This training course manual introduces and explains the juvenile counselor training course developed as part of the evaluation procedures for juvenile counselor candidates in the Standards and Training for Corrections Program in California. The manual provides information on the assumptions that guided the development of the course, the process by which they were developed, and how to use the specifications in the course to prepare course lectures, materials, and tests. The manual is divided into eight sections that cover the following: (1) the major assumptions that guided the development of the training course; (2) a description of the juvenile counselor's job; (3) an overview of the juvenile counselor core training course; (4) daily course schedules; (5) performance objectives for the course; (6) performance objectives for test preparation; (7) performance objectives by core task index; and (8) the full list of juvenile counselor core tasks. (KC)