SUMMARY
We cultured and sequenced newly collected material of Percursaria dawsonii Hollenberg et I. A. Abbott, a poorly known epibiont of limpets found along the west coast of North America. Zoospores, parthenogametes, and zygotes exhibited empty‐spore germination, which produced a prostrate system that expanded by stolon‐like development. A dense carpet of initially uniseriate filaments arose from the prostrate system. These upright filaments soon became biseriate proximally and pluriseriate distally, where they were flat, twisted and distromatic for approximately four‐fifths of their length and rarely became hollow in larger individuals. These fronds became fertile distally and released quadriflagellate zoospores and/or biflagellate isogametes. Individual gametophytic fronds were dioecious, and alternated with isomorphic sporophytic fronds. The gametes moved rapidly and often exhibited an unusual side‐to‐side vibration that made them appear like winged insects. Comparisons of 18S rRNA gene and ITS sequences indicated that P. dawsonii should be included in the genus Blidingia, family Kornmanniaceae.
The stress associated with a child's illness may result in a variety of maladaptive reactions. The family is in a position to support or sabotage the best efforts of the health care professional. The school nurse as part of a team including counselors, teachers, and administrators can assist the family in following treatment directives and in gaining control over stress-related behavioral problems. Criteria to enable discrimination between functional and dysfunctional families and brief interventions for use with functional families are described.
The Parent Consultation Center (PCC) is a win—win project that offers free consultation to families about childhood behavior problems and a supervised practice experience for counselors in training. The PCC can be replicated in any school district where there is a nearby university with a counselor education program. This is a guide to starting your own PCC.
I use stories from my own Jewish tradition in therapy with children and families. I would love to highlight therapeutic stories from other traditions. Send me yours! Later in this column, I'll introduce Robert Minkoff, psychologist and storyteller.Note that the rabbi is the source of wisdom in these stories. Can today's therapists be rabbis to their clients? This famous story, "The Rooster Prince," is attributed to Rebbe Nachman of Breslov ( 1722), a founder of Hasidism, a Jewish sect that is renowned for using stories to teach lessons.
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