This guide, prepared for the Department of the Army, presents fundamental information and basic techniques for the conduct of Performance Counseling by instructors, tactical officers, and other personnel who may be required to appraise the performance of students and to communicate the results of their appraisals to students. The purpose of…

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GUIDANCE PROGRAMS WILL EXIST IN THE FUTURE. THE CHANGING WORLD OF WORK WILL CAUSE CURRICULUM REVISIONS TO INCLUDE OCCUPATIONAL UNDERSTANDING WHICH WILL PERMIT MORE COUNSELING. THE COUNSELOR WILL AID CHILDREN IN DEVELOPING WORTHWHILE LEISURE PURSUITS AND AN AWARENESS OF A MULTIPLE-CAREER FUTURE. AS COUNSELING PROGRAMS GROW IN…

This bulletin offers information which should be useful to counselor educators, state supervisory staffs in guidance, college administrators, potential counselor trainees, and counselors desiring advanced training. Information for the inventory was obtained through a survey questionnaire, sent to all counselor education institutions listed in the…

This collection of training materials is designed for all persons currently or soon-to-be engaged in counseling roles, especially those working in substance abuse programs. The counseling techniques in this manual focus on the following areas of concern: (1) the nature of the helping relationship; (2) empathy, feelings, and interpersonal process…

Preparation programs in counseling have undergone many changes during the profession's significant growth over the past 25 years. To help educators, students, employers, and administrators of programs stay abreast of program changes, details of counseling programs across the United States are provided in this text. It is part of a longitudinal…

To help educators, students, employers, and administrators of programs stay abreast of program changes, details of counseling programs across the United States are provided in this text. It is part of a longitudinal study in which a snapshot is taken every three years of counselor preparation programs. The nine preceding studies on counselor…

The faculty of the Department of Psychology at Tennessee State University (TSU), a state university with a predominantly Black student body, designed a competency- based secondary school counselor certification proposal which is not tied to coursework in theory. This allows for flexibility in implementing the competencies within diverse courses in…

A GROUP COUNSELING CONFERENCE, INVOLVING 22 CONSULTANTS, PROVIDED MANY IDEAS RELATED TO GROUP COUNSELING AND RESEARCH. FUTURE RESEARCH GUIDELINES WERE DEVELOPED AND A VARIETY OF ASPECTS IN THE GROUP COUNSELING PROCESS WERE IDENTIFIED. MANY CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS WERE REPORTED, SUCH AS A PROJECT ON THEORETICAL ORIENTATIONS FOR INCLUSION OR…

The purpose of this module is to help the professional school counselor acquire and demonstrate a number of specific competencies in the area of information processing. Included are 33 indicators, or statements describing skills, in the general areas of referral, pupil appraisal, and resource management. This document is one of seven staff…

This module for school counselors presents a series of learning activities related to the skills required to implement a systematic planning model. The three global skills in this model are: assessing client needs, program design, and program evaluation. This model is designed to result in a guidance program based on the individual counselor's…

The concept and training procedures of a university-based, student-operated program designed to help other students in the area of academic effectiveness is described in this training manual. The manual offers the guidelines for training peer counselors in the techniques of individual academic counseling, group leadership skills in a co-leadership…

Prepared to provide assistance to college and university staff members in infusing career education into personnel development programs, this guide is based on the experiences of the members of Oregon's Interinstitutional Consortium for Career Education. This document presents a series of guiding principles necessary for program infusion. These…

This module is based on the idea that the better the relationship between the counselor and the client, the greater the chances are that the client will have a successful experience in counseling. It is assumed that while this relationship is necessary, it is not sufficient. Those holding this view perceive the counseling process as consisting of…

The role of the school counselor is considerably more diverse and complex than simply serving student-clients. While the serving of student-clients is a vital function, it is also almost impossible with the existing counselor-student ratio to expect counselors to serve the needs of all student-clients. Likewise, the effectiveness of the counseling…

The intent of this manual is to provide trainers with essential background information about alcohol abuse among Spanish-speaking Americans and with a practical, workable model for organizing and structuring a training program. The nature and extent of alcohol abuse among Spanish-speaking Americans and the particular patterns of drinking behavior…