The Simmons College Career Planning and Counseling Center is a training site for counseling psychology interns who want to gain experience in counseling late adolescent and adult women. This paper describes the model for training counselors of women, developed at Simmons College. The development of the program is discussed, and the four goals of…

In school psychology the supervision of practicum experiences is widely acknowledged as a critical component of training, yet little research has been devoted to systematically conceptualizing, practicing, or evaluating the process of supervision for psychologists-in-training. Students and faculty in school psychology made attributions to the…

This is a report of a five-day training session on systems research for counselors, counselor educators, and supervisors. The training session was an advanced program dealing with the use of systems research for planning and evaluating counseling, counselor education, supervision and related programs. The primary aims of the program were to: (1)…

The purpose of this study is to determine the number of counselor education programs that utilize distance learning, to identify the distance learning software delivery products used, and to identify features of software used. The researchers also attempt to identify faculty perceptions related to and experience with the importance of distance…

Counseling supervision has often been conceptualized as an extrapolation of counseling theory to the supervisory context. As a learning context central to the professional development of counselors distinctly different from counseling, this scope of supervision limited the supervisor's ability to deliberately enhance supervisee growth. Although…

Examines supervision in terms of social influences processes that result in attitude and behavior change in the trainee. Emphasizes attitude change, which both accompanies and mediates behavior change. Explores the implications of the social influence perspective for understanding supervision and for conducting research on supervision. (RJM)

Focuses on potential usefulness of eliciting "critical incidents" that occur in multicultural supervision. Ethnic minority interns were asked to describe a positive critical incident related to multicultural issues. Results, presented under the three groupings of "openness and support,""culturally relevant…

This paper presents a new spiral-ecological approach to counselor supervision, founded on the basis of a collaborative and facilitative relationship aimed at the promotion of skills acquisition, cognitive development, and personal growth. A brief review of the literature summarizes trainee, site, and supervisor factors that influence training…

This paper discusses the theoretical assumptions of the triadic method, the structure of the triad, and the processes involved in triadic supervision. The triadic method represents an attempt to create a means of supervision which will help counseling practicum students develop a more positive attitude toward supervision; will enable them to…

Little is known about the science and practice of cross-cultural clinical supervision and almost nothing is known about minority trainees' preparation for supervision competency with a minority supervisor. To fill this void, the supervision contents, processes, and outcomes related to the minority-minority supervision dyad are examined in this…

The emphasis of school psychology on prevention, early intervention, assessment, collaboration, and problem solving requires counselors to have a tremendous range of evidence-based knowledge. This publication, divided into two volumes, is designed to provide a comprehensive reference for school psychologists on contemporary research and…

Presents results of the first national survey of on-campus clinical training in 216 counselor education programs. Study was undertaken to develop baseline data as a foundation for future research and program development regarding on-campus laboratories in which clinical training is provided. Discusses implications for counselor preparation. (RJM)

Investigated empirical studies in clinical supervision published from 1981 through 1993 to assess scientific rigor and test whether the quality of methodology had improved since the review by Russell, Crimmings, and Lent (1984). Data revealed a shift to realistic field studies, unchecked Type I and Type II error rates, medium effect sizes, and…

Discusses supervisory efficacy in training psychotherapists as it relates to trainees' attitudes, beliefs, and skills; trainee's performance in the therapist role; interactional process events in supervision and psychotherapy; and client change. Addresses research gaps on the relation of therapist performance and client change to supervision and…

The Multicultural Competency Checklist can be used by counseling training programs as a pragmatic guide in multicultural program development. The checklist includes 22 items organized along 6 major themes: (1) minority representation; (2) curriculum issues; (3) counseling practice and supervision; (4) research considerations; (5) student and…