This article emphasizes the need for concrete descriptions of supervision to promote diversity-competent group work and presents an application of the supervision of group work model (SGW) to this end. The SGW, a supervision model adapted from the discrimination model, is uniquely suited for promoting diversity competence in group work, since it…

Describes circumstances of a 1978 camp canoeing accident in which 13 persons drowned. Reports factors which led to the accident, based on details from the Coroner's Report. Poses questions which should be satisfactorily answered before a trip can be safely undertaken by campers and camp staff. (CS)

The training component of the Kellogg-funded Education Information Centers used a train-the-trainer approach with cross-training for librarians and counselors. The training was concerned with clarifying librarians' role in career guidance and counseling. (SK)

Mental health counselors can enhance their ability to work with clients concerned about financial matters if they themselves are knowledgeable about such matters by being able to differentiate between clients who should be referred for financial consultation and those who are using "financial matters" to resist discussion of other issues. (JBJ)

Describes a cooperative venture between a counselor educator and a university counseling center in providing a program for reentry adults. Counseling graduate students participated in organizing and conducting workshops for reentry students and providing a noontime information series organized around psychological life adjustment themes.…

Describes the Job Placement Training Program, a training program run by Southern Illinois University that is designed to teach rehabilitation counselors and placement specialists employed by state rehabilitation agencies the knowledge, techniques, and strategies necessary to help rehabilitation clients obtain employment. The program's curriculum…

This report focuses on approaches designed to strengthen the state-federal vocational rehabilitation partnership with private sector employers. Chapter 1, "Successful Partnerships: The Employer Speaks," is written by business people (businesses listed at the end of the chapter) and addresses the needs of the private sector employers, the structure…

This report details the rationale, origins, and practice of peer counseling, a system of training people to help other people through empathy and decision-making. Specific applications are described, with particular attention to involving adolescents as peer counselors. The article illustrates the training model of peer counseling as developed by…

Contains 11 articles examining comprehensive career guidance from a variety of perspectives. Examines career guidance systems for elementary-secondary students, adults, and a model of career guidance in the workplace. Discusses counselor education, career information systems, career guidance for handicapped and disadvantaged groups, and the future…