The article offers advice to special education teachers when they are consulted by regular teachers on learning and behavior problems. (PHR)

The purpose of consultation is to help other workers to become more efficient and effective. The consulting process is described in nine stages. Positive outcomes are likely if counselee and consultant agree on consulting modality. Consulting models can help support consultation in the work environment. (Author/MFD)

Describes a five-week course developed at Marie Curie High School in Chicago to help teenagers understand older people and the aging process. Consultants, guest speakers, movies, and some community projects and experiences were included. (MF)

Consulting engineering firms constantly are striving to improve their efficiency and increase their productivity. The greatest increases in design productivity can be achieved by more effective project and design management, particularly in the public sector. (Author/MLF)

Basic health and day care policies and procedures should be implemented and closely monitored with the help of a health consultant, particularly in terms of respiratory tract, enteric, skin, invasive bacterial, and multiple system infections; Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome; vaccine preventable diseases; and general safety procedures.…

One university has attempted to improve the quality of proposals and proposal reviews for internal grant competitions by allowing external peer review of grant proposals, with the option of modifying the proposals or otherwise responding to the critiques, before final review by the internal committees making the grants. (MSE)

Executive-search consultants are being hired to help fill posts in higher education from college presidents to development positions and deanships. Consultants perform a variety of services, from identifying and screening candidates to arranging flight schedules for campus visits. (MLW)

Examined use of Geriatric Consultation Team in acute care hospital among 185 older veterans. Intervention patients were more likely than controls to have recommendations concerning discharge planning and long-term care. Groups had similar discharge placements. Preadmission location, functional status, mental status, occurrence of hospital-acquired…

The paper explores three reasons for low use by teachers of behavior modification: (1) differences in assumptions concerning causality, (2) attributions of responsibility, and (3) problems in modifying the working knowledge of teachers. The implications of these issues are discussed in terms of how consultants might increase the impact of…

This article provides an overview of the issues and problems in developing consultation skills and outlines a supervisory model that can be employed by practicum and internship supervisors interested in developing consultation skills. Reactions to the model are given by Jewelle Taylor Gibbs (cross-cultural perspective), Dick Dustin, and Walter B.…

An overview of the ethical issues relevant to counseling psychology consultation is given, focusing on the possible pitfalls inherent in the consultant's competences and responsibilities. Reactions and extensions are given by Rodney L. Lowman and Clyde A. Crego. (Author/BL)

A gifted facilitator for junior high students describes her role in providing direct services (including teaching academic course content and higher level thinking skills) and indirect services (such as consulting with parents, teachers, and mentors). She presents a case example of a gifted 7th grader interested in architecture. (CL)

Reviewed the literature on the effectiveness of school counselors as consultants. Thirteen studies on counselor/teacher consultation were examined with 10 studies yielding positive results. Eight studies on counselor/parent consultation were examined with all eight studies yielding positive results. Implications are discussed. (ABL)

The roof management program at the University of Wyoming involved a consulting firm that provided a computer analysis of the condition of each roof on campus and trained university personnel to act as inspectors in the future. (MLF)