@article{Chisan_2012, title={Response to Altmann: On the Need and Theory of Elementary Counseling}, volume={7}, url={https://cjc-rcc.ucalgary.ca/article/view/59923}, abstractNote={<p class="p1"><span class="s1">In </span>his <span class="s2">response </span><span class="s1">to </span>Altniann, <span class="s1">the </span><span class="s3">writer </span>is <span class="s4">critical </span><span class="s1">of the </span><span class="s5">abundance </span><span class="s1">of </span>quotations <span class="s1">and </span>assertions <span class="s2">which </span>lack <span class="s6">logic </span><span class="s1">and </span><span class="s7">sense. </span><span class="s1">The </span><span class="s8">fact </span>that <span class="s1">some </span><span class="s3">children </span><span class="s1">in the </span><span class="s2">elementary </span>schools <span class="s9">need </span>assistance <span class="s9">does </span>not <span class="s10">justify </span><span class="s1">the </span><span class="s9">need </span><span class="s1">of </span>counselors. <span class="s9">Such </span><span class="s1">an </span><span class="s2">assumption </span><span class="s1">may </span><span class="s11">even </span><span class="s1">be </span><span class="s12">dangerous.</span></p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">A </span>theory <span class="s1">of </span><span class="s2">elementary </span>counseling, if <span class="s4">it </span>is <span class="s1">to be </span>anything <span class="s1">more </span>than a rambling <span class="s7">statement, </span><span class="s1">must </span>take <span class="s8">into </span><span class="s2">account </span>the lack <span class="s1">of </span><span class="s12">awareness, </span><span class="s1">the </span>immaturity, <span class="s1">and </span>the verbal <span class="s1">and </span>conceptual <span class="s6">limitations </span><span class="s1">of </span>the <span class="s13">child. </span>If <span class="s1">the </span>two <span class="s11">examples </span>given <span class="s1">by </span><span class="s11">Altmann </span>are the best to <span class="s1">be </span><span class="s2">found </span>in the <span class="s13">literature, </span>probably <span class="s1">a </span>theory appropriate to <span class="s3">children </span>has yet to <span class="s1">be </span><span class="s2">proposed. </span>It <span class="s4">is </span><span class="s2">sug- </span>gested that the counselor not counsel but rather consult with the <span class="s13">child </span><span class="s1">and </span>counsel <span class="s1">the </span>teachers <span class="s1">and </span>parents, bringing <span class="s11">about </span>modifications <span class="s1">in the </span><span class="s12">environment </span><span class="s1">so </span>that appropriate behavior is <span class="s14">elicited. </span><span class="s1">Outcome and </span><span class="s12">spon- taneous </span>remission studies tend <span class="s1">to make </span>counseling <span class="s1">a </span>highly questionable <span class="s3">practice.</span></p> <p class="p2"><span class="s15">NOTE: </span>An <span class="s16">abstract </span>of the <span class="s11">Altmann </span><span class="s10">article </span><span class="s16">follows: </span>THE NEED, FUNCTION, AND THEORY OF ELEMENTARY COUNSELING</p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">ABSTRACT: A </span>review <span class="s1">of the </span><span class="s13">literature </span><span class="s1">on </span><span class="s2">elementary </span>counseling <span class="s1">was </span><span class="s15">made </span><span class="s4">in </span><span class="s1">an </span><span class="s2">attempt </span>to <span class="s2">determine </span>the status of <span class="s17">this </span><span class="s18">field. </span><span class="s8">Specific </span>issues <span class="s3">involving </span><span class="s11">need, </span><span class="s3">function, </span><span class="s1">and </span>theory <span class="s1">of </span><span class="s2">elementary </span>counseling <span class="s19">were </span>discussed.</p><p class="p1"><span class="s20">RESUME:On </span><span class="s1">a </span><span class="s2">effectué </span><span class="s1">une </span><span class="s2">revue </span><span class="s1">de la </span><span class="s2">littérature </span><span class="s1">sur le </span>counseling <span class="s1">au </span><span class="s11">veau </span>primaire <span class="s13">afin </span><span class="s1">d’en </span><span class="s2">établir </span>le <span class="s8">statut. </span><span class="s1">On a </span>ensuite <span class="s2">discuté </span><span class="s1">de </span>certains <span class="s2">problèmes spécifiques con</span></p>}, number={3}, journal={Canadian Journal of Counselling and Psychotherapy}, author={Chisan, J. B.}, year={2012}, month={Jan.} }