Advocates model of psychological service delivery that envisions school psychology in settings outside education agencies. Holds that university programs must accelerate efforts to train psychologists with broader range of skills by altering content and process of didactic and supervised activities. Emphasizes inservice and continuing education…

This response to Nelson and Neufeldt (1998) and Granello and Hazler (1998) included in this issue discusses their reviews of the constructivist and developmental models in guiding counselor education. Models for diverse learners are suggested. (Author/MKA)

Examines the failure of counselor education to adequately train counselors in research methodology, generally, and practice-relevant methods, specifically. Proposes that single-case designs offer a scientifically credible means to objectively evaluate practice and conduct clinically relevant research in practice settings. Presents a 7-component…

Proposes an approach for supervising mental health counseling interns that integrates the developmental model of Littrell, Lee-Borden, and Lorenz, and Bernard's discrimination model. This approach integrates supervisor role, intern skills, and stages of the supervision process. It provides a practical tool for conceptualizing and implementing the…

Considers use of motion pictures for providing learning experiences for students in counselor education programs. Presents activities from a course designed to teach diagnosis, counseling theories, interventions, and ethics. Reports that positive feedback was received from 182 graduate students who responded to a questionnaire after they completed…

Proposes an extension of the solution-focused approach to consultation, shifting traditional emphasis from problems and deficits to solutions and strengths. Enumerates the basic assumptions of a solution-focused approach, provides a rationale for why the school setting and solution-focused consultation (SFC) work well together, and proposes steps…

Provides a selective review of the multicultural counseling training (MCT) literature. A brief historical account of multicultural counseling is followed by three other sections detailing current models of MCT, conceptualization of training objectives, and empirical research. Highlights and discusses critical issues for the present and future…

Study tests the Skilled Group Counseling Training Model (SGCTM). Results reveal that students in a group counseling class who were trained in the model used at least 80% of the SGCTM skills during three simulated group counseling sessions. During these sessions, the students adhered to one of three counseling theories (Person-Centered, Gestalt,…

Article argues that the values and beliefs of the consumer-survivor recovery movement are closely aligned with those of the social work profession, and the movement offers social workers a more promising perspective from which to practice. Primary concepts and values of the evolving recovery paradigm are delineated; implications for direct…

Everyone has multiple identities, socially constructed in society by way of discourses. Dominant discourses across race, gender, sexual orientation, class, and ability, and their consequences are explored. A model is provided for considering the interlocking nature of such socially constructed criteria. Examples involving implications for…

Practicum in a school counselor education program is often designed to bridge the gap between training and practice. In many programs, however, practicum continues to be a clinically based experience with little to no connection to the school environment. In an effort to increase the focus on the specific roles and functions of school counseling,…

The American School Counselor Association has endorsed group work as an important component of school counseling programs, and research has demonstrated the effectiveness of group work in schools. Yet there is still considerable variation in practice of group work in schools. The type of group training preservice school counselors receive is an…

An experiential compliment to didactic group work training has been a consistent feature of professional standards. Even so, diverse models have been proposed and debated. The uniqueness and importance of group work for school counselors demands an investment in experiential learning specific to the role of the school counselor. An experiential…

This article emphasizes the need for concrete descriptions of supervision to promote diversity-competent group work and presents an application of the supervision of group work model (SGW) to this end. The SGW, a supervision model adapted from the discrimination model, is uniquely suited for promoting diversity competence in group work, since it…

This digest focuses on Information Process Recall (IPR), a supervision strategy developed to increase counselor awareness of covert thoughts and feelings and to deepen the therapeutic relationship between the counselor and the client. Steps in conducting IPR are given as a guideline for conducting IPR recall sessions using audio or video tapes. To…