Presents an overview of the issues, trends, and rationale for teaching the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Third Edition, Revised (DSM-III-R) in counselor education programs. Also presents foundation for other articles in this issue that deal with techniques for teaching counselors how to use the DSM-III-R effectively.…

Advocates model of psychological service delivery that envisions school psychology in settings outside education agencies. Holds that university programs must accelerate efforts to train psychologists with broader range of skills by altering content and process of didactic and supervised activities. Emphasizes inservice and continuing education…

Reviews literature on complex ethical and legal issues that may arise in counseling families (defining the client, welfare and rights of individuals versus those of family system, informed consent and manipulative therapeutic techniques, family members who refuse to participate, confidentiality, and family values). Concludes with specific…

This paper provides a personal look at counseling and counselor education in Hong Kong and Singapore. A section on the availability of formal and informal training resources in counseling notes that many practitioners in the counseling profession in Hong Kong or Singapore go abroad to pursue graduate studies, since, comparatively speaking, Hong…

The Postgraduate Center for Psychotherapy in Haifa, Israel has developed a one-year seminar in psychodynamic supervision for practicing supervisors. Twenty-five participants took part in group seminars designed to address the process of supervision and the theoretical, personal, and stylistic differences among supervisors. This paper describes the…

Addresses the issue of training elementary school counselors in using puppets. Offers suggestions for using puppets in counseling children by using fantasy to help children cope with their emotions and with real world problems. Cautions the counselor to practice shifting from reality to fantasy and back again. (ABB)

Describes a multifaceted approach to acquisition of cross-cultural knowledge that is a culmination of experiences and activities used in a course titled Counseling Ethnic Minorities. This approach is based on the premise that knowledge and cultural sensitivity can be achieved through a combination of cognitive, affective, and behavioral…

Discusses scientist-practitioner model in which practitioners are consumers of research findings about assessment and treatment, evaluators of their own interventions, and researchers who report data to the scientific community. Stresses importance of using model in training entry-level counselors. Describes a course focusing on model. (Author/ABL)

The authors describe evaluative research on the role and effectiveness of student advisors in postsecondary education. They describe one student advising model that may be applicable to home economics units nationwide. (CH)

Presents the social facilitation paradigm as a useful model for predicting positive and negative effects of supervision observation on the performance of counselors. Describes some recent studies that have attempted to test this paradigm in actual counseling studies and offers some suggestions for future research. (LLL)

Reviews the status of school psychology in Lebanon. Presents information regarding the Lebanese system of education, school psychology services, administration, training facilities, school psychology's contributions to the society, and the problems that it faces, as well as a plan for future development of the field. (Author/LLL)

Argues the need for theory development in the field of interpersonal relations training. Presents criteria, based on the four major divisions of philosophic inquiry (ontology, logic, axiology, and epistemology) and examines three views of interpersonal relations using these four criteria. (LLL)

Reviews existing literature relevant to cognitive issues in training. Discusses the effects of various cognitive attributes, examines the impact of various cognitive training strategies on trainee performance, and addresses methodological issues that have served to limit research activity. (LLL)

Lists doctoral training programs in clinical, counseling, and school psychology that have been accredited by the Committee of Accreditation of the American Psychological Association. (GC)

The family floor plan, as a tool for training, teaches systems concepts while trainees examine their family-of-origin. In family therapy, the floor plan can be used to assess family interaction patterns and to intervene. The floor plan tool and its applications are described, including short case vignettes. (Author)