Compared interpersonal characteristics of rehabilitation counseling (RC) students with those of other college students to study effects of counselors' interpersonal characteristics on counseling outcomes. RC students demonstrated more moderate levels of expressing inclusion, expecting submission, and wanting control. Women wanted and expressed…

Replicated Everett's (1980) survey of Approved Supervisors of American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT). Found significant differences in today's supervision including increase in female supervisors, shift toward systemic theoretical orientation, more supervisors in formal training settings, increase in video recording usage,…

School psychologists (N=261) in New South Wales, Australia, were surveyed regarding their attitudes toward mainstreaming and asked to identify resources required to meet the needs of disabled students in regular classrooms. Subjects generally saw their role as consultative rather than interventionist and attached little importance to knowledge of…

Analyzed Therapist Personal Reaction Questionnaire. Participants consisted of 6 practicum trainee graduate students and 208 undergraduate clients. Found two clusters--one related to counselor feelings toward client, one related to counselor feelings toward interview. Results indicated that more attractive clients were seen more frequently and for…

Examined concerns and attitudes of school counselors toward computers. Tested Concerns-Based Adoption Model and its application with 130 school counselors to assess affective needs of counselors and related findings to level or phase of in-service activity that would best meet their needs. (NB)

Examined whether differences exist between students' (n=322) and counselors' (n=11) perceptions of work activities performed by the latter group in a community college. Results indicated that students did not believe that counselors were actually performing the majority of tasks commonly and ideally associated with career counseling services.…

A total of 246 parents and educators of deaf students, rehabilitation specialists, and deaf adults were surveyed regarding obstacles to school-to-community transitions for youth in the Pacific Northwest. Results are delineated for three groups: deaf individuals, hard-of-hearing individuals, and deaf multihandicapped individuals. (Author/PB)

Used Cognitive Mapping Task (CMT) to perform in-depth content analysis of conceptualizations of two novice and two experienced counselors about change in counseling and about specific client problems. Analysis of CMTs suggests that novices in the study lacked the domain-specific schemata that may aid experienced counselors in efficiently…

Examined 3 aspects of construct validity of Expectations about Counseling-Brief form (EAC-B): whether it measures expectations about counseling rather than other constructs, whether test items are clearly understood, whether test maintains respondents' attention. Analyzed cognitions of 30 undergraduates to determine which thought processes were…

The practice of "inclusion" in the schools has created great change in the roles and tasks of counselors. Implications for counselors at different levels are explored. Counselors in Florida (N=569) were surveyed for their attitudes toward inclusion. Responses are discussed and presented. (EMK)

The study collected and contrasted the opinions of different sectors of the educational community about the functioning and integration of students with special educational needs. In order to do this, a broad questionnaire was sent to teachers of diverse educational stages, to counsellors, parents and to students, both with and without special…

Limited information on the actual and preferred career counseling and career testing activities of school counselors exists. An analysis of a statewide school counselors' survey revealed career counseling and testing preferences, priorities and predictors. Results revealed counselors preferred trait/factor approaches to career counseling,…

Although advances in HIV/AIDS treatment and prevention have led to improvements in health and well-being, HIV/AIDS continues to be a global health concern, especially for adolescents and young adults. The school system, with its access to vast numbers of youth, has and continues to be the most pivotal player in prevention. This article reports on…

Special and regular education reforms toward more inclusionary models impact the practice of school psychology. Traditional school psychological services involving testing and placement are being challenged through inclusive education initiatives. In this study, school psychologists' attitudes toward inclusive education were measured via a Rasch…

In the counseling process the use of power as a therapist influence strategy has not been demonstrated. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether women and men prefer different types of power statements made by female and male therapists in an initial therapy session with male clients. Subjects (N=153) were undergraduates enrolled in…