Prevention as a concept can be applied to a population closely associated with children: that of day care workers. This study outlines typical problems and concerns of workers as well as several important parameters of the day care work world. (Author)

This article discusses the results of a two-year paraprofessional training program in basic counseling skills, sponsored by the Department of Counseling and Guidance at Indiana University and the Indiana State Employment Securities Division. The Rokeach Dogmatism Scale and the Porter Test of Counselor Attitudes were used as criterion measures in…

Surveyed counselors to determine their training and perceived competence in program evaluation skills. While most mental health counselors were well-versed in research and statistical procedures, many believed they were inadequately prepared in program evaluation methods. Suggests these skills have to be learned on the job. (JAC)

Attempts is to help counselors increase awareness and understanding of sexual attitudes and behavior of clients with whom they interact in therapeutic settings. Examines empirical findings from current Canadian sex research to determine some of the dominant changes in attitudes. (Author)

Examined reasons for negative attitudes toward children with severe burns by surveying 226 counseling and rehabilitation students. Results suggest that pessimistic expectations and negative attitudes built on conjecture are due to four sources: social standards of beauty, emotionality of the observer, reminders of personal vulnerability, and…

A qualitative study of 30 counselors or psychotherapists revealed numerous themes. These major themes include the following: transition by the practitioner toward the use of healing; the taboo over talking about spiritual and healing experiences; the nature of healing as distinct from therapy; supervision difficulties; and the concept of spiritual…

Examines the use of focus group interviews in understanding staff perceptions of training to work with drug users in the Therapeutic Community model. Discusses methodological issues relevant to the use of focus groups and the individual responses to the training program and the content and structure of the training program are also discussed.…

Investigates in-service and pre-service school counselors' current levels of HIV/AIDS-related knowledge and attitudes, and the demographic factors potentially associated with HIV/AIDS knowledge and attitudes. (Contains 26 references.) (GCP)

Examines the relationship between racial identity attitudes and the use of ego defense mechanisms by White counselor trainees during cross-racial counseling and supervision dyads. Results indicated that White counselor trainees at less mature statuses of racial identity attitudes relied on more primitive ego defenses to manage the anxiety…

Conducted survey of community-based counselors (N=743) to determine standardized test use for individual appraisal. Explored kinds of tests used, educational level of test user, and respondents' perceptions of importance of appraisal. Found bare majority used test instruments; Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory used most; and fewer than…

Contains five personal accounts: (1) "From the Eye of a Giant" (Walter Earl); (2) "Culture Shock with a Happy Ending" (Terence Hannigan); (3) "Bifocality--And the Space Between" (Tim Olson); (4) "Becoming an Effective Multicultural Counselor" (Woodrow Parker); and (5) "Outback Actualization" (Martin Ritchie). (NB)

Describes investigation comparing two measures of perceived multicultural counseling awareness: the Multicultural Counseling Awareness Scale (MCAS) and the Multicultural Counseling Inventory (MCI). Based on results, suggests that MCI is more appropriate as self-report, that replication of results is warranted, and that generalizability from this…

Examined extent to which 1988 Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP) standards were judged by counselor educators (n=102) as relevant to counselor preparation. Respondents judged CACREP standards to be crucial or important to accreditation. Judgments of relevance differed significantly by numerical size…

Notes that spirituality and religion are often related to issues clients raise in therapy. Discusses overlap of therapeutic and religious worlds. Considers how some therapists are dealing with this interface. Outlines several ways religious issues can be integrated into family therapy training programs within larger existing framework of training…

Conducted nationwide survey to compare graduates of doctoral programs in counselor education (CE, n=135) and in counseling psychology (CP, n=121). The findings suggest that great similarities exist between CE and CP doctoral graduates in terms of sex, type of master's education, rate of current employment, professional participation, income, and…