Looks at schools that serve children whose problems in learning and behavior mark them as marginal students. Identifies "cultural imperatives" by observing curriculum domains emphasized in "special" and largely separate school programs. Notes that increasing numbers of special programs have become highly disjointed and inefficient in schools and…

Theoretical review provides psychologists with stronger etiological explanations for problematic behaviors they encounter in schools. Considers theory of gene-environment correlation to explain how behavior patterns can become more stable over life span and diathesis-stress theory to clarify how environment interacts with behavioral dispositions…

Discusses the nonacademic problems which cause developmental education students at Dyke College, Cleveland, to interrupt their studies. Considers problems in four categories: financial, health, family responsibility, and involvement in litigation. (Author/DR)

Reviews verbal and physical abuse that threatens well-being and physical survival of lesbian, gay male, and bisexual youths. Notes that this response to gay male, lesbian, and bisexual adolescents by significant others in their environment is often associated with several problematic outcomes, including school-related problems, running away,…

Attempts to clarify the complex relationship between the identification of at-risk students and the ways educators try to retain them in school. Examines student problems from three different perspectives: the idiosyncratic, the sociocultural, and the institutional. Common student problems of learning, inappropriate behavior, depression, and…

Notes that more students with severe personality disorders are presenting for psychological services at university counseling centers. Considers ethical dilemmas posed by these students. Sees clinical decisions about appropriate treatment modalities, philosophical decisions about agency mission, and available resources to carry out defined…

Presents school counselors with a brief intervention model for conducting family (and classroom) assessment and consultation that can be used within the framework of a parent-teacher conference setting. The family counseling-consultation model described provides school counselors with practical, step-by-step format for assessment and intervention…

Asserts that teasing and bullying are hurtful to children physically and emotionally, and can seriously affect the child who does the teasing or bullying, the child who is teased or bullied, and bystanders who see it happening. Offers suggestions for Head Start to take positive action to address this behavior before it takes root and grows. (SD)

This document presents a report on the proceedings of a conference called to examine the problem of bullying of pupils in the age group 6-16 years old in schools in Europe, with the hope that the presentations and discussions would stimulate further awareness and interest and lead to the initiation of further research into the subject within…

Suggests that effective school counseling program would be time efficient and time limited; address issue that most students are not self-referred; address issue of reluctant student; demonstrate positive orientation toward people and change; teach students to use counseling process, change their behaviors, and cope; and use strength of clients…

Introduces conceptual framework for developing positive, nonaversive, behavioral support plans for students with severe disabilities. Notes that framework is comprised of multiple components (alternative skill training, antecedent interventions, lifestyle planning) and offers comprehensive, proactive approach to reduction and prevention of…

Presents framework for collaborative problem solving between elementary school counselors and teachers. Describes factors that effect the use of the framework and the impact of the behavioral conceptual framework on teacher behavior. Strategies for counselor to collaborate with teachers in developing, implementing, and evaluating interventions is…

The issue of children of alcoholics (COAs) is discussed in this document, focusing on COAs in school. The topics of authority in the family and family relationships are discussed. The roles (hero, lost child, mascot) COAs adopt and how these roles are manifested in school are discussed. It is noted that COAs are seeking to have fundamental needs…

The purpose of this booklet is to raise the awareness of teachers and other school personnel about the needs and characteristics of the children of alcoholics and addicts and to explain what schools can do to help. The booklet discusses: (1) risk factors for children of alcoholics and substance abusers, including the psychological, emotional, and…

Describes behavioral checksheet as both a checklist of student behaviors that provides information to parents concerning their child's inappropriate school behavior and a means for directly involving the parents in the change process. Discusses the use of behavioral checksheets within the family context, lists specific uses of behavioral…