This document presents the manual for a training workshop for rehabilitation counselors on the delivery of services to persons with learning disabilities. It describes how counselors are trained in the workshop to: (1) use five criteria to establish eligibility; (2) apply the case management system to the classification of learning disabilities as…

Health psychology has emerged as a potentially distinct specialty within counseling psychology. To determine the nature and extent of health psychology training in counseling psychology programs, 55 training directors of counseling psychology programs that are either members of the Council of Counseling Psychology Training Programs (CCPTP) or are…

A variance in attitudes concerning roles and responsibilities between school administrators and school counseling students led the authors to advocate for change in the professional preparation of both. A study was conducted in which preservice counselors and administrators were brought together for an opportunity to dialogue about role…

The most recent Gallup poll regarding the religious attitudes of Americans again confirms the importance of religion for the large majority of Americans. The primary purpose of this survey was to assess how and to what extent counselor education programs deal with religious and spiritual issues in the preparation of counselors. This survey offered…

Students of career counseling study a variety of therapeutic approaches. Logotherapy is an approach that addresses issues concerning meaning in work. There have been many studies of worker dissatisfaction which point to a gap between the desire of the worker to have intrinsic meaning in work and the actual work experience. This initial…

Introduces a procedure to give supervision and feedback to students in training using written and verbal feedback as well as a rating scale to assess change in psychotherapy skills. Presents a case study as well as recommendations for future exploration. (LLL)

Reports the development and validation of a questionnaire designed to assess reflective skills, the Counselor Response Questionnaire (CRQ). CRQ, designed for measuring skills of beginning counselors, differentiates trainees with some reflective skills from those who have little. Internal consistency is good. Validity data are encouraging.…

Describes the Counseling Competencies Self-monitoring Form (C2S-mF), which combines styles of verbal interaction and Carkhuff's dimensions of interpersonal functioning, and recommends its use in systematic self-monitoring of counseling behavior. Counselor trainee use of the C2S-mF reduces amount of reliance on instructors and supervisors for…

Developed Counseling Self-Estimate Inventory through five studies. Factor analysis yielded five factors that reflected counselor trainees' confidences in using microskills, attending to process, dealing with difficult client behaviors, behaving in culturally competent way, and being aware of one's values. Items were internally consistent and…

Presents a brief rationale for selected aspects of program evaluation in counselor education. A brief description of instrument development, evaluation program objectives, and instrument uses and additional evaluation program components concludes with the presentation of a graduate follow-up instrument. (Author/JAC)

This comparative study examined the views of pre-professional counselor and administration candidates regarding the role of the school counselor. The Public School Counselor Role Ambiguity Questionnaire (PSCRAQ) scale was administered to 534 candidates to determine whether they viewed the school counselor as specialized professional or as staff to…

A procedure was developed to help counseling students define their beliefs about people and their behavior and thus help them to identify their personal counseling theory. Class discussion concerning congruency between personal and professional beliefs is the result of using this procedure. Practicum students are expected to be familiar with a…

Research has indicated that premature termination of therapy is sometimes due to a conflict in goal and outcome expectations between therapists and family members of clients. The present study requested both therapists and parents of child clients to complete questionnaires to determine if there is congruence between therapist and parental…

This programmed instruction rehabilitation counseling information test attempts to cover six areas as follows: testing, psychological information, medical information, counseling concepts, history of rehabilitation, and counselor-agency functioning. The information may be utilized for research purposes and/or replicated by others. (Author)

By using carefully developed questions during the early stages of counseling, counselors can "open the door" for clients to feel comfortable discussing spiritual or religious themes in counseling. This process of incorporating spirituality into counseling may involve a paradigm shift and additional training for counselors; thus, guidelines are…