Explores the ethical issues for counselors in a dual role of counseling and supervising the same individuals. The difficulties of this dual relationship are discussed, and a guide for distinguishing supervision from counseling is offered. (Author/TE)

Responds to previous article which recorded interview with C. H. Patterson regarding client-centered practice of supervision. Notes points on which author agrees and disagrees with Patterson's views. Concludes that evaluation must be part of the supervisor package and that client-centered supervision fails to meet the rigorous ethical and legal…

Responds to earlier article in this issue which recorded interview with C. H. Patterson regarding client-centered practice of supervision. Organized reactions to Patterson interview around these issues: context and structure of supervision; role of evaluation; issue of theoretical compatibility between supervisor and supervisee; and limitations of…

Article offers strategies found to be successful in planning and implementing group counseling in a high school. These strategies are consistent with the professional principles of group counseling and were designed and revised between 1987 and 1997. These services were implemented in a rural high school with approximately 1,000 students. (BF)

Counselor educators continue to debate the persistent questions of the role and function of the school counselor. School counselor education faculty can address the issue of the school counselor's role by using contemporary developmental research to train counseling students to serve as developmental advocates. The primary role of a developmental…

Principles drawn from contemporary developmental-contextualism are presented as a framework for guiding the design, implementation, and evaluation of school-linked prevention programs that are consistent with an emerging body of research specifying best practices in prevention. Two school-linked preventive interventions, the Gardner Extended…

Fifty-three school counselors and administrators employed in middle and high school settings were surveyed regarding their thoughts about school districts working collaboratively with non-school mental health professionals to respond to the mental health needs of students. In addition, the survey sought to understand what school counselors and…

An interview with Secretary of Education Richard W. Riley conducted on September 27, 1993 by representatives of the National Association of College Admission Counselors (NACAC) is recorded in this bulletin. The interviewers were NACAC President Cleve Latham, President-elect Margaret Williamson, and Executive Director Frank Burtnett. Their purpose…

The materials in this workshop package are one component of a multicomponent workshop package. They provide resources and a step-by-step quide for implementing one 3-hour workshop session designed to provide participants with the opportunity to identify the implications of Title IX for their own job functions, to increase their skills for…

The purposes of this article are to discuss the impact of new students on counseling, to suggest new roles for the counselor in relation to curriculum and staff development, and finally to note implications for the preparation of counselors which emerge from having new students and new counseling roles. (Author)

The role of school counselors has expanded in the 1980s in response to societal changes. The traditional services of individual appraisal, career information, counseling, placement, follow-up, and research are now accompanied by the need for counselors to work with problems such as dropouts and potential dropouts; substance abusers; suicide;…

This document contains a computer search of the ERIC database on the topic of peer counseling along with a narrative that highlights documents, identifies issues and trends, and suggests implications for guidance professionals. The concept of peer counseling is introduced and examined in terms of its history and rationale. Roles of peer counselors…

This report chronicles a workshop intended to speak to the needs of directors and instructors working in established wilderness rehabilitation programs for delinquent youth. Issues such as the formation of a professional association, the need for future conferences, and the development of reliable communication channels within the field are…

Elementary and secondary school counselors in Nebraska were assessed in terms of their views on the need to be able to perform certain professional and job-related responsibilities and the adequacy of their college preparation to prepare them to meet those responsibilities. A survey instrument, based on a needs assessment model, was developed to…

The purpose of this summer workshop was to enhance communication channels between the public school and college personnel, to acquaint public school personnel with resources for enlarging their counseling programs, and to expand upon the concept of vocational counseling. Presentations included (1) "New Dimensions/Problems in Secondary School…