Reports on a community-based counseling program for the treatment of juvenile delinquents. The counseling program provided a friendly, supportive role model for reducing recidivism among juvenile delinquents. Suggests that a community-based program using student counselors may be an effective option for the treatment of juvenile delinquency.…

Highlights major changes in school and rehabilitation counselor preparation over past decade following Howie's 1979 counselor preparation recommendations. Suggests specific counselor competencies needed to provide comprehensive services. Describes how to integrate competencies within applicable accreditation guidelines. (Authors/CM)

This article discusses training issues related to the new paradigm proposed by Robitschek and DeBell, in which vocational topics in counseling psychology are viewed as primary issues and contextual factors in people's lives. Specifically, the new paradigm is conceptualized as a truly integrative career-personal perspective in the training of…

The article comments on the article "How Collaboration and Research Can Affect School Counseling Practices: The Minnesota Story," by Dean Miller. It describes the role of guidance supervisors in a sustained effort to improve school guidance and counseling practices. It also highlights the role that state supervisors of guidance and…

The authors examined the career concerns of 152 counselor trainees in 7 master's-level programs accredited by the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs. Results indicate that counselor trainees expressed considerable professional development, adjustment, and academia concerns while reporting minimal job-search…

Collaboration among various professional groups to enhance student learning is a very useful strategy. This article describes how one state, Minnesota, over time (1960-1990), employed collaboration among schools, universities, professional organizations, and the State Department of Education to affect student counseling practices where needed.…

Cyber-or computer-mediated communication is transforming school counselor education in curriculum delivery, supervision, and professional development, as well as changing the nature of interactions among counselors, school personnel, parents, counselor educators, students, and field supervisors. This article describes how new technologies are…

This set of materials provides the individual and panel presentations from a national conference on financial counseling at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, May 30-June 2, 1979. The focus of the presentations is on: (1) the role of the counselor as financial counselor; (2) certification and training;…

Designed to cover the general information essential to all annuitants regarding the Federal Income Tax implications of Civil Service retirement, this guide is for the use of the Civil Service Commission in training agency retirement counselors and as an instructor's guide or instructor's reference by retirement counselors in conducting…

School psychologist services in Great Britain are designed to provide assistance to teachers in advising, provide backup services for children with special needs, organize in-service programs for teachers, diagnose learning problems, and perform therapy. (BW)

This article discusses the development of a computer-based guidance counseling program, the Educational and Career Exploration System. (JC)

A two-year group consultative experience with dormitory counselors is discussed and evaluated with suggestions for communication, training, and feedback designed to reduce counselors' anxiety over their personal effectiveness. (MB)

The author discusses graduate students' reactions to four seminars, one-hour each, on the topic of spirituality in counseling. Several issues emerged that have implications for training of counselors on spiritual issues, including students' level of comfort with spiritual issues, the difficulty of defining spirituality, and training issues in the…

This article discusses the design and implementation of a grassroots culturally and linguistically sensitive program designed to promote the pursuit of higher education among Latino youth. Latinos en Camino al Exito Universitario is an example of a culturally responsive program delivered out of a university counseling center as part of the…

The specific roles of school counselors and school psychologists are frequently misunderstood by students, parents, and other education professionals. This article presents results from a study of preservice teachers' (N = 111) views of the functions of school counselors and school psychologists in helping students. Results suggest that preservice…