Counseling victims of incest is based on the needs of each client. Different types of trauma may differentially affect four main areas of the victim's life: social, emotional, physical, and sexual. Each of these areas merits exploration in counseling, with emphasis varying with the nature of the circumstances surrounding the incestuous…

THIS PAPER PRESENTS THE PROCEDURES FOR A GROUP COUNSELING PROGRAM ON FOUR LEVELS--(1) COUNSELING WITHIN PEER GROUPS AS CHILDREN LEARN FROM EACH OTHER IN INTERACTION, (2) TEACHER SEMINARS WHERE TEACHERS CAN SHARE IDEAS ON SPECIFIC PROBLEMS AND GAIN INSIGHT ON THE OTHER COUNSELING GROUPS, (3) PARENT GROUPS WHERE ONE PARENT COUNSELED IN FRONT OF THE…

The Bloomington, Illinois public schools recognized the need for a developmental and continuous guidance program from grades kindergarten through 12. During 1965-66, an elementary school guidance pilot project was initiated in two schools. This report provides information about the implementation of the program and role and functions of the…

This paper describes a workshop for pupil personnel workers inaugurated to formulate statewide goals and objectives for Pupil Personnel Services in the public schools of Connecticut. Separate workshops were held for urban and suburban pupil personnel teams. Included in the report is a rationale for the workshops, a day-by-day schedule of workshop…

This paper outlines objectives and procedures followed to develop career awareness through foreign language instruction at a junior high school in Maryland. The purpose of Project Aware was to make the student cognizant of the need for occupational and career exploration as early as possible. The outline contains (1) basic procedures, (2) sample…

Effective rehabilitation requires the counselor to serve as his client's advocate. The goals of rehabilitation are clear and are product oriented. While skill as a counselor is required to achieve these goals for many clients, the clients represent problems which will require more than counseling skills before the problems can be resolved and the…

The new emerging role of the consultant to counselors is considered. The consultant will function in a helping relationship with a colleague in counseling and related pupil personnel services with emphasis upon counseling and guidance services. Indicated are several needs for this professional: (1) the need to support the counselor in achieving…

This monograph focuses specifically on the college or university counseling center. One goal of this monograph is to present an information resource about the counseling center as it exists today, to examine the personnel, clientele, and physical facilities of the counseling center as well as the theoretical model dictating the services provided.…

The question "Can a machine counsel" asks not if a machine can imitate the behavior of counselors, but rather if an identity of goals can be achieved between machine and counselor. If the goal of counseling is the discovering and internalizing of problem-solving processes, is it possible to create ".....a machine environment such than an…

In redirecting educational efforts to respond to change, the counseling and guidance services are at the core. New roles for these areas must emerge as career education comes of age. The National Advisory Council on Vocational Education (NACVE) sees a need for counseling and guidance to set new goals and objectives. NACVE's sixth report,…

The author describes a counseling technique which: (1) is based upon behavior theory and treats acts and thoughts as operants, and anxiety as a respondent controlled by classical conditioning; (2) entails in vivo desensitization, requiring the construction of a hierarchy of anxiety-producing situations which can be enacted; (3) uses peer- or…

A description of the counselor's role and identity is presented prior to the identification and discussion of 18 issues which can be raised in relation to the effectiveness of the counseling profession. The issues are representative of what many counselors feel to be most important and include provision of quality counselor education and training;…

New roles are outlined for counselor action within the elementary school setting, the middle years, and junior and senior high school grades. The points enumerated are considered to be directions in which the counseling profession must go to provide the necessary leadership in career education and career guidance. It is noted that challenges…

A study of work values of mid-life students (ages 35-55) at a Virginia community college found that a work role allowing for achievement, creativity, and intellectual stimulation was of greater value to White mid-life groups than extrinsic values emphasizing economic returns, security, and work associates. Discusses implications for counseling.