Life skills counseling employs a life problem derived" curriculum and a four stage learning model integrating counseling and teaching functions to help disadvantaged groups acquire the necessary experience, knowledge and skill to cope effectively with the psychosocial aspects of personal development, parenthood, and citizenship. (Author)

Ways in which an emotionally mature and perceptive person can help another with deep-rooted and seemingly unsolvable personal problems are presented. (CK)

Survey of Interpersonal Values scales did not discriminate between persisters and dropouts when academic aptitude was controlled. (Author)

Investigated the relationship between cognitive complexity of self-reported emotional experience and accurate empathic understanding in a group of experienced counselors. A significant positive correlation was found between cognitive complexity of self-reported emotional experience and accurate empathic understanding. (Author)

The case study discusses a seven-year-old hearing impaired boy who has difficulty playing with other children. The counselor suggested that his parents play a variety of games with him, make the home more attractive to other children, and send him to a day camp. (CL)

At the Kansas Institute, research has concentrated on the problems of learning disabled (LD) adolescents. Epidemiological studies revealed the unique characteristics of LD high schoolers. A curriculum comprised of strategy training, social skills, modified materials and instructional procedures was developed. Instructional, motivational, and…

Sixth, eighth, tenth, and twelfth graders and college students watched or listened to a videotape of four males and four females, each describing someone they liked and someone they disliked (honest messages) and pretending to like the disliked person and to dislike the liked person (dishonest messages). (Author/RH)

An ecological approach considering the interaction between specific in-child factors and the two most important learning environments (home and school) is suggested for better understanding the learning problems of the disabled child. (MP)

Fifteen learning disabled adolescents who participated in a social skills awareness program involving discussion and filmstrips significantly improved their posttest scores on the Piers-Harris Children's Self-Concept Scale and on the Fundamental Interpersonal Relations Orientation-Behavior, compared to a conrol group. No significant differences…

The study involving six developmentally disabled children (four and five years old) investigated the effectiveness of peer modeling. A peer or friend from the same regular classroom was selected for each child for tutoring on a sessional basis in a multipurpose center. (Author/SB)

Learning disabled (LD) children react to hurt and rejection by selecting from a number of poor choices, including giving up or throwing a tantrum. A teacher can help the LD child through a reality program which includes 10 steps to better control. (CL)

Predicted that high fear of negative evaluation (FNE) subjects would show greater comfort with counselor behaviors and greater preference for a friend and another counselor when exposed to a reflective response style. Results evidenced few differences due to FNE status, response style, or sex, offering no support for the hypothesis. (Author/BEF)

Ten suggestions for improving the social skills of learning disabled students include teaching the child to make eye contact while talking, explaining implications of voice qualities, role playing to examine emotions, and providing direct instruction on appropriate responses in social situations. (CL)