Significant differences between typical college students and adult learners are identified, and increasing adult enrollment figures are cited, indicating that counseling centers must become attuned to adult learners' special needs and respond to them. Adult learners' common educational problems and their vocational and personal counseling needs…

The effect of rehabilitation counselor attitudes and specific behaviors on the potential for rehabilitation of the person with cancer was studied. Data indicate intensive, short-term workshops may not facilitate positive attitude change but merely intensify the existing attitudes of the participants. (Author)

The relationship between the sexes of counselor and client, the client's presenting problem, and subsequent problem focus as vocational or personal is examined. (Author)

Examines the way in which schools contribute to sex role stereotyping, reviews selected research and hypothesizes that the way in which American females are socialized disadvantages them in the labor force. (Editor)

Investigated the relationship between the accuracy of counselor perceptions of client work values and client satisfaction with service received. Participants were recruited from five rehabilitation workshops. Counselor and client perceptions of client work values were significantly different and a significant relationship existed between the…

Because of the extensive social and cultural changes associated with the women's equal rights movement, this study asked questions about how occupational prestige is related to differential views of women's roles with female and male psychotherapists, advanced graduate students, and secondary school counselors. (Author)

This project utilizes a survey to gather information about the adequacy of information resources available to secondary school students and counsellors regarding post-secondary admissions policies, requirements and processes. Three appendixes include: (1) Survey Form; (2) Distribution of Survey Responses; and (3) Survey Responses.

This paper explores ways in which school counselors can help young people with death-related concerns. It is often assumed that school counselors have the necessary skills for working with students who experience grief, but most graduate counseling curricula do not require courses in death education; thus, many counselors feel uncomfortable in…

Counselor attitudes toward the two major educational alternatives were investigated, together with changes in attitudes during the last five years. (Author)

A brief contact procedure was found to be effective for counselors to use in encouraging students to assume responsibility and initiate action on the recommendations generated in counseling. Females reported initiating more actions than did males. Implications for future guidance procedures and further research are indicated. (Author)

Abortion counseling is now legally within the purview of the school counselor. It is therefore essential that counselors determine their role in abortion counseling, the kind of training necessary, and whether professional organizations should develop counseling guidelines. (RP)

The influence of demographic variables on perception of teachers, administrators, and school psychologists when establishing preference rankings in five areas of school psychological services were examined. Analyses indicated contradictory perceptions among respondents. Age, sex, degree, experience, and level of assignment affected the subjects'…

Discusses the politics of marital therapy, using behavioral marital therapy as an illustrative model. Views marital therapy as inherently political with therapists continuously adopting political postures unknowingly. Inadvertent consequences of this insensitivity to the political context of their work are to reinforce traditional values, many…

Describes a study of the attitudes and values of 273 Minnesota community college personnel toward affirmative action. Independent variables used in the study were institutional location, respondents' level of responsibility, race, sex, and program. Reveals more positive attitudes among administrators, counselors, minorities, females, and liberal…

Attitudes of 168 practitioners (pediatricians, psychologists, special educators, allied health professionals, and social workers) toward mental retardation were compared. Results showed that pediatricians were significantly more pessimistic about the ultimate abilities of mentally retarded adults than psychologists and educators. (Author/SEW)