Introduces action plan development model that describes the process recommended to assist clients who receive employment counseling through Canada Employment Centers. Decision-making process is established in the employment counseling assessment interviews illustrating how potential objectives are explored, prioritized, and translated into…

Efforts to alleviate the emotional pain of terminally ill children and their parents have led many physicians to turn to child psychiatrists for psychological support and treatment services. This book, written by a child psychotherapist, offers an overview of children's attitudes to death and considers the moral and ethical issues raised by…

This document, based on a computer search of the ERIC database, presents a review of the literature on divorce and single parent families. Statistics from the 1980 census are presented which show that 19.7 percent of children under 18 live with a single parent, who in the overwhelming number of cases is the mother. The document presents data on…

Author describes the Perls perversion, the ego-centered attitude that people should live up to one's expectations and satisfy one's whims, which causes interpersonal friction. RET helps people counteract this perversion by sensitizing them to their internalized irrational belief system, disputing it, and trying to behave rationally. Commentary by…

This paper discusses attitudes that may come into play when a parent enters the treatment picture with a disturbed student. The attitudes of therapists toward parents, including sources of bias, and reasons for controlling it, are presented. The attitudes of parents toward their emotionally disturbed child, toward treatment, and toward therapists…

It has become apparent that employers no longer need to recruit on campus to fill many of their job openings. The college placement office must shift gears, emphasize counseling and vocational guidance, and work with larger groups of students. The placement office must also serve as a career development center. (Author/MW)

Though dyslexia is most common in elementary-school-age children, some students enter college with dyslexic symptoms. They are faced with a very frustrating experience unless assistance becomes available. The college counseling center has the means to offer the needed assistance. This article describes typical deficit patterns of dyslexic…

This paper assumes five basic functions for the community college guidance and counseling program: (1) applicant consulting (interpreting test results, introducing career planning, aiding the student in course selection, and explaining curricular requirements); (2) student advisement (scheduling students, explaining Senior College requirements and…

Motivational counseling facilitates the activation of specific drives and incentives which will trigger action or decisions on the part of black students. These causative factors enable the students to establish and develop realistic goals and objectives and a precise plan for reaching their stated aspirations. Schools generally frustrate the…

COUNSELING TREATMENT METHODS WERE EVALUATED TO DETERMINE THEIR EFFECTIVENESS IN IMPROVING ACADEMIC AND PERSONAL ADJUSTMENT OF UNDERACHIEVING HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. THE PARTICIPANTS INCLUDED OVER 200 MEASURED UNDERACHIEVERS FROM GRADES 10-12 AND 16 COUNSELORS. THE STUDENTS WERE RANDOMLY ASSIGNED TO ONE OF FIVE TREATMENT CONDITIONS--(1) INDIVIDUAL…

A GROUP COUNSELING CONFERENCE, INVOLVING 22 CONSULTANTS, PROVIDED MANY IDEAS RELATED TO GROUP COUNSELING AND RESEARCH. FUTURE RESEARCH GUIDELINES WERE DEVELOPED AND A VARIETY OF ASPECTS IN THE GROUP COUNSELING PROCESS WERE IDENTIFIED. MANY CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS WERE REPORTED, SUCH AS A PROJECT ON THEORETICAL ORIENTATIONS FOR INCLUSION OR…

Although interest has increased in applying cognitive behavior therapies to conjoint treatment of marital problems, the role of cognitive processes in marital maladjustment and in couples' orientations toward marital therapy has not been sufficiently investigated. The association between couples' levels of marital distress and their goals for…

An outline of vocational rehabilitation of the ex-addict is presented, with emphasis placed on the development of treatment plans, counselor inservice training, and clinical procedures. Discussion is based on the Beth Israel Medical Center (BIMC) programs of Methadone Maintenance Treatment and Alcohol Treatment. Section 1, Proceedings, defines…