Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is the most common psychiatric disorder of childhood. The extensive research on ADHD indicates that both assessment and treatment of ADHD is best accomplished through the involvement of multiple informants. By establishing a supervisory relationship with a university-based training clinic, child…

The purpose of this study was to conduct an exploratory investigation of a new course initiative in counselor education for working with culturally diverse populations. The study investigated: (1) outcomes of curriculum targeting multicultural competencies; (2) whether prior training experience in multicultural counseling would have an impact on…

Notes the problems involved in traditional efforts to induct graduate students into the research process. A collaborative apprenticeship method that can be incorporated into programmatic research with benefits for both students and mentors is presented. (Author)

Surveyed 50 graduate students in rehabilitation counseling regarding their attitudes toward the Protestant Work Ethic (PWE). Found the students more likely to endorse those aspects of the PWE reflecting the intrinsic value of work than those dealing with earnings, social status, and advancement for themselves and disabled persons. (Author)

Reports the results of a questionnaire on attitudes toward mainstreaming handicapped students administered to graduate counseling students. Students generally supported the value of counseling for handicapped children, yet a sizable minority believed that they did not look forward to working with the handicapped. Suggestions for counselor training…

Results indicate support for a preventive, systematic community emphasis on philosophy, training, and curriculum for current programs. This orientation is strongly supported as an ideal direction for these programs and is expected to provide high employment for future graduates. (Author/BEF)

Neophyte counselors trained in the use of their own imagery to practice counseling interviews were compared with an untrained group. Results indicated that the ability to discriminate differing levels of empathic responses, to evaluate one's own performance, and amount of preinterview confidence were higher for the mental practice group. (Author)

Graduate students were exposed to a training procedure that enabled them to verbally practice responding to client negative affect and then observe a model counselor's response. When these subjects counseled angry or depressed role-playing clients, they responded more consistently than subjects exposed to other training procedures. (Author)

Presents a developmental model of counselor supervision that conceptualizes the training process as a sequence of identifiable stages through which the trainee progresses. Characteristics of supervisees at each of the four levels are discussed as well as appropriate supervision environments that encourage development to the next highest level.…

This study determines the effectiveness of the counseling ability of master's degree students in counseling during an intensive prepracticum experience utilizing the concept of self-modeling via videotape, and determines the effectiveness of self-modeling videotape procedures. (Author)

Counselor training programs at all levels should commit themselves to beginning a serious self-evaluation of their own current practices. Such a self-study would afford an opportunity to create a multi-cultural task force to examine the goals, priorities, and actual practices of a counselor training program. (Author)

Students (N=29) viewed three stimulus films and rated therapeutic effectiveness of the therapists. Students were subsequently rank-ordered on the basis of skill development and assigned to one of three groups (high, middle, or low.) Results revealed an overall higher evaluation for Rogers as compared to either Perls or Ellis. (Author)

Explores the experiences of prepracticum trainees, focusing on changes in trainees' anxiety, self-efficacy, counter-transference management, and therapeutic skills. Results indicate that trainees became less anxious and developed greater skills over the semester. Qualitative results suggest that some trainees' reactions interfered with their…

Describes a method that was used as a supervision and teaching tool to assist student counselors in developing client conceptualization skills. Describes the Inverted Pyramid Heuristic method, providing case illustrations. Discusses applications of the method to supervision and training. (KW)

Updates Holloway and Johnson's (1985) review concerning the group supervision of trainees learning individual psychotherapy. Suggestions for future research and implications for training are discussed. (Author)