Summarizes, in question/answer format, a conversation between Camping Magazine and Reynold E. Carlson, camping pioneer and professor emeritus of recreation at Indiana University. Includes comments on Carlson's camping beginnings, counselors, participation vs. winning, standards, risk management, child abuse, and the future of camping. (NEC)

Examined the relationship between counselor and client variables (race, sex, and trust) and premature therapy termination in Black clients (N=135). Results showed Black clients are more likely to terminate prematurely when seen by a White counselor. A significant interaction was found between counselor race and client cultural mistrust level. (JAC)

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)

This chapter presents counseling ideas and strategies to promote family trust and confidence. These steps include getting the family into the office, the role of proper attire, displaying of credentials, seating arrangements, and the acquisition of informed consent. Also presented is the author's approach to a first family counseling session, with…

This article presents the results of a study intended to establish baseline information and a database relative to counselors' receipt of third party payments. This database provides information against which to measure the success of future efforts to gain recognition and benefits for counselors with insurance agencies and other third party…

The effect on counseling interview process and outcome of the following variables was studied: (a) assigning clients to more preferred or less preferred counselors; (b) giving clients either positive, nonexistent, or negative expectancy inductions regarding counselor assignments and (c) congruence and incongruence between clients' expectations and…

School counselors have the highest rate of suicidal tendencies of any professional group in education. Seven classic symptoms of the suicidal counselor are delineated. (RP)

This study is an attempt to determine the changes in counselor information dissemination practices from 1962 to 1970. The results indicate that in 1970 counselors are tending to withhold more information from nonstudent requesting sources, particularly when those sources are outside the school. (Author)

The author suggests that to be accountable counselors need not only restrict themselves to precise observations of behavioral change. Subjective reality can also be a valid measure of a counselor's effectiveness. (Author)

The authors are concerned with having the counselor as an integral part of the educational team, to have knowledge of children and an ability to work sensitively with them. The good counselor must also know the community and its resources. These characteristics lead to a greater credibility with parents and taxpayers. (Author/BY)

This study attempts to appraise the value of a training group psychotherapy experience within the counselor training program. The results indicated that the group psychotherapy influenced the trainees personal characteristics and professional attributes. Also 60 percent of the trainees sought further counseling or psychotherapy. (Author/CG)

A national survey of large community colleges provided information about the types of counseling services offered, the effectiveness of these services, and the characteristics of counseling staffs and their administrators. (AL)

This study investigated the effects of 15 second client response latencies upon the speech and silence behavior of four experimentally naive counselors in advanced training. The results indicate that a coached client was able to effect change unobtrusively in the speech and silence behavior of counselors. (Author)