Although counselors are usually more concerned with how they listen than with what they say or write, it may be time for them to re-examine their priorities and give more attention to the words they use. (Author)

Proponents of multimodal education believe that children will enjoy reading more and will read better if counselors, reading teachers, and curriculum specialists cooperate in developing instructional strategies that focus on each are of the BASIC ID. This article examines each facet of a multimodal reading program. (Author)

Lack of follow-up procedures to help implement ideas presented by workshop leaders often causes the failure of career education programs. School counselors, in the role of follow-up coordinators, can help avert such failures. (Author)

The author suggests that multimodal education, with its focus on each element of the BASIC ID, is a systemic way for school counselors to contribute to child and adolescent development. BASIC ID is an acronym for seven components of human functioning: behavior, affect, sensation, imagery, cognition, interpersonal relations, and drugs. (Author)

The multimodal model of counseling has made contributions in two areas: (1) improving the counseling of children, adolescents, and adults; and (2) improving educational processes of various kinds including mainstreaming, psychological education, parent and teacher effectiveness training, career education, and assessment. (RC)