Describes the development of a program that improved communication among pupil personnel department workers in a high school. (IRT)

This article studies the employment rate of counselors without teaching experience as opposed to counselors with teaching experience and examines differences in their expressed counseling orientation. A questionnaire was mailed to currently-employed counselors, both former-teachers and non-teachers. Results indicate that teaching experience is not…

The impetus for the study was provided by the widespread disagreement on the counselor's role and function as stated by counselors and administrators. Purposes included: (1) the provision of information about the counselor's role and function; (2) the resolution of confusion concerning the counselor's role; and (3) the improvement of communication…

A review of research findings concerning counselor use of time indicates that most high school counselors are primarily concerned with information giving. (Author)

Describes the development of a knowledge measure for the evaluation of a proactive training program for suicide postvention and gives analyses of its psychometric properties. Participants showed significant improvement in overall test scores and on several individual items following training. Analysis suggests that the measure has construct…

Comprehensive Pupil Personnel Services Team (CPPS) implies that all members of the team--teachers, administrators, counselors, specialists, etc.--have important contributions to make to meet schools promise of working for development of total human beings. Pupil Personnel Services must be an integral part of total educational program. (Author)

Describes an intervention program at the Herbert H. Lehman High School in Bronx, New York. A conflicts class was introduced to reduce violence and tensions among students. Trust and openness increased, and fear of the loss of control was allayed through counseling, interpersonal relationships and activities, and video tape feedback. (BEF)

Do teachers lack knowledge of the counselor's role? Do teachers view themselves as having positive relationships with their counselors? The purpose of this study was to determine answers to these questions. (Author)

This article examines the issues regarding the use of paraprofessional personnel as community workers, relates it to one school division's program and discusses implications for school social work practice. (Author)

An increasingly important function of high school counselors is advising students about financing their postsecondary education. With substantial increases in the amount of student financial aid funds available from the federal government, state aid programs, and local and other sources, the counselor's role has been significantly affected. This…

Examines the relationship between humor appreciation and self-perceptions of high school guidance counselors (N=45). Results indicate that humor appreciation was unrelated to self-perceived counselor effectiveness, with male and female counselors enjoying similar types of humor. Counselors with more education perceived themselves as having less of…

Focuses on the need for self-care for those who work with troubled youth. Uses the concept of "wellness" and its role in personal integrity, exemplary behavior, the ability to talk with youth, professionalism, and administrative practices. The process emphasizes boundaries, dialog, intimacy, and genuineness. (RJM)

The faculty of the Department of Psychology at Tennessee State University (TSU), a state university with a predominantly Black student body, designed a competency- based secondary school counselor certification proposal which is not tied to coursework in theory. This allows for flexibility in implementing the competencies within diverse courses in…

Intended to help improve the counseling services offered vocational education students in Louisiana, this handbook includes a compilation of the strategies used by student personnel officers throughout the state to meet the needs of students and industry. The strategies appear as part of a sample implementation plan for a comprehensive,…

The purpose of this study was to determine if high school students would rate the counselor's credibility differently when the counselor functioned as an agent of social change rather than as an agent of social conformity. Females tended to rate the conformity role highest. (Author)