The author describes the range of services and duties of resource room teachers for handicapped students. Many conceptions favor the role of teacher consultant and emphasize needed skills in communicating with and demonstrating for peers. (CL)

The article examines school psychological services for learning disabled students in the areas of assessment, consultation, program development, counseling, and research. (DB)

Reviews empirical research on role variables in various professional groups and describes an empirical study that investigates the relationship between certain role and job satisfaction variables for a sample of 68 professional librarians. Thirty-three references are listed. (FM)

Even though the role of the school psychologist has become more diversified in recent years, many public school systems remain unaware of the range of potential competencies available. Suggestions are made pertaining to practitioner-initiated activities that can serve to facilitate implementation of the desired role. (Author)

Analyzes the characteristics of counselors' and psychologists' socioprofessional identity, the competencies they value, their perception of themselves as competent professionals, and their value systems. (Author/BEF)

Data from married Utah residents were used to assess a model of marital role satisfaction. Conclusions suggest that a roles approach in evaluating global satisfaction is appropriate. Stress and conflict are general conditions rather than role specific. Behaviors which decrease role stress may not result in increase in role satisfaction.…

There is need for coordination of I&R services into a national network to improve effectiveness and economy, and the Library of Congress should be the coordinating agency for federal resources being spent for I&R. This would assume greater continuity of support and responsiveness to the citizen. (Author/MBR)

Discusses the expectations held by teachers, students, the public, boards of education, superintendents, power structures, and other administrators of the role the principal should play in their lives. Considers role conflict and principal reactions to differing role expectations. (Author/RK)

This research reports on the significance of grandmotherhood to an area sample of 125 females, most of whom were grandmothers, age 70 or over. The paper describes the development of a typology which was designed to identify, describe, and test four distinct types of grandparenting. (Author)

This study identifies four patterns of how college presidents (N=32) interpret their own leadership roles and defines them in terms of a president's target of attention, mode of action, and relatedness to college life. It concludes that the presidency is not a singular, objective event but a subjective construction that may be experienced in…

Reviews mental health counseling literature for descriptions of practice settings, mental health conceptual models, role descriptions, and essential knowledge and skills. Proposes mental health counseling definition that incorporates common elements from the review. Concludes with proposal for resolving mental health counseling's severe identity…

Evaluated role expectancies in essential nursing services of nursing home professional and relatives of residents. Although findings revealed significant agreement between groups, areas existed where families deemed themselves responsible for task but staff expectations were incongruent. Provides analysis of this process and discusses steps to…

Presents procedure, mixed-radix positional number algorithm, for reducing set of numerous changes and stabilities in multiple roles at given time to a single empirical code. Demonstrates applicability and utility of procedure to wide array of complex family analyses through a simple pedagogical example. (Author/NB)

Because the first educational reform waves were centered at state and school levels, superintendents have been left out of the picture. Excluding the superintendency from overall improvement designs or demeaning its contribution could unravel many change efforts. Superintendents must commit to a well-crafted educational agenda and redefine their…