School counselors are expected to play a vital role in reforms called for in the Oregon Educational Act for the 21st Century (HB 3565). A study was designed to develop a profile of school counselors which includes information about their current job responsibilities, expected responsibilities in the future school reform context, training needs,…

This study focused on three objectives: (1) to identify those activities which school counselors perceive to be their greatest time wasters; (2) to identify the percentage of time counselors believe they spend on each of the primary counselor job functions; and (3) to compare those perceptions with counselors' ideal allocation of their time.…

Solutions are proposed for the vocational agriculture teachers' assertions that their program is not understood by the guidance counselor and that vocational agriculture programs have become the dumping ground for the unwanted in the mainstream of the school system. (Author/BP)

This study sought to determine the attitudes of guidance counselors toward the entrance of women into the profession of medicine. In order to answer this broad question two research methods were employed. The counselors were given a paired comparisons task, i.e., they were asked to make 66 choices among 12 high school students to determine who…

The views of the role of the elementary school counselor was studied in the state of Massachusetts. Three hundred and forty-three elementary school counselors, guidance directors, elementary school principals, superintendents and counselor educators were randomly selected to take part in the survey. Responses to a 3-part questionnaire were…

Discusses diametrically opposed attitudes between custodial personnel and professional correctional counselors. Outlines primary characteristics requisite to establishing a "therapeutic milieu." Presents theoretical and pragmatic aspects of internal-external locus of control orientation in correctional counseling. (Author)

Investigated the assessment views and practices of 145 school psychologists. Results indicated that respondents are predominantly behavioral and cognitive behavioral in orientation; spend most of their professional time in the public schools; and engage in a great deal of assessment, particularly behavioral assessment and projective testing. (JAC)

This handbook for faculty advisors seeks to clarify Edgecombe Community College's (ECC's) (North Carolina) advising theories and concepts. The handbook is designed for instructors as well as program chairpersons and coordinators who are assigned the responsibility of advising students in their programs. The guide is divided into five sections:…

Physicians, nurses, social workers, and counselors often fail to relate effectively to the dying and the bereaved. They must first come to terms with their own feelings about death in order to respond to others. (Author/JAC)

With homosexuals, counseling toward self-acceptance is advisable; counseling toward heterosexual adjustment is feasible only as a second-best choice and should be combined with continued efforts of counseling of the first type. Presented at the Annual Convention of the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy, San Francisco, 13 December…

Community college counselors were surveyed concerning their perceptions of paraprofessional responsibilities in academic advising, career development, personal/social counseling, recruitment, and other student services. The counselors' responses indicate that guidance and product-oriented services could be functions of paraprofessionals. (Author)

Certain factors limit marital therapists in dealing with individuals conflicted over and disenchanted about "traditional" marriage: 1) the therapist's gender; 2) the presence of sex-role stereotyped behaviors and expectations; and 3) the therapist's own marital experience. Specific helpful experiences and therapeutic techniques are discussed.…

It is the purpose of this article to argue that counselors contribute to the maintenance of neocolonialism not only because of the coopting process but because the democratic values and principles that they take for granted are inadequate for a people emerging from the bonds of colonialism. (Author)

Employed questionnaire to study relationships between role perceptions and job satisfaction among military Drug and Alcohol Prevention Specialists (N=102). Found job satisfaction primarily related to perceived importance of prevention duty and organizational efficiency. Found supervisor's emphasis upon prevention duty was significant but…