Life skills counseling employs a life problem derived" curriculum and a four stage learning model integrating counseling and teaching functions to help disadvantaged groups acquire the necessary experience, knowledge and skill to cope effectively with the psychosocial aspects of personal development, parenthood, and citizenship. (Author)

Discusses the application of a reality therapy paradigm for counseling disabled clients. Short-term counseling using a reality therapy framework provided a favorable balance between counselor direction and client acceptance of responsibility. (Author)

A model for the personal responsibility group is presented. Each person in the group chooses goals based on personal perspectives and is not subordinate to an authority or to the group. Personal responsibility for actions and decisions is taken by each group member. (RC)

With the aid of a counselor a client can develop a simple goal attainment chart on which he records self defined objectives and rates his success in attaining them. The Goal Attainment Chart is included, complete with specific examples for its use. (Author/DOW)

Group gestalt therapy in which the leader facilitates the development of helping capacity in group members is described. The general characteristics of this approach are discussed and ground rules concerning leader and member behaviors are suggested. (RC)

The purpose of this article is to consider one aspect of counseling services--academic advisement--and to develop a new model for incorporating this service into the overall student services program. The model for academic advisement emphasizes the student as a developing person. (Author)

While most people would readily agree that all family members and especially children are likely to experience adverse effects to their personal development as a result of being homeless, it is both surprising and distressing to note how little attention this topic has received in the professional literature to date. Counselors are well-advised to…

A broader view of the career problem and the counselor's role through teaching clients behavioral self-control techniques is offered in this paper. Preliminary discussion includes a review of existing vocational theories and research, in particular, Holland's typology and Super's self-concept theory. It is concluded from these reviews that the…