Active research can be one area of enrichment in which counselors may gain personal growth, self-discipline, and personal development. The developer of the research project also gains in knowledge and practice in the specific areas of information retrieval systems. The counselor becomes aware of the methodology used in the preparation of a…

A Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) clinic on Chicago's Near North Side is currently offering physical and mental health care to Public Aid recipients. Psychological services are provided by a mental health co-ordinator (Ph.D. level) who supervises one or two counselors of M.A. status. The co-ordinator's other responsibilities include…

This paper offers a rationale and introduction to three innovative techniques which provide initial counseling experiences to trainees in the helping professions. The development of a cooperative program with the drama department to train and utilize drama students as coached clients is described as the first technique. The second technique is…

Achieving Dialog, a model course in dyadic communication for close relationships, is described and presented as a new course for the counseling/human development curriculum. Research findings from a comprehensive evaluation of the Dialog course are summarized. The societal need for the course is indicated, and the educational challenge to…

This is a report of a training course for guidance counselors. Nine counselors and 27 students participated in the program. The counselors administered various tests such as the Kuder, Holland, and ICL tests; they had individual interviews with the students, organized discussion groups, and showed films to the students. At the end of the three-day…

This monograph speaks to the basic problems confronting human services programs, and offers suggestions for improving guidance services. Specific concerns addressed are: (1) the need for more systematic program planning and evaluation; (2) an approach to effective planning and evaluation; (3) development of staff skills for use in the…

This counselor training program is based on the self-management concept which has been "field-tested", and which focuses upon trainee behaviors and is committed to self-directed change. Program participants were assigned to learning labs of six to eleven students where they worked in triads on a communication skills approach to interpersonal…

This project report gives information regarding the effectiveness of regional counselor training efforts for 463 newly employed untrained VR counselors from D.C., Kentucky, Maryland, North Carolina, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Virginia, West Virginia, Delaware and Pennsylvania. The course spanned a two-week period; six weeks academic and six…

Describes a bipartite learning exercise designed to increase counselor trainees' sensitivity to cultural differences. Emphasizes extending traditional, cognitive-focused multicultural training to include actual interactions with culturally diverse persons. Trainees indicated at two-month follow-up that the experiential training was useful.…

Presents a management-of-self model of supervision for graduate training in marriage and family therapy. Suggests that as the supervisee comes to understand how family of origin and family constellation patterns are reenacted within the therapeutic context, he/she can then interrupt those patterns of interaction that inhibit effectiveness. (JAC)

The University of Maine School of Law's cooperative program with a local legal clinic to provide law students with training in and experience with counseling techniques in a field experience program, to help clients solve complex problems, is described and discussed. (MSE)

An experiential model of learning used in a graduate level psychology counseling course to help students develop group leadership skills is described. Students view a videotape depicting scenes that require an intervention. The scenes describe events leading to a choice point, and some kind of leader action is required. (RM)

The progress of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University's model of an Employee Career Development Program is reported. The program's roots and relationships are explored as well as the results of a cooperative effort between an employee relations/personnel office and a university counselor education program area. (Author/MLW)

School counselors represent an integral part of a quality educational program designed to meet the personal, social, academic, and career development needs of today's students. Michigan school districts are experiencing and reporting a significant shortage of qualified and appropriately credentialed school counselors. A statewide initiative was…

The purpose of this paper is to present a model of a master's level internship training program at a university counseling center and to show how master's level therapists, with adequate supervision and training, have enhanced the performance of a counseling center. The first step was to develop a training manual to serve as a roadmap for staff…