are described here. Suggestions for how school psychologists can…

Conation is a domain of behavior or mental processes associated with goal directed action. Wholistic education stresses an integrated approach to an individual's learning process; thus, consideration of the integration of the four domains (cognitive, affective, psychomotor and conative) can find a receptive niche among educators who seek to…

This information packet contains sections from a high school advisor/advisee handbook and the accompanying student planning guide. The introduction explains the roles and responsibilities of advisors, lists four goals of the advisement program, and lists three areas of focus of the program: (1) self-awareness; (2) career awareness; and (3) school…