Parents have always been the primary teachers of their children. Counselors, as consultants, can help parents organize for the best interests of their children and obtain the support they need from school personnel. (Author)

In order to increase counselors' effectiveness in cooperative and systemic approaches to problem solving, a large school district offered an inservice consultation program. Two successive training designs were piloted and evaluated. Several recommendations are proposed for further improvements. (Author)

Consultation needs a sound basis for an integration of its parts in order to become a scientific discipline. Help givers have concentrated on specializing to the detriment of solidarity of consultation. Studying and evaluating consultation behavior results in a coherent and systematic basis for a consultation theory. (Author/MFD)

This triad of consulting models identifies the assumption upon which each rests. The consultant with adequate knowledge and self-insight will understand which model is appropriate to a given situation. The three models include: (1) purchase of expertise; (2) doctor-patient role; and (3) consultation process for problem solving. (Author/MFD)

A case study of a consultation is presented that illustrates how two theories concerning organizational change and systems analysis were applied to a small, informal organization. Systematic intervention with small, less structured groups is advocated. (Author)

This article describes a consultation model. The project's goals are to create educational environments that encourage students to explore a wide range of career and life-style options, to facilitate personal growth for educators, and to facilitate institutional change that will expand options for both women and men. (Author/JEL)

The author relates his success as a technical consultant for numerous firms. Outlined are basic procedures for getting started in consulting and tips on structuring the consulting aspect of a science career. Included are illustrations of some of the apparati produced as a result of consultant assistance. (MA)

Many authors have suggested that counselors deemphasize the one-to-one model of counseling students and increase personal contacts with teachers, parents and administrators. This article presents a model that emphasizes a problem-solving process for conducting such consultation interviews. (Author)

A critical reexamination of problem-solving through client-centered case consultation is presented for use by school psychologists. It is argued that the focus of consultation should emphasize helping teachers identify and mobilize existing resources and develop self-sustaining competencies in classroom management. (TJH)

Using a Delphi technique, a 100-member interdisciplinary, expert panel from 47 states identified 47 competencies in eight categories as essential to collaborative consultation between special and regular educators. Highest ratings were given to interactive communication, collaborative problem solving, and personal characteristics. (Author/DB)

Two separate series of consultative meetings for professionals engaged in direct work with adolescents revealed that issues brought to consultation showed a definite and sustained shift away from matters to do with clientele, and toward matters concerning working relationships and work settings. Discusses possible causes and effects of this…

An alternative service delivery model is proposed which enables the speech language pathologist to address a wider range of language concerns in the public schools. This consultative model is described in terms of the structure needed to ensure its effectiveness and the procedures which might be used to ensure successful implementation. (Author)

Selected principles from ethical codes published by the American Psychological Association and the National Association of School Psychologists are applied to the task of articulating the consultants' ethical responsibilities to consultees, pupils, parents, and the employer-school. (Author/LMO)

An expanded conception of behavioral consultation is presented, which includes explicit and ongoing attention to teacher variables as well as student behaviors. A conceptual framework is presented for systematic assessment of consultee knowledge, skills, cognition, and effect. Strategies for enhancing consultee functioning in each area are…

Two articles describe the establishment of national archives in Kenya and in Zanzibar. Kenya's history of mismanagement and destruction of documents by various governments and poor advice by foreign consultants is traced, and the value of Zanzibar's agricultural archives for national development and public administration is discussed. (CDD)