This document discusses the relative merits of cross-age helping programs, where one older more experienced student helps younger less experienced children to learn. Two types of approaches to organizing cross-age helping programs are reviewed: (1) one emphasizes a programmed or structured approach which consists of a series of detailed steps for…

This document reviews the many discrepancies and problems in counselor training and attempts to provide concrete suggestions for improvement. Honest self-appraisal and development are viewed as prerequisites to the development of helping relationships with others. Typically, counselors are trained to model behavior in isolation, to emphasize…

Counseling is a deliberate psychological interaction requiring the counselor to relate and communicate with his clients, to diagnose, to recommend preventive and remediative measures, and to intervene at some level of competency. Each area is problematic in cross-cultural counseling because of cultural difference. Relationship barriers are…

Describing the processes that characterize children's thinking at successive stages of development, Jean Piaget's theories provide guidelines for the study of the intellectual development of children. These conference proceedings relate Piagetian theory to the helping professions. Through the use of panel discussion, symposia, test demonstrations,…

This pamphlet is intended to inform educators and provide guidelines for dealing with drug use and abuse in schools. Problems related to and arising from our living in a drug-taking society are discussed and clarified. Other sections are concerned with: (1) the rationale; (2) recommended procedures for school-centered drug problems; (3) a legal…

Transactional Analysis as it can be applied to the needs of the school counselor and school psychologist is discussed. An overview of the major tenents of transactional analysis is presented, followed by a descriptive diagnosis of operating ego states. Game playing on the parts of parents and psychologists is discussed and the author concludes…

This research derives from the proposition that a helping relationship influences the helper's perceptions of the recipient, and that the perceptual consequences are not necessarily positive. It was hypothesized that persons who help tend to underestimate the ability of the recipient. In a 2 X 2 factorial design, subjects (48 college males)…

This paper presents both a developmental and an operational definition of the process of therapeutic communication and analyzes the dynamics of the helping relationship in terms of therapeutic communication. Basically, therapeutic communication is defined operationally by the complementary communication behaviors which occur in each stage of the…

Discusses the role of the child advocate. Maintains that all who work with children should function as advocates by showing children goals held for them, by establishing rituals, by giving immediate responses to children at times of crisis, and by recognizing the need for compassion backed by professional techniques. Speech presented at the…

This was an exploratory study of the descriptive and standardized test factors related to orientation advisor effectiveness as perceived by new students, supervisors, and the advisors themselves. Results indicated that effective advisors tended to be older, brighter, and seen as reserved, interpersonally cautious, and empathetic to new students'…

An affective rele-altering model of family therapy is outlined. The role of affect, conflict, and demand-making are examined to note similarities and differences with other approaches to family intervention. Terms utilized within the model are defined and illustrations provided. The implications for the affective therapist's use of self are…

Recommends that the influences outlined in this article be given priority in programs designed to prepare professional counselors. Attention to these issues should result in the student counselor's becoming more sensitive to the core dimensions of an effective counseling relationship and the proper role of the practicing counselor. (Author)

A society's economic structure has a pervasive influence on the lives of individuals and on the political and social arrangements under which they live. The author discusses this influence and its impact on social work practice, and suggests that an understanding of economic realities will enhance social workers' empathy. (Author)

The article details the significance of nonverbal communication or body language for the counselor in interview situations. It gives background material of the research done in the area of nonverbal communication, and quotes extensively from the leaders in the field. (Author)