An appeal for less emphasis upon separate counseling programs rather than preparation of generic counselors. Discusses employment and rehabilitation counselors requesting mutual respect for counselors outside schools. (Author)

Panel presentation by Edmund W. Gordon, Earl Stahl, and Anthony Riccio, which discusses lack of behavioral training for counselors. Indications are that, regardless of counselor sensitivity and genuineness, he does not do effective job communicating with school staff or lower class students, particularly in area of college campus environment…

A crucial part of a program for the development of an existential counselor would, the author believes, be the provision of a series of experiences in which the sensitivities of the student would become more intimately felt and realized. (Author)

Since the results of this study have been extracted from data supplied by a contemporary group of state directors and state supervisors of guidance services, and since roles change with time, this role study cannot be construed to be final or complete. (Author)

This article extends the findings reported in an earlier paper and deals with intra-role conflict and with the motivation for changing roles. The implications of the testimony given by the counselors for counselor preparation programs and for the structure of roles in schools were examined. (Author)

Discusses the effectiveness of counseling, the literature of the field, the programs of preparation, and the characteristics of those who enter counseling and guidance. (Author)

Ratings on a statement-of-functions (adapted from Brown and Pruett, 1967) by three groups of college students indicate some disagreement on which personnel within a school should perform 20 out of 70 functions. Data table included. (CJ)

Surveyed school psychology training programs regarding their approaches to consultation training. Results indicate: 40 percent offer at least one course devoted solely to consultation; more doctoral programs offer consultation training; and practicum experience is considered an important aspect. Suggests greater emphasis on consultation training…

This study indicated that counselors spent the same amount of time performing similar functions, regardless of the number of mentally retarded persons in their case loads. Counselors believed they were well-trained for carrying out policies and procedures, but desired for more training in working with the mentally retarded. (Author/BEF)

Presents an interview which explores the ideas and strategies of the counseling model contained in the interviewee's text, "The Skilled Helper". Discusses the cross-cultural applicability of the model and how conceptions of the prototype have changed or stayed the same across numerous editions of the text. (RJM)

Presents rationale and a model for doctoral program designed to address growing social concern about at-risk individuals. Defines at-risk population as consisting of children or adults with high prediction rates for later poverty, underemployment or unemployment, institutionalization, and/or early illness and death. Describes prototype doctoral…

Reviews the six building blocks presented by the author in the first issue of this journal. Assesses how well the American Mental Health Counselors Association (AMHCA) has accomplished the goals involved and points out new areas of growth and new frontiers that AMHCA can address in firming up the professional identity of the mental health…

This study explored supervision experiences in 69 U.S. racial/ethnic minority supervisees working with White supervisors. The results demonstrated that perceived prejudice was associated with role ambiguity and role conflict in supervision, suggesting that supervision may not occur in isolation from trainees' lived experience. Implications for…