Despite the status of Canada and the United States as major destinations for refugees worldwide, school-age refugee children in their K-12 schools continue to face significant challenges. To better understand barriers and facilitators for refugee students after resettlement, we carried out a meta-synthesis of 34 peer-reviewed articles that shed…

This article uses "close-up" ethnographic research to provide an account of students' engagement with learning in a South African university. Broadly based on Halliday's [Halliday, M. A. K. (1973). "Explorations in the functions of language". London: Edward Arnold; Halliday, M. A. K. (1978). "Language as social…

Recent Australian and New Zealand studies on college student workload are reviewed. Most of the studies have viewed workload questions in the broader context of arrangements for teaching, learning, and assessment. A Monash University, Australia, study assessed the total amount of work done by students, the distribution of study time between…

Provides overview of existing literature on psychoeducational adjustment of immigrant children from English-speaking countries in Caribbean and Central America. Addresses issues of education, language differences, sociocultural adjustment, and in the case of Central American immigrant children, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. Discusses role of…

Investigates the personal concerns and causes of difficulties perceived by Hong Kong adolescent students (N=2,103). Results reveal that academic achievement was perceived as the most pressing concern, while problems at home and maladjusted behavior were seen as lesser concerns. Discusses implications for psychologists working with adolescents in…

Presents findings of a nationwide survey into the extent to which United Kingdom schools for students with emotional and behavioral difficulties reintegrate their pupils into mainstream schools and on the problems they have encountered. Results indicate that very few of these pupils ever return to mainstream school. Considers study's implications…

Uses a family systems approach in reviewing literature indicating school problems can serve a functional role in the family. Suggests that family members may act to maintain school problems for the sake of family stability. Discusses implications for school counselors. (JAC)

To assess the mental abilities of mentally retarded children, 100 tests were tried out on more than 350 German Ss and the TBGB ("Test-batterie fur geistig behinderte Kinder"Test battery for mentally retarded children") was developed. (SW)

Studies the expectations for school psychological services of Estonian teachers and school psychologists and the real problems psychologists deal with in schools. Results find that the problems that need the intervention of a psychologist are perceived differently by teachers and psychologists. Teachers tend to consider child-centered services…

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…