This study investigated the attitudes of school counseling students toward working with students with disabilities. Q methodology was used to develop 43 opinion statements that reflected the attitudes toward providing school counseling services to students with disabilities. Fifty-one school counseling students then sorted these statements. Data…

Presents interview with C.H. Patterson, renowned scholar and contributor to the profession of counseling. Patterson discusses the evolution of his interest in school counseling and considers the future of school counseling and the school counselor's role. (NB)

Study investigated the extent to which the National Standards for School Counseling Programs were being used by counselor educators in the preparation of school counselors. It also sought to determine how departments were using the Standards in teaching courses as part of school counselor education programs. Based on the results, implications for…

In a national survey of entry-level school counselor preparation programs, counselor educators were asked about the extent to which they addressed concepts defined by The Education Trust literature and the extent to which these concepts were important in preparing school counselors. Discusses the relationship between existing programs and The…

Discusses need for improving and increasing doctoral programs. Only 21 universities offer program. Suggestions are: (1) better prepared counselor educators; (2) interdisciplinary approach; (3) internships; (4) financial assistance; (5) use of practitioners and school setting for training; and (6) more research. (Author/EK)

Teachers, counselors, guidance directors, counselor educators, and others were surveyed to determine the prevailing attitude toward prior school experience for counselor certification. The teacher and counselor groups supported the idea that some experience was desirable, but only the counselor group endorsed the three-year requirement. (Author)

Although there is a need for more trained school counselors, a decrease in the size of school counselor preparation programs has been reported and many counselor preparation programs no longer train school counselors. Increasing the number of graduates in school counseling programs requires an increase in resources and commitment in counselor…

Internship is a vital experience for a student counselor, providing opportunities for application and integration of knowledge and skills. University supervision of school counseling interns is a complex task. This document, addressing a lack of articles on the pragmatism of this type of supervision work, provides two handbooks that show how to…

A two-part project was conducted in Indiana to enable school counselors and university counselor educators to become better informed about vocational education as it relates to comprehensive career guidance programing. One part involved a year-long staff development program for counselors from feeder schools for area vocational schools and…

Each year numerous research studies are conducted on problems in or related to school and college personnel services. Since many of these studies go unpublished, the results are all but lost to a large segment of people concerned with the improvement and operation of the services. The U.S. Office of Education was requested by the National…