NEW TRAINING VIDEO GIVES SCHOOL COUNSELORS THE TOOLS TO HELP
HOMOSEXUAL TEENS According to the producers of a new training
video for school counselors, when it comes to gay and lesbian
teenagers trying to cope with their emerging sexual identities,
counselors can play a vital role in helping them and in some
cases, may even prevent suicide. "The need for this work is
striking, because this is the least publicly acceptable area of
diversity, compared to ethnicity, gender and religion," said
Garrett McAuliffe, professor of educational leadership and
counseling at Old Dominion University. McAuliffe and a
colleague, Dr. Angela Jones of the ODU Counseling Center, worked
together with ODU students to create "Counseling Gay and Lesbian
Youth: A Multiethnic Demonstration Video," a DVD produced at the
university. It was written by McAuliffe, who also appears with
Jones in the video to demonstrate effective counseling sessions.
McAuliffe said he believes that controversy over gay and lesbian
issues in general makes the