This study suggests that brief group treatment is not a generally applicable device for managing students or for conserving staff time. (MB)

The purpose of this study was: (1) to determine whether clients seen at the Division of Counseling and Testing were representative of the total student population, and (2) to study the relationship between client descriptive variables, classification of client problem areas, and number of counseling sessions within the group seen at the Division…

Guidance Associates provide a viable means of at least partially resolving many of the staffing and program problems facing many of the smaller school districts in Texas. Guidance Associates provide a means by which both the instructional and guidance needs of schools to educate the "whole child" may be enhanced. (Author/LC)

An increasing number of children face deteriorating family bonds, out-of-wedlock births, lack of shelter, pregnancy, abortion, and drug or alcohol related crimes. When schools fail to address the immediate family and social needs of students, learning for these students becomes difficult and relatively unimportant. This study promotes the…

A historical summary is presented of estimated ratios of psychologists to school children from 1914 through 1986. Continued favorable employment conditions are predicted, with more school districts trying to improve ratios. Related employment concerns are addressed, and an impending supply-demand discrepancy is considered. (SLD)

It has become the role of student support services to delivery strategies to enhance academic achievement and success for their students. In this paper, several strategies are described that several school districts in South Carolina used to bring about change. One strategy involved adopting a comprehensive guidance program that promotes and…

The project aims to provide adequate guidance services to all ninth grade students upon their entry into secondary school, and throughout the crucial first year, to assist them with their adjustment. Through the efforts of Teacher-Advisors who fill the roll of counselors, students are encouraged to develop good study and attendance habits and to…

Intended to make possible the comparison of staffing patterns in one school system with those in systems of similar enrollment size and expenditure level, this report was developed through a national survey of 1,101 school systems conducted in 1981-82. Included are pupil-staff and teacher-staff ratios for individual positions and aggregate…

This faculty advising survey examines the responses of 100 faculty members at Fox Valley Technical College in Wisconsin. Some of the key findings of the survey are as follows: (1) the majority of faculty who responded agree that providing student advising is necessary and beneficial; (2) the three most important things faculty advisers need are…

In April 1993, a study was undertaken by the California Community College Counselors Association to devise a formula to estimate the direct counseling/advising full-time equivalent (FTE) to student ratio at each college. Other purposes of the study were to provide data on the amount of counseling FTE spent teaching and coordinating student…

A peer counseling program was instituted in a California high school to: (1) expand the guidance services of the school by utilizing trained students; (2) make school more meaningful for the peer counselors through personal growth and involvement; and (3) determine the feasibility of implementing peer counseling projects in other high schools in…

Proposes that administrators, teachers, and counselors, do not always agree on what are appropriate counselor functions. Suggests a psychoeducation model of counseling needs to be adopted in Canada. Encourages counselors to accept school guidance as an educational process. (RC)

Intended to make possible the comparison of staffing patterns in one school system with those in systems of similar enrollment size and expenditure level, this report was developed through a national survey conducted in 1982-83 of 1,774 school systems. Included are pupil-staff and teacher-staff ratios for individual positions and aggregate…

Nine California community colleges were surveyed in 1979-1980 to determine the ratios of certified disability counselors to students with hearing, speech, visual, or mobility impairments; students with learning disabilities (average or limited); students with other health problems; and students in convalescent and nursing homes. Survey findings…

Intended to make possible the comparison of staffing patterns in one school system with those in systems of similar enrollment size and expenditure level, this report was developed through a national survey conducted in 1983-84 of 1,217 school systems. Included are pupil-staff and teacher-staff ratios for individual positions and aggregate…