This article presents results and recommendations of the ACES Licensure Commission study on the licensing of counselors. (Author)

Suggests that those who hire guidance personnel are not getting enough useful information about job applicants and offers suggestions for making better use of letters of recommendation and personal interviews. (Author)

The issue of standards for professional practice and the problems of deciding by whom and in what manner they are to be developed and enforced are concerns of guidance and counseling. This article presents one perspective on the dilemma, and suggests steps that might lead to its partial resolution. (Author)

Surveyed juvenile justice personnel in Michigan to determine their educational background. Counseling was indicated as a priority curriculum for graduate education. Interdisciplinary education did not have a significant impact. Data support the mental health specialist concept as a descriptor of personnel in the juvenile justice system.…

Analyzed (N=221) questionnaires completed by members of the Idaho Personnel and Guidance Association and the Idaho Psychological Association. Results indicated that both counselors and psychologists perceive a need for counselor licensure. Psychologists favored higher minimal academic levels for counselor practice than counselors. (RC)

The author describes some of the practices he employs when introducing what his counseling services consist of. Included in the article is an information sheet the author distributes to each client describing his background expertise and expectations. (HMV)

New licensing laws (e.g. Ohio's 1972 enactment which closely follows the APA'sr psychologists and school psychologists) are described. Implications for the counseling profession are examined and recommendations for action offered (independent proposal of legislation by counselor associations, test cases,etc.). (EAK)

Presents an intervention procedure that has proved effective in linking community-based treatment facilities with those in the court system with specialized needs. Outlines the roles, functions, and skills necessary for a counselor to work as a treatment specialist within the court system. (Author/JAC)

Studied questionnaires distributed to counselors in a variety of settings throughout Oregon. Results indicate licensure was an important consideration for 87 percent of the respondents, with general support for a licensure bill by 77 percent of the respondents. Training beyond a master's degree was the preferred level of educational training…

Counselors lack credentialing methods that meet their needs for gaining credence outside of the schools. It is suggested that the lack of a clear identity, including a focused philosophical base and the clear designation of functions, underlies the problem of establishing effective credentialing processes. (Author)

This paper reviews the basis for licensing, relates it to current developments in the counseling profession, discusses the basis for an alternative, and outlines the ingredients of a model professional disclosure statute. (Author)

Counselor training programs at all levels should commit themselves to beginning a serious self-evaluation of their own current practices. Such a self-study would afford an opportunity to create a multi-cultural task force to examine the goals, priorities, and actual practices of a counselor training program. (Author)

The author warns the reader to be aware of pitfalls in assertive training such as poorly trained facilitators, poor screening procedures for group members, the potential dangers of being assertive, bad training techniques, and psychonoxious leaders. (Author/HLM)