A two-day invitational conference was held in 1966 to consider the development of alternative models for training elementary school guidance personnel. The papers presented at the conference, included here, dealt with: (1) the role and function of the elementary school counselor, (2) unmet needs for pupil personnel services in the elementary…

Features a detailed description of a model program in community-agency counseling, with specific focus on curriculum organization for core and elective course work, internship placements, and related features. The impact of program accreditation in student employment opportunities and professional development is discussed. (Author/BL)

Examined and compared both process and outcome variables within supervision. The results support previous findings that emphasized the importance of supervisory support and client-treatment planning for trainees. In addition, the results support a developmental model of supervision. (Author/BL)

Describes a program designed to train advanced family therapists in the conceptual and technical skills of family therapy supervision. Elaborates upon the content, overall organization, and contextual influences in the complex enterprise of training family therapy supervisors in a program that emphasizes the live observation of the…

Focuses on some cross-cultural aspects involved in the process of transposing models of training from one setting to another. Discusses the development of indigenous modes of therapist training in terms of the availability of experts, money, time of both trainees and trainers, and the institutional settings where they are housed. (BH)

Examines the stages through which trainees pass on their way to the development of competency in working with clients of dissimilar racial or ethnic background. Proposes a model which provides an appropriate learning environment for each stage. (JAC)

Offers a model for quality training in family therapy. Describes the Family Consortium, which is aimed at practicing professionals and emphasizes structural family therapy principles with strategic and experiential elements. Discusses the current theoretical philosophy and training approach and gives examples of how the Consortium deals with…

This study examines the effectiveness of a new counseling practicum training model, which was developed as part of a Professional Development School (PDS) program. Unlike the traditional counseling practicum, the college instructor and graduate students worked together in a school setting one day a week. All supervision was provided on-site and…

This article proposes a model for the experimental process involved in counseling groups composed of counselor trainees. The group setting provides members the opportunity to learn and practice facilitative behavior while achieving increased self-understanding and self-congruence. (Author)

This article concerns the depersonalization of graduate study and the consequent reduction in the quality of education and proposes an alternate model for the preparation of counselors. (JC)

Reactions to the models of Zifferblatt, Blocher and Wolleat, and Carkhuff and the description of a related model applied to training group counselors. (JC)

The present study explored the effectiveness of using a planned social modeling procedure in contrast to other procedures to increase certain trainee verbal responses in a counseling group. (Author)

Major conceptual models for counseling supervision are described and compared: supervision as a counseling analog, as an instruction or teaching analog, and as a role that includes counseling and teaching aspects. Although each of these approaches makes use of familiar roles, none adequately provides the scope and utility required. (Author)

Discusses the importance of training counselors to provide adequate treatment for survivors of sexual abuse. Presents the results of a survey of programs approved by the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs regarding current training practices, and offers recommendations and a model for developing a training…

Outlines tenets of multimodal therapy (MMT) and argues for its cost-effective yet comprehensive value as a brief psychotherapy model. Describes MMT as an integrated, seven-modality model of personality and provides clinical examples of its use. Argues that MMT approach will be an important future alternative to more expensive, time-consuming, and…