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)

The procedure presented here is designed to help children recognize that feelings and attitudes affect what a person sees; what one person sees is not necessarily the same as what another will see; what a person sees often determines how he behaves in a situation; and the way a person behaves influences the way others respond to him. (Author)

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 document provides a framework and reference for counselors, and identifies skills and experiences needed by students as a part of attending school and becoming successful. The first chapter discusses the emergence of developmental guidance and counseling. School guidance and counseling are defined, and the formative years are discussed. Four…

Describes new opportunities for consultation and supervision as more schools come online with the Internet. E-mail offers counselors the same kind of advantage that it offers those involved with distance learning education. Advantages and disadvantages are presented and case examples are provided. (JBJ)