Teachers in inner city schools today are usually unprepared for dealing effectively with a mobile, rapidly changing, culturally varied population. A program to provide such training, based upon the concept of staff self help through collegial supervision, was implemented in the Francis M. Leahy Elementary School in Lawrence, Massachusetts. Over a…

Discusses self-instructional training used as a cognitive restructuring strategy which has been a successful intervention strategy with elementary school-aged children. Provides case illustration of the strategy used with a withdrawn 14-year-old-girl. (ABL)

Suggests ways to enable school counselors to help sexually abused children help themselves. Lists developing an awareness of the family dynamics; establishing trust, empathy, and rapport; recognizing feelings of the victim; and building positive self-esteem as counseling strategies. (ABB)