A questionnaire assessing curricula on sexual counseling was sent to chairpersons of all counselor education programs in the United States. Results showed the current status of sexuality instruction for counselors, including comparative data on discrete and integrated courses in sexuality, and topics and skills covered each kind of…

Updated earlier research on consultation and counselor education by surveying 164 administrators of counselor education master's level programs. Found that more counselor education programs were offering individual courses in consultation to master's students, but preferred method of delivering consultation coursework was to integrate it into…

Counselor education faculty (n=138) from programs in school counseling accredited by the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Education Programs (CACREP) were surveyed and found to have substantial involvement in activities relevant to K-12 education. (Author)

States that counselors need to become more involved in program evaluation. Presents rationale for including training in program evaluation in counselor education programs. Contends that only by conducting program evaluations will counselor educators and supervisors become major players in public policy, planning, and social reform. (Author/NB)

Surveyed perceptions of Association for Counselor Education and Supervision members (approximate n=217) concerning different aspects of counselor credentialing. Most respondents considered registration and licensure important for professional identity and protection, with licensure being considered the more important. Certification was seen as…

Presents overview of select components most often found within family training programs: the study of systems theory, examination of family of origin, use of live supervision, and emphasis on ethical issues specific to working with couples and families. Discusses variety of challenges facing training programs, including constructivism, feminist…

Sees sexual contact between counselors and clients as serious ethical and legal problem in field of counseling. Discusses need to train counselors regarding the prevention of counselor-client sexual relations. Presents training strategy that confronts students with potential problems and ethical responses. Evaluation form to measure participant…

Article identifies contextual teaching and learning as an important pedagogical tool that can be applied to counselor education, and argues that it provides a theoretical rationale for many teaching and learning interventions. Describes contextual teaching and learning and applies its five major components to counselor education. (Contains 53…

Examines how counselor education faculty and students determine the ethical appropriateness of dilemmas portraying dual relationships in friendships, mentoring, monetary interactions, and romantic-sexual relationships. Results suggest that, unlike most students, faculty trust the ability of counselor educators to maintain objectivity and avoid…

A questionnaire asking counselor educators to rate 25 curriculum areas of their programs with respect to satisfaction and amount of change desired, was sent to a modified, stratified random sample of 108 institutions. Overall, there was an expressed desire for increased emphasis in every area. (Author)

Reports that textbooks and counseling approaches studied by prospective counselors largely omit information on biological foundations of human behavior, although biological factors often affect human behavior profoundly. Uses case study examples to show importance of biological factors. Recommends that counselor educators understand biological…

Suggests methods of how counselor educators may conceptually present life style and career development components to counselor education students with some examples of experiential activities. Summarizes a discussion by a counselor education faculty that reflects their viewpoints and perceptions of the life-style and career development standard.…

Responds to professional reactions to counselor gullibility. Sees a direct, linear relationship between gullibility and counseling effectiveness. (Author/ABB)

This study investigated whether personality needs discriminate between counselor trainees who prefer the administrator specialty and those who prefer the practitioner functional specialty. The results suggest that the Personality Research Form (PRF) may have value as a tool in the selection of counselors. (Author)

Counselor trainees were assigned to two groups (a) the experimental group, training in nondefensive communication, and (b) the control group, no training period. Results showed that the experimental subjects demonstrated a significant reduction in defensive behavior. Significant differences were found for the pre- and postchange scores between the…