This article focuses on experiential learning as a teaching and learning methodology to increase students' multicultural counseling competencies. Outlines ethical and practical suggestions for using experiential learning in multicultural counseling curriculum. (Contains 43 references.) (GCP)

There has been a tension between the traditional deficit and disease models of child psychiatry and the strength-based Re-ED (Reeducation of Emotional Disturbed Children) model. This child psychiatrist shares his struggle to blend these perspectives. (Author)

Nearly ten years ago, the key ingredients of an effective Re-ED (Reeducation of Emotional Disturbed Children) classroom were outlined in "A Model Re-ED Classroom for Troubled Students." This article draws on recent research and best practices to update that statement of the principles of effective re-education. (Contains 13 references.) (Author)

Career theory and practice have long emphasized person variables (e.g., abilities, needs, interests) and have only recently begun focusing on environmental variables in addressing cultural context issues. Argues that examining the cultural dimensions of social roles and values can enrich theory and enhance practice regarding life-career…

Examines ways in which the North American experience has influenced youth mentoring programs in the United Kingdom and focuses on the theoretical assumptions about young people which have underpinned mentoring interventions. Suggests that alternative theoretical frameworks which address the complexity and multiplicity of youth transitions hold…

This article uses a multicultural lens to explore the practice of multicultural and cross-cultural consultation in schools and identifies issues, constructs, and processes to explore in future research. The article defines the constructs of culture, multicultural and cross-cultural consultation, and additional constructs. Multicultural school…

Explores the theoretical strands being combined in community-based research--charity service learning, social justice service learning, action research, and participatory research. Shows how different models of community-based research, based in different theories of society and different approaches to community work, may combine or conflict. (EV)

Notes that "variance accounted for"--calculated by squaring one of the various measures of association--is the most common estimate of experimental effect or strength of association reported in communication studies. Focuses on the basic principles and arguments underlying the use of unsquared measures of association, and the…

Offers three "unabashedly normative" considerations for translating organizational communication scholarship to practice: identifying a problem, incorporating participant voices, and presenting research to practitioners. Suggests that by engaging in these practices scholars can create alternative organizational stories and in doing so create space…

Considers how the argument that communication is a "practical discipline" is compelling because it suggests that educators should be finding ways to make their research and teaching relevant to the world. Discusses a need to work through what the ideal of engagement is. Identifies 10 strategies that are most important to the authors, and considers…

Addresses the importance of a basic understanding of neuroscience in marital, couple, and family therapy training and practice. Examines the biological and physiological processes underlying emotions, memory, and neurochemistry, and emphasizes their impact on behavior. (Contains 20 references.) (GCP)

Presents an interview with Dr. John M. Gottman, one of the most prolific researchers/authors in marriage and family therapy. Specific topics addressed include: Gottman's family of origin and career influences; his research on meta-emotions and marital conflict; psychoeducation versus marital therapy; and future goals. (GCP)

Integrates literature that addresses implementation approaches and phases with media selection research to provide a descriptive framework for understanding and predicting media use during planned change implementation. Concludes by synthesizing the findings that emerge from the integration of these bodies of literature and describing implications…

Sets out 11 principles that relate second language teaching to more general theoretical perspectives on teaching. (Author/VWL)

Examined whether discrepancies between perceived and preferred importance of faculty's union goals exist for combined sample of students, faculty, and staff and whether categories generated from factor analysis of sample coincide with factor groupings in previous research. Results suggest that discrepancies experienced by faculty are also…