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Roberts, Alvin – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1984
Bibliotherapy (use of books to help people deal with problems in their lives) can be very useful in helping blind people adjust to their loss. Criteria for material selection should address matters of reading preference, education and work history, prognosis, and nature of the adjustment problem. (CL)
Descriptors: Bibliotherapy, Blindness, Coping, Emotional Adjustment
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Phaneuf, Jean – American Annals of the Deaf, 1987
The article reviews the literature and discusses emotions, attitudes, and general reactions toward homosexuality in deaf individuals. The "coming out" process is discussed, with related social, familial, and personal implications, as well as the role of professional counseling and intervention. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Adults, Counseling, Deafness, Emotional Adjustment
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Creekmore, Nancy N.; Madan, Avi J. – Behavioral Disorders, 1981
The article discusses the characteristics of children with behavior disorders, and illustrates how their needs might be met through the use of sociodrama. A basic outline of the prerequisites and production techniques is given, along with the specific benefits afforded to both children with behavior disorders and their teachers. (Author)
Descriptors: Emotional Adjustment, Emotional Disturbances, Role Playing, Therapy
Alexy, William D. – Rehabilitation Literature, 1980
The development of counseling guidelines for use in helping persons accept a loss is discussed. The types of research activity in the areas of coping with loss are identified, and suggestions are made for making investigations more relevant to the concerns of counselors. (Author/SBH)
Descriptors: Coping, Counseling Techniques, Death, Emotional Adjustment
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Lambert, Robert M.; And Others – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1981
The article describes a model for conceptualizing the psychology of adjustment to visual loss. The aim of the model is to establish definitions and guidelines within which techniques for working with the blind may be used. (Author)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Blindness, Emotional Adjustment, Models
Arent, Ruth P. – G/C/T, 1979
Teachers of gifted children are addressed in a discussion of dealing with feelings of gifted students. Combining respect for their skills and talents with an ability to manage and confront their manipulation is considered. (CL)
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Emotional Adjustment, Gifted, Talent
Dunn, Eileen C. – Perspectives for Teachers of the Hearing Impaired, 1986
Guidelines are offered for helping deaf children understand and cope with death. Implications for children under 3 to 10 and over are noted. Counseling suggestions are listed for helping bereaved children. (CL)
Descriptors: Coping, Counseling Techniques, Deafness, Death
Meeker, Anne M. – Pointer, 1985
A music therapist describes a learning packet designed to teach elementary students to deal with anger. The package included 10 lessons using visual art, dance, music, and drama. (CL)
Descriptors: Coping, Elementary Education, Emotional Adjustment, Music Therapy
Lindsey, Carolyn N. – Education Unlimited, 1981
The classroom teacher can help a child entering the hospital by preparing the child and the class for his/her absence, coordinating assignments with the hospital teacher, providing support to the parents, dealing with classmates' feelings, and aiding the child's posthospitalization adjustment. (CL)
Descriptors: Emotional Adjustment, Hospitalized Children, Student Teacher Relationship, Teacher Role
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Harshbarger, Cynthia – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1980
The uses and effects of group therapy with elderly blind people are discussed and some ideas are offered for overcoming clients' resistance to mental health services and for facilitating their emotional adjustment to visual loss by using nontraditional group therapy techniques. (Author/DLS)
Descriptors: Emotional Adjustment, Group Therapy, Older Adults, Psychotherapy
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Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2002
Fifteen suggestions for adults talking with children about the terrorist attacks include taking the time to listen, separating fact from fiction, stressing the senselessness of violence, recognizing the impact of their own reactions on children, and addressing religious and moral concerns. (DB)
Descriptors: Children, Counseling Techniques, Emotional Adjustment, Emotional Problems
Rubin, Simon Shimshon – 1983
The problem of human response to loss is complex. To approach understanding of this process it is valuable to use a number of models. Phenomenologically the application of a temporal matrix divides the reaction into three useful heuristic and empirical stages: initial, acute grief (1-3 months); mourning (1-2 years); and post-mourning, with no set…
Descriptors: Bereavement, Coping, Death, Emotional Adjustment
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Porter, Nancy L.; Christopher, F. Scott – Family Relations, 1984
Discusses emotional problems related to infertility investigation and treatment. Reviews causes and treatment of infertility, coping patterns, and the role of counselors and family life educators in easing the crises of infertility and facilitating successful resolution of associated emotional problems. (JAC)
Descriptors: Coping, Counseling Techniques, Counselor Role, Emotional Adjustment
Noyes, Mary – Academic Therapy, 1981
A sandplay technique is explained to have helped learning and reading disabled students get in touch with their feelings as well as to have improved their reading skills. (CL)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Emotional Adjustment, Learning Disabilities, Play Therapy
Knowles, Don; Reeves, Nancy – B. C. Journal of Special Education, 1981
Two articles focus on the meanings children, including exceptional children, associate with death and dying and on ways to help children deal with death. (Author/CL)
Descriptors: Child Development, Death, Elementary Secondary Education, Emotional Adjustment