Cultural sensitivity and cultural competence in the selection of culturally sensitive treatments is a requisite for effective counseling practice in working with diverse clients and their families, particularly when clients present with health issues or medical problems. Described here is a strategy for selecting culturally sensitive treatments…

In recent years, leading scholars in the field of sexology have been calling for more professionals who are primarily sexologists rather than professionals in other fields who specialize in sexuality. Such professionals require specialized training that meets their specific needs. The Sexuality Attitude Reassessment (SAR) has been established as a…

The school-aged population continues to diversify, yet the student body at small liberal arts teacher preparation programs generally does not. To help prepare our socioculturally homogeneous students to teach a more diverse student body, we developed a three-tiered approach that includes a diversity model integrated across the curriculum, an…

A 60-item questionnaire measuring believed effects of sensitivity training, evaluations of these effects, and logical inconsistencies of respondents is presented. The questionnaire was developed from phrases describing sensitivity training found in newspaper articles written during a week of intense publicity following an incident at a local high…

The 1968 Summer NDEA Guidance Institute at the University of South Dakota studied the impact of video recordings on members of counseling groups to see what their perceptions were when they realized they would later be confronted with their behavior via the tapes. The 32 members of the Institute, practicing counselors in the public schools in the…

This study further investigates the validity of the McMillan Affective Relationship Scale (MARS) by (1) examining its relationship to other commonly used scales; (2) determining whether it was sensitive to change over time for encounter group participants; and (3) attempting to determine whether pretesting on MARS was a possible source of…

This study was conducted to determine if empathic level of functioning as assessed by written measures is predictive of oral functioning. A sample of 40 participants responded in writing and orally to stimulus statements. Written measures can yield a reliable estimate of empathic level of oral functioning. (Author)

Investigates sample size requirements needed to achieve various levels of statistical power using posttest-only, gain-score, and analysis of covariance designs in evaluating training interventions. Results indicate the power to detect true effects differ according to type of design, correlation between pre- and posttest, and size of effect due to…

A description of an assessment technique to gauge the value that participants of a racial encounter group assigned to skin color before and after the intensive experience. (EH)

Several methodological issues related to Carkhuff's human relations training model are discussed with an emphasis on developing research guidelines. Each discussion of an issue is accompanied by research guidelines for evaluating the present literature and conducting further research. Several research suggestions are offered which might resolve…

Describes some of the salient issues and how they were dealt with during the development and delivery of a multilevel evaluation of a large human relations training program in a federal agency. Nine references are listed. (Author/LLS)

Outlines for the beginning group counselor a method for organizing and evaluating the ongoing group experience. Defines the specific categories and describes the method by which the outline can be used. (RC)

A commentary on two experimental gatherings organized by BACIE to bring together experienced trainers from industry and commerce and to promote an interchange of ideas and problems in specific areas of training. (Author)

The purpose of this study was to assess the value of a combination of evaluation-feedback procedures in achieving the objectives of a non-residential graduate-level course in sensitivity training. The three-credit course, involving T Groups of 12 students and a trainer, is a required course for all candidates for a master's degree in elementary…

Determined the outcomes of a semester-long encounter group using multiple measures, a sensitive experimental design, tight experimental controls, and an equivalent control group. Only one subscale of the Tennessee Self-Concept Scale and four subscales of the Personal Orientation-Inventory showed a significant difference between experimental and…