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The article provides special educators an approach for consulting with elementary school teachers faced with mainstreaming. Materials included in a teacher consultation packet are described and a strategy for conducting consultation is offered. (SBH)

The author considers the role of the special education teacher as consultant to the regular teacher serving the handicapped student in the regular classroom. (SBH)

An interview with Frederic W. Ness on a nonprofit, low-cost consulting service to aid any presidential search is reported. The mission of AGB's Presidential Search Consultation Service is to help institutions of higher education to search for quality presidents who will significantly affect leadership in higher education. (MLW)

This article outlines the topic of consultation in special and regular education and introduces subsequent articles that address consultation issues. The article points out that special and general educators, school psychologists, school counselors, speech and language pathologists, occupational and physical therapists, and school nurses are…

Describes specific steps of Faculty Peer Consultation Program that provides faculty members feedback from students in their classrooms. Offers evaluative data from faculty and students as preliminary evidence of utility of program. Identifies minor problems and suggests possible modifications. (CRR)

Promotes application of research findings to consultation and suggests directions for practice-relevant consultation research. Discusses three approaches to consultation research: naturalistic studies, single-case designs, and alternative means of determining significance. Reviews representative research in three areas of interest (consultant…

Describes Stress Management Consultation (SMC), short-term group intervention designed to enable social workers in Israel during Persian Gulf War to work through stress reactions and model method workers could use with their own target populations. Presents qualitative feedback from participants and administrators indicating that SMC model was…

Contends that the development of consultation skills lags far behind the development of counseling skills in most counselor education programs. Examines some of the reasons why consultation training is not emphasized and suggests some remedies. A set of competencies of the consultant is appended. (Author/NB)

This introduction to a special issue on using consultants to improve teaching in higher education considers the origins and rationale for instructional consulting, raises some questions about the conceptual underpinnings for consulting practice, examines who offers and who sells consultation, and urges training in consultation skills and greater…

Proposes a learning community model for peer consultation among college faculty and offers examples of cohort-focused or issue-focused learning communities at Miami University (Ohio). Provides evidence of effectiveness based on annual reports and evaluations and on universitywide presentations, as well as advice on combining one-on-one and peer…

The nature of consultation and the evolution of thinking in this field are discussed. Five fundamental assumptions underlying Behavioral Consultation are revisited and reevaluated with examples and assessment techniques included. Offers reaction to two prior publications critiquing aspects of behavioral consultation. Issues surrounding future…

Child and adolescent consultation outcomes studies published between 1986 and 1997 were reviewed to determine effect size for different models; client, consultee, and system variables; and age and gender of clients. Behavioral consultations produced large positive effects on clients and consultees. Organizational development consultation yielded…

Study identifies sources of support for consultation and barriers to this service delivery model. Analyzes responses to a consultation survey of 339 members of the National Association of School Psychologists. Results reveal that respondents feel qualified to provide consultation services. Major barriers to consultation include lack of time and…