Across the world countries are advocating the education of children and young people with disabilities in mainstream schools. There is also increasing interest in developing effective coordination of the specialist services pupils with disabilities receive from different agencies. This is accompanied by growing recognition that such care…

This article, expressing the views of three collaborating graduate students, examines the role of the counselor and concludes that the basic priority for all school counselors is to break down the existing dichotomy between teachers and counselors by removing the mystique surrounding what counselors "do." (Author/HMV)

A large section of the September issue presents the program, committees, and speakers for the 61st Annual Conference of the International Association of Pupil Personnel Workers. Constitution and by-laws for the association are also presented. (EJT)

This study investigates students' perceptions of the school psychologist and his or her role, and how that role relates to their felt needs and concerns. (Author)

Describes the development of a program that improved communication among pupil personnel department workers in a high school. (IRT)

As an employee of the school, the school psychologist is severely limited in the two roles he should be fulfilling: his role as an advocate for the child and his role as an agent for change within the school. The author raises questions about school subsidized community clinics. (Author)

Results of the study suggest that guidance specialists, principals, and teachers see the need for more ideal guidance services with the teachers being most dissatisfied. (Author)

The performance of the competent pupil personnel worker fills the void between administrative and instructional functions that seemingly cannot be filled by achievement of guidance objectives alone. (Author)

This study was an exploratory investigation into the attitudes held by school personnel regarding maternal employment. Tentative explanations for the findings are offered. (Author/GK)

This document focuses on state requirements for the various professional roles for Part C services and collaborative efforts to ensure high quality personnel are available to provide Part C services. States have established requirements to ensure a high quality workforce for children and families receiving Part C services. These requirements vary…

School improvement initiatives are needed to better meet the needs of underprivileged students, to reduce underachievement and to break a continuing cycle of disadvantage. This article describes part of a school improvement initiative in New Zealand that provided additional funding for school nurse and social worker services in nine secondary…

This article studies the employment rate of counselors without teaching experience as opposed to counselors with teaching experience and examines differences in their expressed counseling orientation. A questionnaire was mailed to currently-employed counselors, both former-teachers and non-teachers. Results indicate that teaching experience is not…

Describes some of the frustrations involved in counseling in a metropolitan junior high school serving a community of lower middle class people. (HMV)

This article considers some of the ethical dilemmas confronting the counselor, educational diagnostician, and psychologist in the school setting. Comparisons are made between the ethical codes of the American Psychological Association, the American Personnel and Guidance Association, and actual practices in many school settings. (Author)