Addresses the advocacy, counseling, and case management skills needed by the rehabilitation counselor in independent living settings. Independent living is a concept expressive of people's desires to be in control of their own lives. One of the critical roles in these programs is that of the rehabilitation counselor. (PAS)

Presented at the meeting of the National Council of Family Relations, Milwaukee, 1981. Traced the development of organizational purposes of the National Council on Family Relations and reported results of a survey of past presidents regarding achievement of these purposes. Achievements included establishing professional standards and promoting…

Describes the purpose, structure, and functions of a typical family planning center and supports a more relationship-centered service delivery system. These centers should recognize and promote intimate human relationships. Marriage and family counselors would be valuable resources, to enable individuals to plan and control their fertility.…

Recent discoveries in the social and behavioral sciences are employed in this article to project major changes in the coming two decades that will be of greatest consequence for counselors. Socioeconomic, sociocultural, and demographic factors are examined and their implications for counselors are explicated. (Author)

Reexamined the eight duty factors identified by Muthard and Salomone, which have been viewed as a definitive description of rehabilitation counselor role behavior. Data were reanalyzed using cluster analysis. Original results were replicated with modifications, increasing the meaningfulness of the description of rehabilitation counselor role…

Examines selected areas of education, training, and needed awareness for caregivers working with the woman alcoholic. The training of alcoholism and drug caregivers is viewed from a multidimensional perspective. Attempts to describe important issues which must be recognized and integrated into existing training efforts. (Author)

Sociobiology suggests that our basic pyschological makeup is genetically determined and has evolved by means of natural selection. Biologically based human predispositions often conflict with legal and moral requirements of modern life. Sociobiology provides support for the direct teaching of moral values and social skills. (Author)

Current demands on college counselors for systematic, accountable designs for student development services has required action without the necessary tools. One of these necessary tools is a needs assessment methodology. A methodology for needs assessment is discussed. An example is described. (Author)

Summarizes research in the area of evaluation of counselor effectiveness. Evaluation of the counseling process continues to focus on the presence of absence of the core facilitative conditions. Counselor educators have focused on means of presenting counseling experiences and of providing feedback regarding trainee performance. (Author)

Focused on one reason for insufficient evaluation--lack of goals and objectives--by identifying goals and specific outcome variables and their measures. American School Counselor Association guidelines served as a starting point for goals, and guidance journal articles from the past 15 years were sources for variables and measures. (Author)

Examines the psychosocial needs of disabled persons and the counseling approaches for dealing with their special needs. Discusses problems of self-concept, body image, frustration and anger, and dependency and motivation. Strategies are drawn from a broad spectrum of counseling theories. (Author)

The Employment Department's invitation to bid for pilot programs for work-based competency training represents a contrast to off-the-job academic training. Informed debate and empirical findings would contribute to the constructive management of these changes. However, Kidd et al.'s research on careers officers' use of theory in guidance…

The author presents the "Prayer of St. Francis of Assisi" as a suggested format for counselors to use as a meditation and compares the aspirations expressed in this prayer with goals upheld by established related professional ethical standards of the American Counseling Association and the American Psychological Association. (LKS)

Explores legal and ethical responsibilities of counselors working with human immunodeficiency virus-infected students and reviews guidelines for making critical decisions involving these students. Court decisions, Kitchner's (1985) five ethical principles, and ethical standards of several professional associations are considered. (Author/NB)

Presents text of Presidential Address delivered March 24, 1991, at the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (ACES) luncheon, part of the American Association for Counseling and Development Convention held in Reno, Nevada. Comments on past, present, and future of ACES, particularly on future challenges and role of ACES. (ABL)