The majority are aware of their clients' medication use and are willing to contact a physician. Most use medical consultants, request or require medical examinations, and are active in seeking a client evaluation for hospitalization in relation to dangerousness or suicide potential. (Author)

Discusses selected books that had an influence on the author's childhood and career. (JT)

Evaluation research is a new area of interest, and provokes many questions about the appropriate direction for its development. Whether it should be an independent discipline or a specialty within other fields is argued. Approaches to training so as to permit development of a model are suggested. (Author/GK)

Describes some of the different roles an instructional consultant may fill and their implications for both clients and consultants. The focus is on the differences between consultants as generalists and as specialists, and between consultants as advisors to others and as direct providers of products or services. (Author)

Suggests that secondary school reading specialists desiring to establish a school-based, schoolwide reading program form a reading committee composed of content area teachers who propose ideas and help implement them. (MKM)

Reviews the results of 29 studies on the effectiveness of school consultation published between 1972 and 1977. Of the studies reviewed, 76 percent reported at least one or more positive effects resulting from consultation interventions. Despite the problems entailed in measuring consultation outcomes, the practice does appear to be effective.…

Investigated the teachability of 11 consultation-related skills. Concluded that experimental group subjects significantly outperformed the control group subjects in Verbal Consultation on the posttest but experimental and control groups did not differ significantly in Nonverbal Consultation. (Author)

Considers the role functions and general competencies of communication trainers. Focuses on the way trainers execute two principal tasks: 1) selecting topics, teaching, and evaluating communication seminars; and 2) diagnosing and managing communication problems which occur within the organization. (JMF)

Staffing patterns, level of influence on admissions policy and on actual admissions decisions, and planning and research activities of admissions offices were examined. In addition, the extent to which marketing consultants are used in developing admissions materials was also considered. (Author)

A preschool psychologist recounts his personal experiences performing three roles other than the traditional diagnostic and psychometric functions: those of consultant, program developer, and researcher. (CP)

Describes the responsibilities of the clinical medical librarian, an occupation in which the medical librarian operates in a clinical setting, identifying information needs of medical personnel through direct patient-physician-librarian contact. (CWM)

Three strategies for implementing self-renewal by urban schools are discussed-- technical assistance, content training for staff, and process consultation between specialists and staff. (JD)

An approach to an elementary school improvement project features interventions into three key aspects of school life--the classroom, the organizational climate of the school, and school community relations. (JD)

Discusses reading specialists' responsibilities concerning children's vision problems. (MKM)

A hypothetical counseling case study involving a frustrated gifted elementary student and an inflexible regular class teacher is presented. (CL)