This article describes five lessons learned from the authors' experiences in consulting with residence hall staff. The lessons are: (a) meet the client's needs; (b) negotiate the contract carefully; (c) use crises for growth and change; (d) use structured consultation; and (e) tie research to the client's needs. (Author)

Trends and countertrends abound around the basic question, "Who can be a helper?" This article deals with the characteristics of effective helpers and draws together a broad range of recent thought on questions concerning professionalism, status, and counseling competencies. (Author)

The major emphasis during counselor preparation is on the client's concerns. If this is so, the beginning counselor has not been adequately prepared to face the disparity between theory and reality. Many counselors realize the emotional demands are too great for the amount of return and leave the profession. (Author)

The counselor can become more helpful to Puerto Rican counselees by relating to the client as a member of the family system and by taking on the role of consultant. Counseling effectiveness will be increased if the counselor recognizes the importance of the family unit in Puerto Rican culture. (Author/HLM)

The counselor's role in alternative schools is discussed in terms of personal counseling, educational guidance, career guidance, assessment, and nontraditional guidance techniques. (Author/HLM)

In this study of high school student perceptions of counselors, perception most frequently differed between freshmen/sophomores and juniors/seniors. All students perceived the counselor's activities as being primarily directed toward educational and career guidance functions rather than as an assistant with personal problems. (Author/HLM)

The Knowles study (1964) was followed-up 10 years later using the Modified Knowles Attitude Scale. Groups of professional counselors (N=5) were compared to the earlier study. Results indicated no change in relationship of attitudes toward the secondary school counselor's role by counselor educators, secondary counselors, and secondary…

The evaluation of school psychological services is a responsibility and an opportunity too long ignored. This paper describes and presents examples of five data collection devices which can be used in the evaluation effort: the vignette-based questionnaire, the role-model questionnaire, the services received questionnaire, the teacher interview,…

The author provides eight general guidelines which counselors should use when dealing with grieving clients. A synthesis of current theories about grief and a six-stage process of grief are also described. (Author/HLM)

An opportunity for medical students to observe and interact with children in a setting outside the clinical environment was introduced as part of ambulatory pediatric clerkship training. Evaluation of the program indicated its overall effectiveness as well as areas for which changes are suggested. (LBH)

Assisting people to realize the meaning of their human potential necessitates understanding the limited functions of school counseling and the importance of utilizing community resources. There is a need to be cognizant of knowledge, techniques, skills, and procedures that enable counselors to use the community helping resources. (Author)

This study explores the relationship between counselors' locus of control and the degree of change on racial attitudes followed by a structured awareness program and counseling experience on racial and multi-ethnic cultures. (Author)

This study suggests parents (N=66), teachers (N=77), and students (N=550) all seem to agree that student supervision and discipline are low priority counseling functions. The teachers' ratings of guidance attitude statements did not suggest that these additional responsibilities made counselors too busy to meet the other needs of their counselees.…

How can the dignity or well being of people in the terminal phase of their lives be fostered? A short-term educational program model was developed to assist a group of personnel (N=83) in a hospital for the chronically ill to become more responsive to this challenge. (Author)

This investigation explored the relationship between helping and training as experimental main effects. Subjects (N=53) were randomly assigned to four experimental groups. The results for the experimental main effects are discussed in relationship to self-concept change, helper-communication functioning, and helper-discrimination functioning.…