Describes a master's level specialization for counselors of women. Highlights the rationale for instituting this training program, the training format, program curriculum, and evaluation methods employed. Discusses the systemic implication of such training as it affects those being trained, the training institution itself, and delivery of mental…

Reviews research and theoretical findings involving environmental and individual factors causing burnout among helping professionals. Explores the implications of these findings for training helping professionals to avoid or minimize the effects of burnout. Provides suggestions. (Author/RC)

Measured counseling students' attitudes toward drug abuse with the Measurement of Attitudes Toward Drugs Scale. Used a self-report confidential questionnaire. Results showed that these students held more punitive attitudes toward drug abuse than other populations. Attitude variation was related to using drugs for recreation. Discusses implications…

Presents the argument that counseling is an instructional process and examines the implications of this position for counseling practice, counseling effectiveness research, and counselor training. An instructional counseling model for counselor training is described. (Author/RC)

In nine articles discusses various points of view, trends and research reports on counselor training. Reports competency preferences of a national sample of counseling professionals and students. Issues analyzed include counselor characteristics and identity, role standards, training modes, practicum and supervision. Reviews a number of unresolved…

Analyzed a questionnaire sent to the membership of the Association for Specialists in Group Work to assess the current status of group work preparation in counselor education programs. Results, compared to previous studies, showed that counselor education programs are providing more and broader didactic and experiential group work preparation.…

An alternative model of the school psychology internship is presented. Specific features of such an internship experience are full-time placement, training v service functions, supervision, research time, and stipend. (Author)

Local occupational surveys enhance a school's information system. The business and industrial community and the schools develop an increased rapport. Survey participants, in this case counselors, learn more about the world of work. And the public is impressed with the school's interest in the community. (Author)

Regardless of the complexity of issues or the instructor's fallibility, the instructure must make decisions around group problems of: (1) process v content; (2) purpose; and (3) format. These tensions mirror the tensions consultants face in work in schools. Coping with them may mean student consultants are better prepared. (JAC)

Describes a comprehensive doctoral training program in marriage and family therapy (MFT) at East Texas State University. Students and faculty realize the dynamic breadth and depth that MFT training gives counselor education. The need is there and marriage and family therapy education should not be ignored. (Author)

A survey study of groupwork educators which indicates that group process and groupwork methods courses continue to attract large numbers of students is reported. Problems facing groupwork educators include lack of methodological specificity in groupwork, knowledge explosion in group methods, and poorly developed groupwork courses. (Author/MLW)

In Japan, strong emphasis on career planning and placement exists within both school and public agencies. Both services have concentrated their efforts in secondary educational programs. Career guidance is minimal in elementary education. Current trends show that both services are beginning to adopt a more developmental approach to career…

Emphasis in the next decade will be on counselor inservice training that uses the competency-based module approach to ensure the development and delivery of beneficial career guidance experiences. (TA)

Examines how supervisee perceptions (N=105) of their own and their supervisor's racial identity affected the supervisory working alliance and the development of multicultural competence. Results indicate that racial identity interactions predicted aspects of the supervisory alliance. Supervisees who engaged in parallel-high interactions reported…

Notes that few counseling psychologists publish research after obtaining their doctoral degree. Investigated predictors of research productivity and science-related career goals in doctoral students (N=267) from 15 counseling psychology programs. Findings indicate career goals and research productivity can be predicted by Holland personality type,…