Describes an approach to faculty selection in a competency-based human development counseling program, the development of which enabled candidates to demonstrate their actual level of mastery for a wide range of skills associated with professional effectiveness. Successes and setbacks of this model are presented. (Author)

Over the next decade, distance learning will provide counselor preparation programs with a host of both opportunities and challenges. This user-friendly handbook helps counselor educators develop skills to teach students who are participating in distance learning classes. The purpose of this book is to help counselor educators and other faculty…

This study was designed to identify areas of strength and weakness in occupational information and vocational guidance preservice counselor education curriculum. Counselors and counselor educators were interviewed concerning extent of coverage actually and ideally devoted to 22 content areas. Both groups thought more emphasis should be given to…

Organizes components of counseling supervision by conceptualizing a framework for analyzing various models, assessing its applicability, and discussing results of the application. The 11 articles include several approaches and models of supervision, e.g., client-centered, cognitive-developmental, working alliance, rational-emotive therapy, social…

Examines the shortcomings of traditional counselor selection and training procedures, and presents suggestions for improving them vis-a-vis human rights counseling. Discusses recruitment and admission issues in counselor selection and the goals of human rights counseling. (Author/RC)

Trainees who were attracted to their supervisors were rated as more effective by supervisors, although attraction was not related to clients' perceptions of outcome. A direct style of supervision was related to trainee effectiveness, but on only one of three measures of the dependent variable. (Author)

The purpose of the present discussion is to review and discuss the current "state of the art" of the teaching of research, present some innovative alternatives, and to make recommendations to rehabilitation counselor educators for research curriculum modification and change. (Author)

Sets forth a model of group supervision, drawing on a creative therapies approach which provides an effective way of delivering process issues, conceptualization issues, and personalization issues. The model makes particular use of techniques drawn from art therapy and from psychodrama, and should be applicable to therapists of many orientations.…

In conjunction with the increased attention given to qualifications of those who supervise counseling students, this study surveyed supervisors of counselor licensure applicants in two states. Provides baseline information about supervision provided to counselor licensure applicants and concludes that a state board's supervision regulations…

Presents a format for case conceptualization to fill gaps in the literature on the preparation of counselors. The format fosters the systematic collection and integration of clinical data and is intended to complement training in counseling techniques. Model should aid counselors' collection and integration of data. (RJM)

The Multicultural Competency Checklist was used to assess 168 counseling psychology students' perceptions of multicultural training in their programs. Students believed their programs had (a) required multicultural counseling courses; (b) diverse teaching strategies; (c) varied evaluation methods; and (d) multiculturally sensitive faculty. Also…

Collaborative action research is an effective tool for helping school counselors to strengthen the link between practice and research. Action research methods for school counselors are summarized, and a model for collaborative action research linking counselor training and school counselor practitioners is presented. The model is based on ongoing…

The purpose of this study was to examine the extent to which the structure or patterning of supervisor and supervisee verbal interaction during supervision is enhanced or moderated by: (1) the problem severity (degree of impairment and level of distress of the client); (2) the anxiety of the supervisee and supervisor toward the client and toward…

Couselor credentialing is a way to symbolize professionalism and high standards to the public. Its purpose is to identify counselors who are at least minimally qualified to provide counseling services. This special digest collection on credentialing counselors covers many aspects of legislation, methods, and special concerns about credentialing.…

Many undergraduate courses can be easily modified for televised instruction. However, courses such as group work require weekly writing, have major expectations of practice, and necessitate immediate feedback, and so need considerable revamping for televised instruction. Ways to achieve this modification are covered here. The first consideration…