The prospects for mental health in the schools are fraught with great difficulties, the child guidance or youth guidance team should be increased rather than diminished, and the team should include experts in the field of drug education, addiction and abuse. Presented at American School Health Association, San Diego, California, October 1972.…

U.S. students in Britain find that when they return to the States all credits for work completed abroad may not be accepted toward a degree. (HS)

Describes reasons for and patterns of high school protest movements. (DS)

The major findings were: (a) subjects were favorable to the concept of counseling; (b) subjects generally reported minimal information about the counseling center; (c) for help with personal and social problems, friends were the first choice for help; and (d) depression, choice of major, and future were the most common problems. (Author)

Points out pertinent characteristics of the veteran and identifies their educational needs that require imaginative solutions and prompt action. (Author/HS)

Study results are similar to findings of S. King (1968) which show very few differences in background between users and nonusers. Noncounseled students did as well academically as counseled, and only half of the latter felt their experience had been helpful. There appears to be a need for more evaluation of counseling effectiveness. (CJ)

High-curiosity boys had higher self-concepts than low-curiosity boys and tended to exhibit better interpersonal attitudes and to participate in activities which seem to be an indication of curiosity. (Author/DR)

Discusses various adolescent novels that deal with divorce and explains how they might help high school students adjust to its trauma. (FL)

Assessed the level of social alienation among foreign students in the United States. Foreign students (N=53) completed the social alienation subscale of the Deans Alienation Scale. Results indicated that social alienation among these students deviates significantly from normal expectation. (Author/RC)

This article discusses the child who never manages to succeed, who always falls short of his/her personal or academic goals. Consideration is given to causes of failure in the child's over- or under-expectations of self and to the behavior problems that can result from continuous frustration. (SJL)

Facetiously examines heuristics in mumbling, staring, moving, doodling, and noise that can be used by writing teachers to help their writing students with rhetorical invention. (RL)

Areas of concern regarding the relationship between collegiate achievement are suggested for further study, along with guidelines for research. (JMF)