Word: counselors
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Ennis' attention turned to his pupils. He was a counselor to many children from all over New York City, but to one young man, he was virtually a father. Ennis Cosby started tutoring Walter Stephen Douglas III three years ago. Says Douglas: "I was 13 and thought I was stupid. Then I was beginning a new school year, and I was sent to meet my new tutor. It was Ennis. We just clicked. Every time I met him, he made me better. Every time I left, I liked him more. My grandmother knew the name and asked...
...psychologist they sent him to "was a really cool guy," Gates recalls. "He gave me books to read after each session, Freud stuff, and I really got into psychology theory." After a year of sessions and a battery of tests, the counselor reached his conclusion. "You're going to lose," he told Mary. "You had better just adjust to it because there's no use trying to beat him." Mary was strong-willed and intelligent herself, her husband recalls, "but she came around to accepting that it was futile trying to compete with...
...person from Cambridge [would be accepted], everything being equal," agrees Dr. Samuel Framondi, who retired last June after 26 years as a guidance counselor in Cambridge schools...
...possible health and legal hazards and then give choices for what can be done. You may say something like, "So I want you to decide whether you would prefer to go to a Narcotics Anonymous meeting or our doctor, who is experienced in drug use, or a psychologist or counselor." If drug use were to be viewed primarily as the medical problem it is, we would have more resources to address for preventing and treating drug addiction instead of spending most of our money criminalizing use, which has had virtually no effect...
...post-test appointment, the student talks to the same counselor. If a student feels he is not ready to know the test results he may choose to return later. When the student decides to see the results, the counselor shows them to him with no previous knowledge of their status; they see the results together for the first time...