Describes a workship designed to help counselors learn to use various major behavioral techniques within their own situation. (Author)

A teaching model is presented which was used for increasing the skills and interests of practicing school counselors in group counseling. A significant aspect of the model is its inclusion of learnings designed to explore both affective and cognitive aspects of the group process. (Author)

This article is a companion piece to A Model for On-Site Supervision of the School Counselor,'' which appeared in the December 1972 issue. It describes the perceived value of on-site supervision by trainees and the possibilities of converting on-site supervision into a continuing inservice experience for counselors. (Author)

The results suggest that a voluntary packaged instructional approach to the conceptual training of rehabilitation counselors appears promising, but greater effort is needed in developing the training materials if the program is to be effective. (Author)

Discusses teachers as important adjuncts to counselors and suggests ways in which counselor educators can create teams of helping professionals in the schools by working with teachers as well as counselors. (CJ)

Inservice school counselors were trained in an Education Professions Development Act project designed to upgrade their skills that emphasized communication of empathy, respect, genuineness, and concreteness. Participants showed improvement in their ability to communicate empathic understanding as measured by counselor responses to student problems…

Focuses on the immediate effects of group training and participation for inservice counselors and on the effects after one year. Subjects were 15 inservice counselors. The POI was used to assess personal growth. Results indicate that participating counselors maintained their positive POI gains one year later. (Author/HMV)

In order to increase counselors' effectiveness in cooperative and systemic approaches to problem solving, a large school district offered an inservice consultation program. Two successive training designs were piloted and evaluated. Several recommendations are proposed for further improvements. (Author)

The Extern Program is designed to provide inservice education through didactic, experiential learning activities implemented on a one weekend per month schedule for nine months. The weekend training involves new developments in the field of counseling, problem solving, and new developments in the behavioral sciences. (Author)

A leadership approach applicable for counselors and guidance directors is presented. Videotapes of groups that were given leadership problems were informally studied and a number of dimensions identified that would help counselors in developing a leadership approach appropriate for their situations. (Author)

A survey of Florida school counselors indicates that, although counselors spend a significant portion of their work time with guidance activities for handicapped students, they have received inadequate preparation. (Author)

This study investigated a practical staff-development process and reporting system designed to enable counselors to be accountable for their programs with a minimum of work. School counselors, who used either work session or consultation treatments scored higher in knowledge than counselors who used only the learning package. (JAC)

The outstanding challenge to counselor educators and supervisors will be the evaluation of personnel-development efforts. Inservice activities for all school staff members are taking place and will continue to take place, but the key will be the evaluation of these efforts. (Author)

This article presents a broad view of our current understanding of the influences of physical health on counseling interaction. It is hoped that counselor educators and supervisors can begin to encourage counselors' productive inquiry into the new technologies for assessing the physiological dimensions of helping. (Author)

Describes national survey results of rehabilitation educators' perceptions of their knowledge adequacies and training needs. Findings showed that educators rated their knowledge adequacy high and their need for inservice training low. There was no significant relationship between willingness to attend inservice training and knowledge adequacy.…