Describes manual created to teach supervisors to practice variety of supervision strategies. Explains structure of manual, lists 26 supervision strategies covered in the manual, provides example of strategy and vignette, and discusses use of the manual at one institution where counselors supervised by manual-trained supervisors reported…

This final report, a process evaluation, describes the Advanced Job Skills Training Project and the methodology the project used to develop competency-based training for child protective services specialists during their first 2 years of employment. A background section focuses on the managed staff development model, planning requirements, and the…

Presents research supporting cognitive-behavioral model for counselor supervision and gives conceptual and procedural base for defining and implementing cognitive-behavioral supervision approach. Describes three supervision techniques (mental practice, covert modeling, cognitive modeling) and three supervision interventions (cognitive…

Describes how family sculpting, grounded in Experiential Family Counseling, can be used as a training technique in marriage and family counselor training programs. Provides detailed guidelines for conducting family sculpting. A case study is included. (Author/NB)

The author discusses advantages and disadvantages of computer-based training. She covers the search for high quality courseware, computers' effects on cognitive processes, the difference between classroom and computer-based training, using simulations, control of the learning experience, and the value of repetition. (CH)

Presents several novel activities designed to enable preservice counselors to become more familiar with the local and national occupational scenes. Specific activities involve use of Dictionary of Occupational Titles, Selected Characteristics of Occupations Defined in the Dictionary of Occupational Titles, Occupational Outlook Handbook, The Guide…

Provides brief description of how a list of questions about professional issues in counseling psychology is used as an adjunct to a seminar taught at Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama. Rationale for a seminar in professional issues is given. Four representative questions for each of several topical areas are listed. (Author)

A procedure was developed to help counseling students define their beliefs about people and their behavior and thus help them to identify their personal counseling theory. Class discussion concerning congruency between personal and professional beliefs is the result of using this procedure. Practicum students are expected to be familiar with a…

Reports on the curricular components of a 16-week graduate course entitled "Ethical, Legal and Professional Issues in Family Therapy." To aid in replication and assessment, selected teaching strategies are also presented. Course topics include feminism and hedonism, confidentiality, paradox, malpractice, court testimony, job hunting, private…

Do social workers fail to use research because they think it is separate from practice? An approach to correcting that misimpression is to integrate both research and practice into the field practicum. Describes how this innovation can be implemented in social work education. (Author)

Presents teaching model of the assessment process and the diagnostic skills of behavioral observation, initial interview, mental status examination, categorizing symptom patterns, and the use of decision trees. Model represents structured skill to teaching diagnosis within framework of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders,…

When Britain's Cranfield School of Management presented management development programs for senior executives from the former Soviet Union, they found the students unused to a participative teaching approach and the case study method. Students also had misconceptions about marketing, and the presence of interpreters in the classroom also posed…

Three counseling situations in which a counseling student sought participatory help from his field instructor are described. In the first case study the counseling student had been working with a marginal family with severe marital and child management problems. Approaches discussed in supervisory conferences had not achieved the desired result…

Develops a comprehensive approach to human relations training (HRT) for teachers based on knowledge of student diversity and application of communication skills. Describes a model that integrates the two major components of HRT. Discusses specific goals, skills, and attitudes capable of being fitted into a teaching paradigm. (Author/RC)

This journal presents nine bureaucratic reports on the role and structure of the Soviet secondary technical education system. Each article describes aspects of the specialized training of young people for entry level jobs under rapidly changing economic conditions. (AM)