This report is concerned with the re-training of 30 existing school psychologists. It is based on the need for more effective school psychology practice, the emergence of a new social learning approach to school problems, and the development of television techniques for immediate learning. The study utilized an experimental design wherein…

The 16 case studies illustrate the nature and scope of psychological intervention with emotionally disturbed and otherwise handicapped students. Included are papers with the following titles and authors: "Reducing Math Anxiety while Increasing Independent Work Habits in a Learning Disabled Elementary School Boy" (K. Hoogeveen); "Coping with…

A questionnaire designed to provide parents of children with specific learning disabilities with an opportunity to react to and evaluate the diagnostic and counseling process experienced with physicians, psychologists, and educators was retruned by 125 parents. Among results of the study covering child background information, parent background…

This symposium explores the general roles and functions of a college counseling center and of the professional staff within it. Contributors to the symposium discussed the role of the director, the counseling psychologist, the clinical psychologist, the psychiatrist, and the sociologist in fostering positive mental health on college campuses. The…

Psychologists who choose work as members of counseling agencies are likely to experience some dissonance between what their individual interests and skills would have them do professionally and what they are asked to do as a staff member of the agency. Conversely, as a component of a larger institution or community, an agency's very existence may…

Because of the increasing number of certified school psychologists being employed to provide direct psychological services to West Virginia's county school systems, a study was conducted to determine what kinds of services are needed in order to help those children experiencing academic and/or adjustment difficulties in the classroom. Between…

In this speech, testing experts or clinical psychologists called to give evidence in court cases on segregation either in the school or the classroom are provided with guidelines in preparing their case in document form with sources ready at hand. It is suggested that as much information as possible be available to the lawyer for whom the…

This article suggests directions in which pupil personnel services should be moving. Specifically, pupil personnel workers should: (1) employ a team approach whenever possible, thereby focusing the talents of specialists from the various desciplines on the problems of the student; (2) serve as resource persons for teachers; (3) make more extensive…

This handbook is designed as an aid to administrative, instructional and pupil personnel staff in understanding and making efficient use of school psychological services. New personnel joining a psychological services staff will find this handbook valuable as it defines the various roles, relationships, and procedures involved in such a position.…

This issue of Impact, a bi-monthly magazine produced by the ERIC Center at The University of Michigan, examines a variety of viewpoints, issues and explorations about out future world. Included is a speech by B.F. Skinner, a presentation on the future and its impact on life/career planning, a curriculum plan for a course in futuristics, and…

Transactional Analysis as it can be applied to the needs of the school counselor and school psychologist is discussed. An overview of the major tenents of transactional analysis is presented, followed by a descriptive diagnosis of operating ego states. Game playing on the parts of parents and psychologists is discussed and the author concludes…

Described are the roles and functions of four learning disability specialists in the French educational system of the Province of Quebec. It is explained that the "orthopedagogue", the specialist concerned with the learning aspects of the school problems, may work with individual students in small groups or with other teachers as a…

Ten special education teachers and two school psychologists scored the Bender-Gestalt protocals of elementary school children using the Koppitz scoring system. The reported correlations between teachers and school psychologists compared favorably to correlations between school psychologists as well as to interrater reliabilities reported in the…

This study sought to determine whether graduate school psychology students place more emphasis on professional skills or personality qualities, when they are asked to describe the essential characteristics of their most effective and ineffective teachers. A significant proportion of the total sample's responses emphasized personality qualities…

It is proposed that the school psychologist with his/her specialized training in research theory and methodology and unique role as a practitioner in the school setting is the ideal professional to effect a linking of formal knowledge to educational practice. (Author)