Explores two problems, role conflict and athletic retirement, commonly faced by student athletes. Describes several potentially useful intervention models based on a psychoeducational approach, and suggests some directions for future research in aiding understanding of student-athlete development. (Author/KS)

Outlines a conceptual framework, the Reflective Judgement model, which describes predictable differences in the intellectual development of college students. Validation attempts are discussed, and applications leading to sound counseling and educational interventions are suggested. The model is illustrated with an example of a classroom assignment…

Focuses on curriculum intervention, the adaptation of an educational model of delivering counseling services within a prevention model. The counselor's role includes program selection and introduction, consultation, modeling, parental guidance, and program assessment. Counselors can use psychological education to assist educators in promoting…

Discusses the value of diagnostic classification systems to counseling professionals. Describes the Ecological Diagnostic Classification Plan, an approach to diagnosis that includes the environment as a possible cause of pathology and target of intervention. (Author/KS)

Presents a model for the development of counseling services which incorporates crisis, remedial, and developmental interventions. Levels, goals, and strategies of each of these three interventions are also conceptualized and discussed. Emphasis is placed on the student as the ultimate beneficiary or target of all services. (Author)

Student organization development (SOD) is an emerging technology for conducting intentional student development through positive alteration of student organizations. One model (CORE) for conceptualizing SOD is in use at the Student Development Center of the University of Cincinnati. The CORE model to SOD is comprised of three concentric rings, the…

This document presents a model for student organization development, defining in detail the central conditions for the CORE model (Cohesion, Organization, Resourcefulness, and Energy); and provides an assessment tool, the CORE Conditions Checklist, for checking the extent to which these conditions are present in organizations. The CORE model is…

Presents 11 articles devoted to the application of primary prevention tactics and strategies in elementary and secondary school systems. Describes specific programs and reviews research related to positive student development and the prevention of emotional and learning problems. Discusses the role of counselors, teachers, and other professional…