Examines the college admissions activities that high school counselors believe are most effective in providing accurate information to students. Also examines the current role of the counselor in college advising and reports on what counselors predict will be the trends in college advising. (Author/RC)

This study surveyed 133 counselors-in-training (graduate students) on their perceptions of African American/Black, Hispanic, and White males and females in a teen pregnancy situation depicted in videotaped dramatizations. Overall, females were perceived as more likeable than were males. Respondents were less likely to encourage the Hispanic male…

This report describes Nevada's first systematic collection of statewide information about guidance and counseling personnel and programs. In fall 1988, 224 of the 315 school counselors in Nevada completed a survey covering: (1) personal and job related data; (2) amount and quality of preservice education and professional development activities;…

Skills training, personal-emotional development, and cognitive development are areas of importance in counselor training and education. Emotion, defined as the counselor's experiencing a strong feeling accompanied by physiological activity and the interruption, however momentary, of the counselor's ongoing cognition, is a critical factor in…

A survey of 41 rural high school counselors from eight western states indicates an emerging problem with crime and youth gangs in rural schools and communities. In addition, school counselors do not feel adequately trained or equipped to deal with gang-related activity in their schools. Includes survey questionnaire. (LP)

Objective: To examine a statewide sample of school counsellors' reporting behaviour of suspected cases of child sexual abuse, and their need for further education in this area. Design: A questionnaire using four hypothetical vignettes on child sexual abuse requested information on the degree of suspicion, reporting behaviour and familiarity with…

Although the question of priority training needs for workers in British Columbia's (Canada) Alcohol and Drug Programs (ADP) direct service and funded agencies has been examined in the past, no prior needs assessment systematically surveyed workers in all job categories throughout the province. Results were obtained for administrators, program…

One of a series of sixteen knowledge transformation papers, this paper reviews that state-of-the-art of professional development as it relates to sex equity in vocational education. First, the problem of sex discrimination is presented with statistics showing the number of women currently working and the number who are heads of their households.…

A national survey of vocational guidance in secondary education was conducted in the fall of 1966. The purposes of the survey included: (1) to describe the present status of guidance in public secondary schools in terms of services, functions of counselors, and student contact, (2) to provide a reference point for future surveys, (3) to compare…

Empowering clients from multicultural communities is a major thrust of cross-cultural counseling. Discusses the issues of learned helplessness and proposes learned hopefulness as an outcome of counseling interventions. (Author)

Although there are few studies that include empirical information on the subject of counseling American Indians, an informative and provocative literature base exists. The literature deals with appropriateness of techniques, the delivery of mental health services, the operation and programming of Indian service delivery units (including Indian…

More effective guidance programs are imperative if disadvantaged, handicapped, and minority students are to realize their personal and career potential in this country. Presently these students are inhibited in their vocational development by cultural differences, values, language differences, limited academic achievement, and vocational…

When students are culturally or racially different from their counselors, guidance and counseling services can be weakened: a counselor's limited cultural awareness will not produce effective interpersonal relationships. Empathic understanding and a good knowledge of a client generally will provide a springboard for good relationship development…

Part 1 of this two-part project assessed the capacity of the state colleges and universities to prepare vocational educators and counselors skilled in vocational guidance. It provided a quantitative analysis of present and needed capacity, a parallel analysis of local district plans for vocational education, and an analysis of occupational trends…

The study described in this report included a statewide collection of baseline information on career/vocational counseling and placement training needs in Michigan. The study sought to determine the need for a statewide career/vocational guidance and job placement training and development center for public secondary and postsecondary counselors,…