Increased functions of counselors has truly professionalized their roles in the school setting. The counselor needs to be highly trained and educated for the position. Continuous inservice education is necessary. Additional course work toward an advanced degree at a properly accredited university is a must. Engaging in research endeavors and…

The five chapters in this monograph provide guidelines for counselors in the 1990s who will be faced with such societal issues as substance abuse, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), teenage pregnancy, youth unemployment, homelessness, crime and delinquency, and school dropouts. "The Contemporary Counselor in a Changed World" (Harold…

Previous research on training for community psychology has failed to distinguish between the effects of different types of training programs or to address the viability of master's level training in community psychology. To explore the value of master's level training in non-clinical community psychology, 83 of 112 students who earned master's…

This article presents a personal view of counselling in Manitoba's largest community college. The role of the college counsellor as a guidance worker or counsellor is discussed. Related to this question is the apparent lowering of educational and professional qualifications for college counseling as a consequence of a guidance oriented system.…

Described are the development and implementation of an inservice training manual for guidance counselors serving physically disabled high school students, and reported are results of a national survey of 226 secondary guidance counselors and directors. Six project activities are discussed (including identifying the informational needs of high…

Secondary school counselors need preparation to assist students in college planning. The papers included in this volume focus on the dynamics of college choice, the changes in today's colleges, and the special problems of students in planning for higher education. Emphasis is upon counselor education and the application of vocational development…

The individualized instructional unit is intended for use in inservice or preservice education of counselors and was designed to provide a clear, concise overview of career education and to help counselors understand precisely what their support duties are. The unit is divided into five sections, each based on performance objectives. At the…

The main article in this issue of ERIC/CAPS' expanded newsletter is based on an interview with the presidents-elect of three national organizations--Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (ACES), The American School Counselor Association (ASCA), and the American Personnel and Guidance Association (APGA). They discuss the role of the…

This study was conducted to gain information from and about public school counselors concerning the relationship between their role and function and the nature of their counselor preparation training. It was also intended to determine the changes in training and counselor function necessary to provide for more adequate vocational counseling for…

This research investigated the effects of sex and status of models on the acquisition of counseling behaviors by beginning students in counseling. Video tape was employed in both the presentation of models to the subjects, and in obtaining the criterion measure. The specific counseling behaviors (modeling tape) were developed during the course of…

DEFINING THE ROLE OF A COUNSELOR IS A TASK WHICH IS COMPLICATED BY THE CHANGING WORLD, THE CHANGING SOCIAL STRUCTURE, AND THE INFLUENCES OF GOVERNMENT. THE ROLE IS FURTHER COMPLICATED BY THE FACT THAT COUNSELING HAS ORIGINATED FROM A VARIETY OF DISCIPLINES, BORROWING FROM THE JOB OF THE TEACHER, THE ADMINISTRATOR, THE SOCIAL WORKER, AND THE…

Describes the areas in which a counselor-consultant needs to be trained and a program for implementing such a training program. The counselor-consultant can provide coordinated consultant services for administrators, teachers, counselors, aides, volunteers, parents, and students. (Author/IRT)

The author defines a counseling psychologist as a psychologist with doctoral level preparation in counseling. He then describes what such preparation should include and discusses factors affecting identity. Developments bearing on the identity of the counseling psychologist are given. The author reflects on the growing edges of counseling…

William Butler, from his many years of experience as a higher education administrator, discusses his view of the need for counseling psychologists to move more into the role of supervising paraprofessionals and training others; i.e., preventive work and psychological education, taking more institutional as compared to individual perspectives.…

Discusses scientist-practitioner model in which practitioners are consumers of research findings about assessment and treatment, evaluators of their own interventions, and researchers who report data to the scientific community. Stresses importance of using model in training entry-level counselors. Describes a course focusing on model. (Author/ABL)