Charles Levy's classic 1973 article outlined a set of basic value-orientations for supervisors. Attempts to operationalize Levy's principles in order to develop practical guidelines for ethical practice. Discusses problem of "careerism" in social worker supervisors. Recommends supervisors examine ethical implications of their behavior.…

Fifty pairs of sisters with at least one parent over age 75 years were interviewed about parents' situation and how they and their siblings divided filial responsibilities. Results showed that, once parents were perceived to have needs, sibling groups organized to meet them. Found five styles of participation and three factors affecting styles and…

Ex-smokers reported the frequencies of specific behaviors from their spouses, families, and friends, via the Social Interaction Questionnaire, at two, three, and eight weeks following cessation from smoking. Compared with recidivists, abstainers reported more helping behaviors from friends throughout the maintenance period. The pattern of friends'…

This research review considers the literature on monitoring in education, suggests considerations for successful monitoring programs, and includes a selected bibliography of additional readings on mentorship. (CB)

Interviewed 53 noninstitutionalized elderly to examine patterns of exchange of assistance within their informal helping networks. Results suggest inability to reciprocate rather than need for assistance had a greater negative effect on morale. There was a negative relationship between formal service use and reliance on the informal network.…

Significant relationships were found between linguistic maturity of children, speech of parents, and children's helping behavior. Mean length of utterance was a better predictor of cooperative behavior than child age; no comparable relationships were found for parents' nonverbal behaviors. Results support a hypothesis of verbal mediation of…

Subjects (N=64) were given 20 minutes to work on a high-achievement-arousal or no-achievement-arousal task while faced with an opportunity to help a graduate student. Males proved significantly more likely to help in the no-achievement-arousal condition than in the high-arousal condition, whereas females' helping was not affected by…

The author describes his early experiences in initiating a peer facilitation program. (Author)

Presents a brief statement of essential conditions for psychotherapeutic change: (a) a helping relationship patterned after the parent-child relationship; (b) the creation of a power base from which the therapist influences the client through common psychological techniques; and (c) a client who has the capacity to profit from the experience.…

Therapists engaged in the use of family therapy as a treatment method are consistently faced with a rather intense resistance on the part of the family to being treated as a unit. The author's own experience both in doing and supervising family therapy has necessitated some focusing on this perplexing problem. (Author)

Guidance-drama activity provides (a) crisp definitions of selected issues; (b) potent modeling from the characters in the play, the students actively engaged in the play, and the students involved in the discussions that follow the play; and (c) a technique for peer-led discussions on sensitive issues. This article gives precise definition to the…

This introductory article advocates a new definition of the counselor role: that of psychological educator with a description of the characteristics of this role. The issue as a whole indicates a variety of specific action steps counselors may take if they wish to become psychological educators. (Author)

Helping professionals can have an impact upon their clients and their client's world through a well-developed and thought-through approach. But values must be the first priority in both thought and action. (Author)

The goal of the present research endeavor was to assess the selection and training process for the use of para-professionals as a part of the counseling and crisis intervention services offered to students at a four year liberal arts college. (Author)

Without the election of personal choice (decision making) an individual's behavior would lack direction and would be mere random activity. Decision Counseling, therefore, is necessarily involved in all extended helping relationships, and only the timing of its inception or implementation must be determined. (Author)