Psychological Services in Twenty-Eight Elementary Schools of Columbus, Ohio

Abstract

THE VALUE of psychological services for a large city school system has never seriously been questioned. The demand usually exceeds the means. This is true not only in a 1 a r g e city, but also in county and state services. This study was done in an effort to clarify the major areas of de mand for psychological services in the elementary schools of Columbus, Ohio. The purpose of this study was: 1) to determine if psychological services were being distributed evenly among the various elementary schools ac cording to their enrollments; 2) to determine if the schools with high achievement records requ i red the same type and amount of services as those with low achievement records; 3) to determine the kinds of difficulties the elementary children were having; and 4) to see if the difficulties were being corrected through parental guidance and other means.