States that developing and implementing educational experiences that foster resiliency can be as easy as gaining a new perspective on traditional academic activities. Provides five examples of academic projects that can be used to build five important elements of resilience: competency, belonging, usefulness, potency, and optimism. (Author/MKA)

Illustrates how teachers can build their students' social competence by integrating indiscrete social skills into the academic curriculum. States that the challenge for those who teach high-risk youth is to recognize and support the protective factors that build on strengths and enhance resiliency. (Author/MKA)

Explores the challenges of living in an unfamiliar physical and cultural environment through the concepts of complexity, self-organization, and chaos. Discusses creative resilience, composed of risk taking, reflection, and relationships, and its role in adult learning for sustainability. (SK)

A study of the explanatory style of secondary vocational education in Georgia (n=219) indicated that most had an optimistic explanatory style. Business teachers were most likely and agriculture teachers least likely to use this style. (JOW)

Provides guidance to counselors who are referred identified and alleged sex offenders for psychosexual evaluations. Reviews the critical legal, ethical, and clinical issues that counselors should consider when responding to these referral requests. This article can be used to educate referral sources about the indications of evaluations of this…

Every day, 160,000 children stay home from school because they are afraid of being bullied. Bullying is an unacknowledged crime of violence; adults are unaware of the problem's prevalence. The best anti-bullying programs are comprehensive and involve everyone in the school and community. A sidebar lists resources. (MLH)

In first study of values of rural mental-health professionals, the Survey of Personal Values and Survey of Interpersonal Values were completed by 51 office-based psychotherapists and 87 home-based therapists from rural areas in three northern New England states. That home-based therapists would more highly value independence and goal orientation…

Presents a summary of the "Diagnostic Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders" (DSM) criteria for childhood anxiety and depression disorders, as well as modifications in the diagnostic criteria from DSM-III-R to DSM-IV. Discusses the utility of DSM-IV for school psychologists, including delineating essential criteria for diagnosis and the…

Reviews issues related to school social workers' skepticism toward mentoring and the current mentoring movement. Discusses theoretical cornerstones of mentoring programs as well as principles of effective programs. Argues that school social workers are ideal candidates for developing, implementing, and evaluating those programs. (Author/GCP)

Discusses the impact of giftedness on psychological well-being. Research reviewed indicates that gifted children are as well adjusted as their typical peers and that the psychological well-being of a gifted child is related to the type of giftedness, the educational fit, and the child's personal characteristics. (CR)

Examines the history of the information profession, beginning with Melvil Dewey's first library education program. Discusses the concept of a profession; character; authority; power; cultural authority; access to information; the utilization of information as power; public librarianship; and the organization of information. (LRW)

Recounts the personal experiences of a 15-year old boy, who is scared to discover that he will be placed in a group home. Reveals that moving into the home placed him in a supportive community that helped foster his resilience and helped him take control of his life. (Author/GCP)

States that the Chicago study has advanced knowledge about educational achievement and adjustment. It has determined that school mobility, parent involvement, parent and teacher expectations, and early childhood intervention are important influences on children's development. Concludes that promoting success is about explicating the processes of…

Thirty-four gifted children in Louisiana and 34 from Connecticut were administered the Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale (MPS) and the Khatena-Torrance Creative Perception Inventory (KTCPI). The KTCPI included the What Kind of Person Are You (WKOPAY) subtest, a measure of creative striving. Perfectionistic traits were negatively correlated with…

Identifies interaction effects as the defining feature of resilience and resilience research. Maintains that interaction effects are responsible for the unique contributions of this field of study to the understanding of human development. Suggests that the methodological and statistical challenges posed by interaction effects do not, by…