"Earlier Guidance Opportunities (EGO): Priorities for the 1970's" was the topic for this Ohio Elementary Guidance Conference. In his keynote address entitled "New Perspectives on the Guidance of Younger Children - Can We Afford to Delay Vocational Guidance?" Dr. George E. Hill used EGO to say, "Education Gives Opportunity,""Ego's Grow on…

An interview schedule was administered to 180 respondents (116 instructional consultants, seven directors of instructional consultants, 51 vocational consultants, and six directors of vocational consultants) to determine the regional point of view of the consultant role in the six-State area of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South…

The purpose of this study was to examine the productivity of three differing focuses for organizing teacher group consultation activities. These focuses were: (1) the curriculum, i.e., individualizing instructional materials; (2) personalizing classroom interactions; and (3) personalizing classroom interactions through classroom videotapings. The…

This report describes the Tucson Early Education Psychological Services (TEEPS) program during its third year of operation. TEEPS is based on the position that the quality of psychological services in the public schools can be increased by establishing educational systems in which the functions of psychology in education are embodied in system…

The Student Consultant Project (SCP) of the University of Pittsburgh is a university-based operation which has been channeling university resources into the community. Part I of this study, covering the history of SCP, emphasizes the organization, the board of directors, scope of activities, funding, and future plans. Part II discusses the…

The Director of Youth Employment programs at the Experimental Manpower Laboratory spent the 1970-71 program year as consultant to the vocational training program of the Young Women's Christian Association in Fiji. Her work tested the Neighborhood Youth Corps (NYC) model in a different environment. Analysis of the experience validates the need for…

Public Act 94-142 will have a profound effect on education. There will be a need for new consultation models. This article presents four consulting postures which are seen as desirable and compatible for counselors' use. They present unique issues to be investigated in light of future trends. (Author/MFD)

A role theory model of consultation in adolescent group homes is explored. An appropriate degree of role distancing and an interactional focus of (a) resident relationships, (b) staff relationships, and (c) staff/resident relationships are explained. (Author)

Many liberal arts colleges will survive or disappear depending on how well they can analyze their problems and apply solutions. What is needed is a College Futures Planning Center that could provide at minimal cost consulting and support services to private colleges seriously desiring to contend with decline. (Author/LBH)

Compared the similarities and differences between the steps engaged in by master's and doctoral level school psychologists as they conducted operant behavioral consultations. Two of the 12 major steps in conducting operant behavioral case consultations revealed significant differences. Questions are raised regarding efficiency and outcomes of…

This approach to working with families under stress recognizes the family as a system interacting via communication patterns among its own members and within a larger context of peers, neighbors, school, work, and community agencies. Presented to the Canadian Guidance and Counseling Association, June 1975 at Vancouver, British Columbia. (Author)

Evaluated the relative effectiveness of two teacher-training packages under two analog consultation conditions. The experimental training package was found effective in increasing teachers' knowledge of behavioral procedures and in increasing the frequency of teacher verbalization regarding overt child behaviors and behavioral intervention plans…

The author discusses a specific innovative partnership that meets the changing needs of employers, students, and educational institutions. Issues include executive education, recruitment activities in connection with graduates of area colleges, consulting and research projects, faculty and educational staff development, remediation, and general…

A consultation-collaboration intervention model in which a school psychologist and a regular classroom teacher worked jointly to establish a remedial reading program resulted in marked increases in reading skills and levels of independent reading for five primary school students with reading problems. (Author/CB)

Describes the process by which two school psychologists changed roles from providers of direct services to high school students to providers of indirect services to teachers. Four phases followed in the change to a consultation role are described. Implications for training of school psychologists in consultation are discussed. (NRB)