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Learning Disabled Students and Their Families: Implications and Strategies for Counselors.
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Lombana, Judy H. – Journal of Humanistic Education and Development, 1992
Describes social and emotional problems of learning-disabled students and presents research that substantiates interactional role of the family in these problems. Reviews some of major personal and social issues facing learning-disabled students and suggests ways that school counselors and mental health workers can work with families of these…
Descriptors: Counseling Techniques, Counselor Role, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Disabilities
Spinal Cord Injured College Students: Counseling and Guidance Approaches.
Dailey, Anne Louise – Journal of College Student Personnel, 1979
Physical, psychological, academic, and career problems of spinal cord injured college students plus counselor knowledge, attitudes, and skills that help in solving these problems are cited. Community and commercial resources are identified. Programs that enhance faculty and employer sensitivity and cord injured student development are described.…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), College Students, Counseling, Counselor Role
The Counselor and Student Discipline: Suggested Roles.
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Bickel, Frank; O'Neill, Maude – Personnel and Guidance Journal, 1979
Provides summary and analysis of literature on the counselor's role in school discipline. Roles are grouped into six categories: mediator, ombudsman, consultant, psychological educator, special program developer, and counselor. Counselors may find roles that satisfy the needs of their students and are appropriate to their own personalities and…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Counselor Role, Counselors, Discipline Problems
The Counsellor as Consultant.
Hett, Geoffrey G.; Davies, Alan – 1985
A survey (Jevne, 1981) conducted to determine Canadian counselor competencies revealed that, of the nine areas considered important for counselor training, the 304 respondents in the field of counseling ranked training in consulting as sixth in importance. Prompted by these results, a literature review was conducted to determine if consulting was…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Consultation Programs, Counselor Attitudes, Counselor Role
Counseling Elderly Students in Community Colleges.
Rollins, Dontry – 1979
Despite the growing number of older students (age 50 or over) attending two-year institutions, counseling services relevant to their needs are often overlooked. These needs are especially acute because they often stem from the disengagement of long established social roles, such as the loss of a job through retirement, the loss of loved ones…
Descriptors: Adult Counseling, Adult Students, Community Colleges, Counseling
Parent Education and Counseling.
Merrill, Janet L. – Texas Personnel and Guidance Journal, 1980
Examines the home-school relationship in the context of parent education and counseling in the elementary school setting. Explores the role of the specialist in the field of education. At the elementary school level the best avenue to helping youngsters with problems is through parents. (Author/BEF)
Descriptors: Counselor Role, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Parent Child Relationship
Eating Disorders of the Adolescent: Current Issues in Etiology, Assessment, and Treatment.
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Phelps, LeAdelle; Bajorek, Ellen – School Psychology Review, 1991
Literature on the prevalence, symptomatology, and etiology of anorexia nervosa and bulimia in adolescents is reviewed. The school psychologist is in an essential position to help the adolescent and family. Assessment, consultation, and intervention strategies are discussed for the school psychologist, and psychological and pharmacological…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia, Consultation Programs