This paper describes the development of a scale that measures college students' attitudes about community service, based on Schwartz' process model of altruistic helping behavior. The development of such a scale is seen as essential for research, evaluation of interventions, and the prediction of outcomes of community service participation. The…

This tipsheet provides information on the incidence of students with hearing impairments or deafness enrolled in postsecondary education institutions. It discusses the special needs of student with hearing impairments and warning signs of hearing loss. Tips are provided for instructors, including: (1) repeat or rephrase questions/comments from the…

This guidebook was written for school personnel who come in direct, daily contact with the grieving student. Included is a description of what staff should expect from the grief experience of students and staff. It provides information about how to support the grieving student, healthy ways to grieve, and how to be empathetic. A description is…

The behavior oriented elementary school counselor can expand his role to include crisis problems once handled entirely by clinicians outside the school setting. A behavioral approach permits the counselor to treat problems such as school phobia as a function of environmental consequences. (Author)

An internship program in nontechnical roles in health services for 198 self-selected undergraduates proved helpful for students and host institutions. Benefits included help in career decisions, exercise in self-directed learning, and demonstration of noncognitive qualities (social and ethical) desirable for professional work in patient care and…

People involved in prolonged, intensive interaction with others in an emotionally charged atmosphere may be susceptible to burnout and experience emotional exhaustion, negative attitudes toward clients, and the loss of a sense of accomplishment. Research on teacher burnout is reviewed and areas needing further research are defined. (PP)

Florida State University researchers asked 185 student teachers to identify their "most significant other" and to describe that person using a semantic differential of 27 bipolar adjective pairs. Seventy percent of the students ranked cooperating teachers first. The study points to the importance of emotional support and guidance by cooperating…

Suggests that effective use of the relationship between worker and client requires defining the concept of relationship more specifically. This may be accomplished through a consideration of the context and purpose of the particular treatment situations, the outcomes desired and the responses that are necessary to achieve these goals. (Author)

Describes concepts from social anthropology as confirming the traditional role and skills of the counselor--warm, emphatic, interpersonal communicator. Proposes counselors take comfort in the speculation that they actually serve the long-term needs of society, but that helping professionals should also be concerned about accountability. (JAC)

An ethnographic study of instructional processes in a college class resulted in identification of the instructor's roles and various teaching methods. Positive classroom dynamics were found to be related to the instructor's willingness to help students comprehend difficult lessons. (JN)

Three levels of development for a student affairs staff are proposed. The levels reflect the orientation and sophistication of the staff as a collective unit, with the effectiveness of a staff being related to its level of development. (Author)

Black undergraduate volunteers were trained to give assistance to black dormitory residents, with the primary focus on referring them to professional helping resources. Black faculty and staff were identified as referral resources. The merits of training peer counselors broadly as opposed to in depth are discussed. (Author)

The increased use of assigned tasks in social work practice heightens the need for techniques that practitioners can use to enhance the likelihood that clients will adopt the desired behavior. The authors describe several techniques that have received empirical confirmation in research studies. (Author)

The author suggests that counselors should concentrate on helping homosexuals improve the quality of their interpersonal relationships rather than offering therapy to help them change. This paper was presented at the annual convention of the Association of Behavior Therapy, San Francisco, 13 December 1975. (Author)

A Solomon 4-group design was used in order to study further the effects of Gestalt workshops on the measured self-actualization of college students. Results indicated a significant treatment effect on an overall measure of self-actualization. (Author)