The purpose of this document is to provide guidance and counseling professionals with a curriculum to enhance the school guidance and counseling program by providing sequential, developmentally planned activities for all students to gain an understanding of their academic, social, cognitive, and emotional development; become knowledgeable about…

This study compared language and social skills development in 32 developmentally delayed preschool children classified as having speech/language impairments. Social skills were rated by teachers on the Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales. Language scores were from the Preschool Language Scale administered by speech/language therapists. Statistical…

Language learning materials frequently include group activities, and many books and journals for language teachers recommend that groups be an important part of teachers' instructional repertoire. Unfortunately, group activities sometimes fail because students lack the skills necessary to function effectively in groups. For instance, teachers…

Marriage and family counseling must become an autonomous profession because it is socially necessary, open to those who are qualified to practice it and for those who need it, and consultative. This profession involves the process of interpersonal dynamics in the intimate setting of the family and its effects on the individual. The clinical work…

The author examines several of Ellis'"irrational ideas" as they relate specifically to counselors. These ideas provide a convenient vehicle for the discussion of some typical misconceptions about counseling. Counselors are encouraged to analyze their own feelings and thought processes and to determine irrational ideas in addition to those…

The results of this study indicated that systematic human relations training for resident assistants has a significant positive effect on their helping skills. This was evidenced by the performance of the resident assistants on both the written and taped data. Even a short training program can result in significant increases in levels of helping…

The described course had these objectives: (1) To increase awareness to the health needs of minority and low income groups. (2) To acquire knowledge to facilitate health care for these groups. (3) To increase the student's understanding of other health care professions. (Author/PG)

The present research was designed to contribute to a better understanding of the social forces activated in a heterogeneous preschool setting by studying the way in which heterogeneous and homogeneous groupings influence the social interactions of disadvantaged children with peers and adults. (Authors)

A Foster-Grandparent Program group received part-time mothering'' by elderly institutional aids for a period of up to more than 4 years. A control group resided in a similar institution which did not provide supplementary foster grandparent'' care. There was a significant difference in IQ in favor of the FGP children. (Author)

After a description of the kinds of group experience which lead to greater personal awareness, the author concludes that through the humanistic approach to teaching in sex and sexuality, students are more able to relate their subjective responses regarding how they feel about themselves as sexual persons. (Author/BY)

Suggests providing an accelerated career-oriented education for mature adults, discusses deficiencies in teacher training and on-the-job training programs, and suggests that the teacher's main job is to make contact via the curriculum to the learner. (Editor)

Study attempts to broaden counselor understanding of chronically disabled persons. Use of Interpersonal Check List on normal and diabetic students demonstrates adaptive behaviors for both groups. Diagrams, tables. (CJ)

Conclusions are: (a) group members' and therapists' role image of clients are in agreement and (b) group members perceive therapists' self-disclosures as a negative indicator of mental health. (Author)