Mainstream schooling for the physically handicapped: How can counseling help?

The needs and interests of handicapped children can be properly met with a combination of counseling techniques and with an interplay between actors and agents. The systematic planning and organization of counseling should be based on a partnership from all sectors of the client system. This partnership implies the continuous interaction and collaboration between the different actors and agents involved in the planning, organization and implementation of counseling services. Counseling practices should prove more effective in this area if they can be modelled from, and reflect child-centered education. Further, counseling practices should be built upon an appropriate system of coordination, information and evaluation, which considers the complex and conflicting nature of this largely unstudied aspect of mainstream schooling.