Homework assignments can be frustrating to elementary students and cause disruption of the family routine. Careful planning by the teacher and good communication with the home is needed to prevent this. (SJL)

Examines the dynamics, values, and limitations of bibliotherapy and discusses the use of bibliotherapy in the classroom. (GW)

When an elementary school's most disruptive students were invited to write an advice column about school-related and personal problems, the students were not only genuinely helpful, but also felt better about themselves and began to solve their own problems. (CB)

Asserts that graphics offer numerous advantages in counseling, that creative thinking about the problems and situations children face can lead counselors to additional applications of graphics, and that through graphics counselors can help children gain understanding of their circumstances and control of their choices. (NB)

Discusses the characteristics and problems of the students at Institute San Damiano in Goiania, Goias, Brazil; educational attitudes in Brazil; and efforts by the schools and its teachers to participate actively in the lives of their students. (CBC)

Discusses ways in which American counselors can build positive relationships and initiate appropriate interventions with Nigerian students on their college and university campuses. (Author)

Examined health-related problems that resident assistants encountered in dormitory residents. Results showed that both male and female students were concerned with minor illnesses, weight control, fitness and exercise. Male students were more concerned with alcohol-related issues; women were concerned about birth control. (JAC)

This study was aimed specifically at determining the number of medical students who would, on a voluntary basis, utilize a source of information about their medical specialty preferences. The information was that provided by the Medical Specialty Preference Inventory (MSPI) developed by the authors. (Author)

The counselor must be aware of the effects of busing as well as the psychosocial milieu of both his school and the diverse communities which feed it, if he intends to address himself to the needs of all of his students. (Author)

Describes the High School Student Information Center in Washington, D.C. (SP)

The Pupil Services Team Conference, as practiced in the 159 schools of the Board of Education of Baltimore County, has over the past decade reached a high level of sophistication and refinement. This is a compilation and statement of current team theory, concepts, practices, and procedures that have developed over the years. (Author)

Unless application of nursing skills in the educational setting enhances or promotes learning, justification for retaining the traditional school nurse is questionable. This study was designed to demonstrate application of specific nursing skills for the identification of health problems in school children and the degree of relationship between…

Educationally disadvantaged and tired of bureaucracies, the Viet Nam veteran is a special student needing special attention. (Editor)

Describes a project intended to discover whether a tangible problem exists for physics students in the transition from public school to a university. (PR)

Discussion of reasons behind student protest and suggestions for coping with these problems. Condensed from "American Education, V (October 1969), p. 4-5. (AP)