Presents a brief outline of a program developed by the Canada Employment and Immigration Commission (CEIC) for certifying employment counselors to use tests in Canada Employment Centres (CECs). To ensure that psychometric tests meet acceptable standards, this program provides comprehensive training for counselors and requires demonstrated…

The author: (1) pinpoints the central core of values in education (i.e. normative reasoning); (2) outlines the special opportunities counselors have for engaging in values education; (3) points to inadequacies in several popular theories; and (4) describes a new program at the University of British Columbia in values education. (Author)

This paper discusses contextual issues unique to First Nations and Aboriginal (FNA) undergraduate counselor education. Although FNA and non-FNA student counselors share similar educational experience and needs, significant differences between these two groups require consideration and accommodation. Explores important features that influence…

Describes the development and implementation of a group employment-counseling training program that is being used by the Canadian Employment and Immigration Commission. Discusses the theoretical materials, training schedule, and training approach. Outlines impact of the program and its implementation including concerns about integration of the…

Sees implicit definitions given to career and personal counseling as reflecting dichotomy between research and practice. Says that research focus and early practice experience reinforce idea that career counseling is prototypically concerned with young adult career choice. Presents case study of targeted coaching in business to illustrate how…

Three counseling situations in which a counseling student sought participatory help from his field instructor are described. In the first case study the counseling student had been working with a marginal family with severe marital and child management problems. Approaches discussed in supervisory conferences had not achieved the desired result…

Presents the thesis that a major source of the practitioner-researcher split in counseling is the conflict of values between the underlying assumptions of the traditional methods of research and theories of counseling. Assumptions about the nature of reality, of knowledge, and of human nature result in a conflict of two value systems. (Author/ABB)

There has been a renaissance in the thinking about career development. It is becoming accepted that information is not enough; in addition to academic and technical skills, youth and adults need to learn life/work designing and building skills to become healthy, productive, and self-reliant citizens. Despite the fact that Canadian students have…

Investigated assumptions that people choose careers which are consistent with their learning styles and are shaped to fit career learning norms. Counselor trainees (N=35) indicated their "preferred" learning style, and subsequently, their perceptions of "counselor" learning style. Results supported the assumptions. (Author/RC)

Interviewed faculty members responsible for the preparation of counselors. Information was obtained on the experiential background of counselor educators, the theoretical orientations employed, the programs, career development courses, standardized tests used in career development, and the important components of counselor education in career…

Recommendations for school guidance services are presented by the Canadian School Trustees' Association. Ways in which students can acquire knowledge about self, the world, and life management skills are outlined. A response recommends futuristically-oriented programs, while another response proposes practical competencies of change and…

Evaluated master's level course in gender and cultural issues in counseling. Graduate students (n=57) assigned to experimental or comparison groups completed measures of cultural awareness and gender attitudes before and after experimental group participated in the course. Results suggest that course did not effectively alter students' cultural…

Focuses on problems with using intelligence testing with Native American clients. Presents several anecdotes from vocational counselor training program with Cree and Ojibwa students, including two Native elders, to demonstrate the validity problems and certain problems with the administration of intelligence tests in general. Recommends that such…

Assessed 63 female counselor trainees after viewing videotape of client reporting sexual abuse, physical abuse, or role conflict. Results indicated that trainees who expected to counsel sexually abused client increased their positive self-statements. Applied Schwartz's States-of-Mind model to self-statement ratios, and, according to model,…

Online learning is here to stay. Many studies have examined factors that facilitate online learning in many disciplines, but few exist on counselor training. This research surveyed online counseling graduate students for factors that they found facilitative. Instructor characteristics such as frequency of participation in discussion forums,…