Describes a simulation method that encourages students to experience powerlessness, isolation, and few if any options, in order to develop a clearer understanding of their clients, environments, and problems of minority groups. Discusses the applicability of the simulation beyond counselor education programs. (Author/RC)

Investigated the effectiveness of supervisor feedback in contributing to learning counseling skills. Counselor trainees (N=64) were assigned to supervisor feedback, no supervisor feedback, or control groups for three training sessions. Results indicated counseling skills were learned best by students with no supervisor feedback but self and peer…

Offers a conceptual approach to resistance in marital therapy. Aimed at beginning marital clinicians, provides an understanding of the natural existence of resistance to therapeutic change. Presents a model which can aid the clinician in assessing each individual's willingness to improve throughout therapy. (Author)

Discusses the elementary school counselor's role in providing affective education to special needs students. Explores the need for special education courses in counselor training. Results of a national survey indicated only two states required a course in special education for counselor certification. Suggests recommendations for updating…

Recent research about academic advising is reported and specific ways to implement an academic advising system are suggested. Advising as part of academic integration, multiple approaches to advising, formulating policy for advising, rewards, and training and evaluation are discussed. (MLW)

The learning process model is based on trainee input and is especially designed to help trainees learn basic interpersonal relationship skills, review program and professional expectations and opportunities, assess their potential and motivation for different careers in teaching and related professions, and examine their career objectives. (Author)

Adequate financial aid counseling can play an important role in attracting and retaining the traditional and non-traditional student. New approaches to financial aid counseling are seen as essential. Cooperative interaction between professional associations, better use of public media, and shifting some informational chores to trained…

Theory and methodology to study the elation of professional training programs to large scale socioeconomic trends are specified. Times series analyses of both Berkeley and of a quite different counseling program at San Francisco State demonstrate the capabilities of the approach. Practical implications and further application are discussed.…

Presents techniques for concealing ignorance from clients and colleagues and making correct excuses for failure to them. Provides information for the therapist who is ignorant about how to change a marriage relationship and wishes to sound knowledgeable and appear to know what s/he is doing. (Author/BEF)

This project at Western Illinois University is a two-semester, participation-based, competency program designed to train undergraduate and graduate students to work with handicapped infants and preschoolers in a variety of service delivery settings. One of seven Dean's Grant programs for PL 94-142 training described in this issue. (Author/SJL)

Trainees who were attracted to their supervisors were rated as more effective by supervisors, although attraction was not related to clients' perceptions of outcome. A direct style of supervision was related to trainee effectiveness, but on only one of three measures of the dependent variable. (Author)

Summarizes relevant findings from the National Seminar on Competency-Based Rehabilitation Education, July 1978, Atlanta, Georgia. Focuses on the 298 competencies needed by rehabilitation counselors and/or vocational evaluators, with a table of importance levels in 13 categories, and the training location universities, on-the-job training,…

Investigated the efficacy of experiential modeling-role-playing and lecture-discussion training techniques for college student mental health paraprofessionals. The Helper Response Preference Inventory and the Group Assessment of Interpersonal Traits revealed significantly better counseling skills for students trained with modeling-role-playing…

In this study, residence hall advisers received training in achieving facilitative counseling conditions. Based on previous research, it was hypothesized that there would be differences in job performance effectiveness depending on the learning curves generated during training. The hypothesis was supported and implications for residence hall…

Mental health resources on most college campuses are taxed to their limits. A program to develop the faculty's "counseling skills" is discussed. (Author)