Describes the School Consultation Program offered by the Jewish Children's Bureau (JCB) to the special education personnel of four elementary schools in a suburban school district. Discusses problems and special techniques of applying child welfare to school consultation. (JH)

This booklet assumes that the first question that a mental health professional asks should not be what's wrong with this person, but what's making this person function like this. The answer may be that something's wrong with the way the person's environment is functioning, and, therefore, it is the environment that really should be changed, if…

This article describes the transition of delivery of school psychological services from primarily a clinical model to one of consultation. It identifies existing conditions facilitating change, analyzes problems, and suggests solutions. New Services arising from the changed perception of how a psychologist functions are discussed. (Author)

The purpose of this paper is to question whether adequate consultation can take place when issues and problems are considered only at the level of the overt behavior of the problem child.'' (Author)

After observing the operation of a resource program involving part-time consultants, the authors offer a number of advantages to this method. They also suggest ways to make such an arrangement most effective. (BY)

Reports the results of a Ford Foundation grant for physical planning consulting services to predominantly black institutions administered by Educational Facilities Laboratories (EL). (Author)

Several useful innovations in school district practice occurred during consultation in some districts. Consultants would have in mind a flexible blueprint of priorities by which to determine sequence consultation with each of the three categories of personnel: specialized auxiliary, administrative and teaching. (Author)

The case presented illustrates the use of limited counseling in a situation that began as a consulting contact. A consultant who was initially employed to set up a class for emotionally disturbed children assisted parents, teachers and principal in solving problems associated with a child's adjustment to school. (Author/CG)

Simulation, using role playing and commercially available materials, was used to provide counselor teacher consultation experience for counselor trainees. The results of the program supported the use of simulation as a technique for counselor education. Implications for counselor education programs are discussed. (Author/CG)

A view room was used in treatment of 2 dysfunctional children. Social workers found it useful for peer consultation, which benefited children in therapy. (NH)

Discusses various problems school psychologists encounter when attempting to consult with school personnel. Conceptualizes resistance to consultation services within a behavioral/cognitive behavioral framework and discusses how resistance can result from contingencies operating at both the system and the building levels. (Author/WAS)

Recounts experiences as a writing consultant and the lessons learned from these experiences. (JL)

The American Coalition of Citizens with Disabilities has undertaken a project to train disabled adults as volunteer consultants in vocational and career education. Consultants work with advisory panels mandated by legislation on such topics as individualized education programs, least restrictive environment, program options, and nonacademic…

The college campus is a complex system which necessitates the use of a variety of methods of intervention within an integrated model of consultation. Systems thinking provides the conceptual overview for the consultative enterprise and gives the consultant an array of questions and strategies for impacting and assisting other systems. (Author)