This article focuses on the significance of accountability in school counseling. Explores the link between the role of school counselors and the interactive components of the framework for school counseling programs that was developed by the American School Counselor Association. Highlights criteria for an effective accountability system. (GCP)…

Sees guided imagery as valuable counseling tool for school counselors. Presents and discusses five guidelines for using guided imagery in a school setting. Discusses guided imagery as an intervention and presents two brief case studies to illustrate its use. (NB)

This article reports on a national survey regarding the number of elementary school counselors. Results indicate that the number of elementary school counselors has been increasing nationally (although some states show a decrease in numbers) and that certification requirements continue to be an important requirement for employment of counselors.…

Suggests retrospective method can be used to help counselors assess some of their work. Claims summaries can help build a case demonstrating the effectiveness of a counselor intervention and data are easier to present than are general reactions, testimonials, and many other forms of self-report. (ABL)

Suggests strategies to guide elementary school counselors who are implementing developmental guidance programs. These include sharing the responsibility with teachers, targeting populations and students, reaching the largest number of students possible, mobilizing peer facilitators, managing counselor time, and being accountable. (ABL)

Challenges some common arguments used by counselors who resist accountability by citing time and budget constraints. Identifies important research issues and discusses recommendations to help counselors deliver more services and show they are making a positive difference. (JAC)

Explores ways in which technological changes will affect counselors' lives. Focuses on educational changes. Compares counselors' activities to those of tourists who observe and appreciate their surroundings. Discusses counselors' responsibility to education and their importance in serving as consultants and in developing counseling programs. (RJM)

Presents step-by-step directions for organizing clubs to meet the needs of elementary school students and to redirect student motivation toward higher levels of academic achievement. Detailed plans are provided for organizing series of four group sessions, and suggestions are given for further meetings. (NB)

Discusses a county guidance project designed to provide data on the effect of counselor-led guidance units in elementary school classrooms. Shows a positive effect on students' attitudes and behavior following the unit, especially for target students. (ABB)

Describes the use, by a counselor, of a Magic Box" containing a mirror to help children recognize their own uniqueness. (CJ)

Computer technology can significantly affect the work of counselors in the areas of information retrieval and dissemination, distance learning, college and career exploration, and training and supervision. This article focuses on different ways school counselors can utilize computer technology to work more efficiently and help students succeed.…

This ninth chapter in "Elementary School Counseling in a Changing World" contains four journal articles on ways that counselors can work to change children's misbehavior and foster productive behavior. "Changing Student Attitudes and Behavior Through Group Counseling" by Robert Myrick and R. Wiley Dixon presents results of a study showing that…

Results of this study tend to support the concept that an elementary school counselor makes a difference in a school's climate. (Author)

A group counseling approach to be used with primary children focused on structuring a learning experience which proved helpful in eliciting feelings and ideas from the children and provided a loosely structured learning process, allowing the counselor to respond more fully to each child. (Author)

This study suggests that elementary school counselors can bring about positive changes in a child and his classroom behavior by providing a positive relationship and an environment where the child can explore his ideas and feelings through his most natural medium of expression, that of play. (Author)