Counselling implications of the opening of the Berlin Wall

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Counselling implications of the opening of the Berlin Wall     

A structured integrative model of mental health consultation in schools

This paper presents a Structured Integrative Model (SIM) of individual mental health consultation. SIM is based on the problem-solving approach to mental health consultation, while integrating principles from dynamic and cognitive therapies. The model evolves through four stages: Building the Contract, Searching for New Understanding, Applying the New Understanding to Intervention, and Evaluating the Results. The SIM places special emphasis on the different functions, responsibilities, and possible contributions of the consultee and the consultant, as two active and equal partners working towards a common goal.This paper was supported by a grant from the Sturman Center for Human Development, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.     

Cooperative research centres: The concept and its implementation

The Cooperative Research Centres Program aims to enhance the effectiveness of the overall Australian R&D effort by drawing together researchers from several institutions to create the concentrations of resources which are needed, in many research fields, to keep pace with the rapid scientific and technological progress which is occurring internationally. The Centres link together outstanding groups of researchers, from both the public and private sectors, with the users of research from appropriate industry sectors and other sectors of the economy and provide opportunities for research users to participate actively in the planning and operation of the research activities. The Program was started in 1990. Fifty-two Centres have now been approved across six major R&D and industry sectors representing, when these Centres are fully established, a commitment by the government of some $100 million per year and, from the participants, of some $200 million per year. This constitutes some six percent of the national R&D effort.     

Role and function of school psychologists, 1992–93: A comparative study

The roles and functions of 52 school psychologists from Iowa and Tennessee were examined. A multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) was used to test differences between reported time spent on prereferral, assessment, intervention, consultation, and curriculum-based assessment. Significant differences were found for the time spent in all areas. A second one-way MANOVA was used to test the differences between the two groups in reported actual time spent and desired time spent. A significant difference was found for consultation. A third MANOVA was utilized to test the differences between the two groups' desired time spent on the five variables. A significant difference was found for curriculum-based assessment. The results suggest that school psychologists in Tennessee and Iowa occupy different roles. School psychologists in Tennessee reported spending the majority of their time on assessment activities, whereas the Iowa sample balances their time between the five functions. The Iowa role exemplifies alternative functions for school psychologists. The Tennessee role is oriented more toward the refer, test, place model.