Social Competence: Why Is This Important?

Dr. Oliver investigates the importance of social competency in schools and shares strategies to consider

Taming Test Anxiety

Dr. Oliver addresses test anxiety and ways in which school counselors can assist in taming student stress during exam time

Connect & Educate

A Message from the President of the Indiana School Counselor Association

Multi-Tiered System of Supports: What Is the Role of a School Counselor?

Dr. Oliver addresses multi-tiered system of supports (MTSS) and how school counselors are in a unique position to take leadership within this model

Half-Full or Half-Empty: What Is Your Lens?

Dr. Oliver challenges educators and counselors to reflect on how to effectively work with children using a solution-focused approach

What Does Your Plan Say? Working to Develop a Model Suicide Prevention Plan

In this article, Dr. Oliver explains the importance of a comprehensive suicide plan

What Does Your School’s Counseling Program Look Like?

Dr. Oliver examines what makes a school counseling program effective

The thinning of the liquid layer over a probe in two-phase flow

The draining of the thin water film that is formed between a two dimensional, infinite, initially flat oil-water interface and a smooth, symmetric probe, as the interface is advected by a steady and uniform flow parallel to the probe axis, is modelled using classical fluid dynamics. The governing equations are nondimensionalised using values appropriate to the oil extraction industry. The bulk flow is driven by inertia and, in some extremes, surface tension while the viscous effects are initially confined to thin boundary layers on the probe and the interface. The flow in the thin water film is dominated by surface tension, and passes through a series of asymptotic regimes in which inertial forces are gradually overtaken by viscous forces. For each of these regimes, and for those concerning the earlier stages of approach, possible solution strategies are discussed and relevant literature reviewed. Consideration is given to the drainage mechanism around a probe which protrudes a fixed specified distance into the oil. A lubrication analysis of the thin water film may be matched into a capillary-static solution for the outer geometry using a slender transition region if, and only if, the pressure gradient in the film is negative as it meets the static meniscus. The remarkable result is that, in practice, there is a race between rupture in the transition region and rupture at the tip. The analysis is applicable to the case of a very slow far field flow and offers significant insight into the non-static case. Finally, a similar approach is applied to study the motion of the thin water film in the fully inviscid approximation, with surface tension and a density contrast between the fluids

School Administrators + School Counselors = School Success

Dr. Oliver share her takeaways from an #scchat Twitter chat addressing relationships between school administrators and school counselors

What’s Your Mindset?

Dr. Oliver investigates mindsets and how they impact students\u27 school behaviors