Reviews an inservice training workshop for employment counselors on the skill of job development. Evaluations showed a need for additional inservice training on job development skills, including follow-up, marketing, using outside resources, matching employer needs with client capabilities, speaking before groups, effective verbal communication…

Proposes curriculum development in school counseling as a possible solution to a number of contemporary problems in the field. Discusses major elements including the need for appropriate materials, research and training to allow counseling to be taught by counseling instructors as a regular school subject. (Author/JAC)

Describes the development of an instrument designed to evaluate the effectiveness of family therapy training. The device consists of a videotape of an enacted family therapy session and a series of multiple-choice questions regarding the respondents' observations, conceptualizations and recommendations. A sample question is included. (Author/JAC)

Defines peer counseling as a process where students are trained in helping skills to offer, under supervision, listening, support, and alternatives to other students. Discusses the implementation procedures of identifying needs, setting goals, marketing the program, training and supervising, establishing peer counseling services, and evaluating…

Describes five highly structured writing assignments for teaching family therapy trainees to think in systems terms: 1) analysis of a communication task; 2) family assessment report; 3) family treatment plan; 4) analysis of a marital or family therapy interview; and 5) family autobiography. Discusses the overall training context. (Author)

Describes and analyzes a pilot social work education program in the mental health of older women. It discusses developmental activities related to planning, implementation, and evaluation of the model. The preliminary outcomes of this five-year project may offer some guidelines and alternatives for training professionals. (Author)

Formulates some theories about the process of raising cultural awareness among psychotherapists. Identifies important themes or issues that should be addressed in this type of training, and evaluates the feasibility of a short experiential training program in preparing culturally effective psychotherapists and counselors. (Author)

In three articles, presents arguments pertaining to rehabilitation counselor training. The first article advocates an undergraduate major as the requirement for first-line professionals. The second article promotes the need for graduate study. The third article stresses the need for continuing education beyond the graduate level. (RC)

The use of a peer counselor in a staff support position in the student financial aid office at Wesleyan University is discussed. An academic credit course taught by the Director of Financial Aid was organized. Peer counselors must be selected, trained, and given responsibilities normally assigned to professionals. (MLW)

This model for facilitating the development of prehelping skills is a viable model of service delivery. If prehelping skills of attending, observing, and listening are not taught systematically, the development of skills involved in responding, integrative understanding and facilitating action become increasingly difficult. (Author)

Rapid growth in the psychological professional has brought an attempt to make the doctoral degree the minimal credential for entry to independent practice. Examination of the characteristics of doctoral and nondoctoral training programs in school psychology suggests that each type of program has points in its favor. (Author)

Relates an older peer counselor training program developed for paraprofessional volunteers, 55 and over, to assist elderly widowed people in their adjustment. Results indicate that the training program was effective in eliciting widowhood and counseling attitude change, and in providing trainees with the opportunity for personal growth. (Author)

Poetry provides a vehicle for culturally diverse peoples to voice their political statements and personal expression within the dominant culture. Discusses the usefulness of poetry in multicultural education and counseling training. Various exercises and techniques are presented that are applicable for training graduate-level counseling students…

Offers some revisions and alternatives to Heath and Atkinson's 1988 model for designing a course on the family treatment of alcohol and drug problems in order to make it generalizable to a greater number of contexts. Suggests the two papers together could serve as a guide for self-study in the area for clinicians. (Author/ABL)

Describes a training program for doctoral students in a rehabilitation education program. Consideration is given to both theoretical and experiential content, and the program emphasizes the doctoral students' supervision of master's-level rehabilitation counselors-in-training who are engaged in their first practicum experience. (JPS)