This article reviews the literature pertinent to prepracticum laboratory experiences in counselor education and describes the elements and the evaluation of one such program. (Author)

The purpose of this article is to set down an example of the involvement of several departments of a university in the training of counselors. (Author)

The initial purpose of this study was to determine how counselors used information yielded by multifactor intelligence tests. Data, however, revealed enormous percentages of nonclassifiable responses regarding these tests. The findings seemed to indicate a tendency on the part of counselor educators to downgrade the importance of accurate test…

Results of this study indicated that counselors consistently rated their training higher than did the superintendents. The biggest difference in ratings between counselors and superintendents was on personal social counseling. Counselors apparently feel that personal social counseling is an area of their preparation program where they received…

The Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (ACES) believes it is necessary that counselor educators, supervisors, and counselors establish specific, substantive policies, procedures, and activities designed to improve counseling services for non-Whites. The development of counselor training programs encompassing needs and aspirations…

A national survey of 230 counselor educators was conducted to examine issues that encourage or discourage these educators to continue as faculty members. Three of the 5 factors were found to be correlated with a scale of happiness. The factors and their relationship to counselor educators' sense of well-being are discussed in relation to potential…

Investigated perceptions of counselors, counselor educators, and state legislators in Ohio regarding impact of state counselor licensure. Most counselors and counselor educators felt that counseling licensure law had improved credibility of counseling profession in Ohio, provided greater protection for counseling consumers in the state, and had…

Conducted survey of actual counselor education position changes between 1971 and 1986. Found high turnover but decreasing volatility. Estimates for 1987 through 1992 suggest both less turnover and volatility. Trends for women and other trends were also examined. (Author/NB)

Examined screening and dismissal procedures currently being used in counselor training programs. Survey questionnaire, Screening and Terminating Procedures, was completed by 133 master's level counselor education programs. Findings showed that, although counselor educators had developed and used formal initial screening procedures, they were less…

Features a profile of assistant professors who accepted their first counselor education positions in 1999 as well as their comments regarding their experience as applicants. Includes recommendations derived from the data for counselor educators, professors-in-training, and search committees. (GCP)

Examines the relationship between supervisor perceptions of their supervisory style and elements of the supervision process, including the supervisory working alliance and supervisor self-disclosure. Results demonstrate a significant positive relationship between attractive, interpersonally sensitive, and task-oriented supervisory styles and…

Surveys 267 American School Counseling Association members regarding their current supervision, desire for clinical supervision, and rating of supervision goals. Although a small minority of respondents indicated that they were currently receiving supervision, a majority of respondents indicated a desire to receive supervision. Discusses…

Forty-five counselor educators and 62 master's-level counseling students were surveyed to compare faculty members' perceptions of trainee competence with students' own views. As anticipated, students reported higher deficiency rates than did their faculty. Combined with the intervention rates reported by corresponding faculty, students' reports…

Describes the role and function of the rehabilitation counselor as the fulcrum of both the service delivery system and the subsidized counselor-training effort. Calls on counselor educators to promote specific changes in middle class values. Concludes by predicting rehabilitation counselors' needs over the next decade. (BP)

The concerns of beginning counselor trainees were factor analyzed. The analysis yielded five distinct variables about which trainees expressed concerns: whether clients liked the counselor, counselor adequacy, counselor role, counseling techniques, and client needs. (Author)