Examines the use of peer-helping programs in minimizing alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use. Discusses results of a meta-analysis of school-based drug-prevention programs, false conclusions about peer programs' ineffectiveness, features of two model programs that compared peer leadership to teacher/researcher-led programs, and suggestions for…

Developing helping skills and strategies for working with groups, parents, and other professionals is essential for teacher/advisors desiring to create a more favorable learning environment. School counselors are the key to teacher growth and development in program development, time management, creative leadership, accountability, and high,…

The theory of psychological reactance provides a useful framework for understanding perceived client resistance. This article elaborates on how this theory can be helpful to human services interns, particularly in the areas of client socialization, client motivation, and therapeutic pacing. A case example from adolescent treatment is included.…

Assesses the relationship between homesickness and self-disclosure in students at the start of their first semester and after six weeks. Finds that homesickness declines during the semester as level of self-disclosure increases. Results show importance of socially mediated benefits of self-disclosure during this transition. (Author/JDM)

Clients and counselors need to have a collaborative relationship if the helping process has a chance for success. Article discusses working alliance from the perspective of the school counselor, reviews research into the importance of the alliance for the counselor/client relationship, problems caused by the school context, and suggests ways in…

At a Utah middle school with low reading achievement, a service-learning program was introduced to put reading into action. Children read to elderly shut-ins, quilted for homeless persons, and wrote about these experiences. Staff adopted the Community of Caring's core values: caring, respect, responsibility, trust, and family. (MLH)

Investigated the relationship between young children's age and their recognition that helping or choosing not to help can cause feelings of pride or guilt. Found age differences in identifying helping-action or inaction as causes, but little support for the hypothesis that identification of guilt as a consequence of not helping would…

Examined second- through fifth-graders' conceptions of parental control. Found that with grade, children increasingly viewed parental helping, monitoring, and decision-making as indicating child incompetence. Found older children viewed parental praising as motivated by parents' desires to promote competence, and children's conceptions of parental…

Discusses how service learning can promote the development of a "caring self" in college students by drawing on the ideas of John Dewey, George Herbert Mead, and contemporary critical theorists. Links this caring self to democratic citizenship and uses students' narratives to illustrate how it develops through service learning contexts.…

Examines how Aboriginal groups and communities have taken leadership by developing their own holistic approaches to healing/wellness, based on their worldviews. Argues that a reflection on this process with an awareness of Aboriginal worldviews and cultural imperatives offers possible approaches that facilitate empowerment in working with…

Interviewed a sample of 118 caregivers maintaining relatives with dementia at home, who completed questionnaires at initial and follow-up assessment 6 months later. All dependents received a cognitive assessment. Results of data analysis supported a model of caregiving in which negative outcomes of burden and impaired health reduced positive…

Service learning benefits students of all academic abilities, particularly the gifted. Teachers should use the principles of good service, make service a requirement, encourage service experiences based on real needs, design interdisciplinary service courses, consider opportunities for social change, provide mentorships, reduce liability, and help…

A rupture in the therapeutic alliance is a deterioration in the quality of the relationship between patient and therapist; it is an interpersonal marker that indicates an opportunity for exploring and understanding the processes that maintain a maladaptive interpersonal schema. Outlines features of a research program on ruptures in the therapeutic…

In this study of conservative Christians' expectations of counseling, 100 participants rated their expectations of the behaviors and attitudes of a non-Christian counselor. Results suggest highly religious Christians expected more in-session religious behaviors from a non-Christian counselor. Both moderate and highly conservative Christians…

Describes an ethnographic study undertaken with 23 youth, in residential treatment centers, to explore the effect of caring relationships on their lives. Seven elements of caring relationships were identified: trust; attention; empathy; availability; affirmation; respect; and virtue. Describes how the components of successful caring can be used to…