An interview between a college counselor and client, comprising 54 dyads, was used to demonstrate a classification system for counselor retrospections. The interview and subsequent counselor retrospections and client reactions were recorded, transcribed, and coded. After intercoder agreement was established, contingency analyses were computed. In…

A method of obtaining performance predictive information concerning applicants to counselor training programs, in particular, and to similar interpersonally oriented programs for other fields, in general, is presented. The rationale for and method of the development of a work sample type instrument to simulate interpersonal interaction of the…

Addresses the problem of improving transfer of training from the seminar setting to participants' work setting and proposes use of a post-seminar lay-consultant program offering encouragement and technical counselling to participants. The training of 16 lay people as consultants and implementation of a consultant program for seminar participants…

Assessed the effects of gender and credibility introduction on eighth graders' (N=240) perceptions of counselor expertness, attractiveness, trustworthiness, and confidence. Results showed that perceived expertness was more a function of the credibility introduction than of counselor gender with female counselors' ratings more sensitive to the…

Little is known concerning the satisfaction of newly admitted graduate students with their program's orientation process. In fact, Pruitt-Logan and Isaac (1995) called graduate students' experience "the great unaddressed academic issue in higher education." Some research has addressed specific aspects of graduate student orientation and retention,…

A study was undertaken to examine the social actions and interactions of students and perceptions about student behavior in the school hallway. A variety of ethnographic methods of data collection were used to interview students (N=52) in grades 3, 4, and 5 in an elementary school in the Southeastern United States. This paper supports the notion…

Empathy has been defined as the single most important dimension in establishing a counseling relationship. This paper describes a study that compares counselor trainees' and a general population of African American males' empathy ratings of racially mixed videotaped counseling sessions. The report addresses the following questions: "Do…

This paper discusses a preliminary study aimed at examining counseling students' cultural identity development. The primary goals of this project were to develop a rubric for assessing racial cultural identity growth; to provide a personal and meaningful paradigm for the trainee to explore racial cultural identity development and a format for self…

Describes a staff development project to sensitize job service counselors to the needs and employment problems of older rural jobseekers and to develop a model in-service project. Counselor response to the program was positive. Applicant surveys showed older rural job seekers generally lack good job-seeking skills. (JAC)

Evaluated the effectiveness of Galvanic Skin Response (GSR) feedback in developing empathy in novice counselors. Results suggest training with biofeedback was associated with more affective responding by the counselor but did not facilitate counselor communication of understanding of clients' concerns, nor was a pervasive increase in perceptual…

Investigated the effectiveness of supervisor feedback in contributing to learning counseling skills. Counselor trainees (N=64) were assigned to supervisor feedback, no supervisor feedback, or control groups for three training sessions. Results indicated counseling skills were learned best by students with no supervisor feedback but self and peer…

Discusses the elementary school counselor's role in providing affective education to special needs students. Explores the need for special education courses in counselor training. Results of a national survey indicated only two states required a course in special education for counselor certification. Suggests recommendations for updating…

Theory and methodology to study the elation of professional training programs to large scale socioeconomic trends are specified. Times series analyses of both Berkeley and of a quite different counseling program at San Francisco State demonstrate the capabilities of the approach. Practical implications and further application are discussed.…

Trainees who were attracted to their supervisors were rated as more effective by supervisors, although attraction was not related to clients' perceptions of outcome. A direct style of supervision was related to trainee effectiveness, but on only one of three measures of the dependent variable. (Author)

Summarizes relevant findings from the National Seminar on Competency-Based Rehabilitation Education, July 1978, Atlanta, Georgia. Focuses on the 298 competencies needed by rehabilitation counselors and/or vocational evaluators, with a table of importance levels in 13 categories, and the training location universities, on-the-job training,…