Because the counseling profession places high value on counselors possessing accurate self-awareness, this study investigated the differences and relationships between counselor education students' self-perceived and measured needs levels. A sample of 107 counselor students estimated their needs levels and then completed the Personality Research…

This article discusses the use of a "group helper" to minimize anxiety about audio-taping and role-playing experiences for counselor trainees. Results of this training technique are presented. (Author/HLM)

Surveyed beginning graduate students in counseling psychology programs approved by American Psychological Association to determine salient demographic characteristics, motivational factors influencing their decisions to enter training, perceptions of roles and functions of professionals in field, and goals and expectations regarding future…

Describes career courses for master and doctoral level students in counseling at State University of New York/Buffalo. Discusses how the school complies with standards in life style and career development and students' reactions to their instruction. Describes structure and activities of the courses. (ABL)

In response to Fagan's article, the author advocates that no major decision be made about titles and entry-level policies. Rather, both the National Association of School Psychologists and the American Psychological Association should continue to engage in mutal efforts to improve psychological services and let the future play itself out. (JAZ)

Considers the practice of school psychology in the Republic of Ireland. Information about the system of education, scope of school psychology services, administration, and training programs of school counseling. Details the problems that the profession faces as well as expected future developments. (Author/MCF)

Examined adolescent perceptions of the counselor effectiveness of peer helpers by studying perceptions of videotaped simulated interviews. The subjects were 143 grade eleven students. The effects of training and role label were tested. Data indicated that adolescents perceive trained peer helpers as more facilitative than untrained helpers. (JAC)

Counselors whose specialty is marriage and family counseling develop a theoretical and research base and acquire countless hours of experience upon which to base their interventions. Most counselors and other helping professionals whose specialty is in another area do as well as they can lacking specific theoretical concepts and experience from…

This book offers suggestions for transforming the specific courses in the counselor education curriculum. Each chapter includes an introduction--using anecdotes or student quotes; an overview of the impact of constructivism on the course content; an outline of the course structure, assignments, and activities, with the accompanying constructivist…

Student support programs 20 years hence will most likely be directly related to the configurations of the schools in which they are located. In order to speculate on the nature of the support programs, therefore, it is necessary first to speculate on what types of models schools will assume. This chapter considers some of the more prominent…

Academic support has long been accepted as a major role of school counselors, yet many believe that traditional roles will not be enough for school counselors in the twenty-first century. This chapter focuses on how school counselors will need to expand their understanding of what academic support means in terms of learning and academic outcomes.…

Just as couples must find ways of celebrating their individual talents within their union, so must counseling find ways of defining the marriage of counseling and scholarship while supporting the diverse talents of each counselor. This paper explores the broad context of scholarship in ways that celebrates individual talents and moves towards a…

Recent research has produced ambiguous results as to whether traditional training in multicultural development, awareness, knowledge, and skills is necessary to produce counseling competence. To explore this question, a study of multicultural counseling competence prior to multicultural counseling training is reported here. For the study, a…

Training therapists effectively requires familiarizing them with the modal expectations that clients bring to the therapeutic encounter. Ways in which therapists can be apprised of clients' expectations of therapy are discussed. Accurate understanding of clients' attitudes permits development of appropriately focused therapy goals and is generally…

This paper explores the use of reflecting teams as a tool for assisting students who are engaged in internship placements in community counseling settings. These placements are used to help students develop the skills of counseling and the professional identity of a counselor. Counselor educators are involved in the role of supportive…