Brown states that "paraprofessional counselors can and do contribute meaningfully to the improved adjustment of their clients." In this article he carefully reviews the evidence for this assertion, takes a hard look at the state of research, and points to the problems yet to be solved. (Author)

A brief description is presented of a Counseling Adjunct Program which has been a successful application of one of several possibilities available to counseling agencies that wish to employ nonprofessionals in direct service positions. (Author)

The haphazard use of powerful group methods by untrained practitioners who lead a single demonstration or workshop can be dangerous. Such leaders seldom consider the damage that can be done either to the participants themselves or to those interacting with the participants after the workshop is over. (Author)

Racism still abounds on the college campus. Thomas and Yates have implemented two paraprofessional programs in an attempt to alleviate this problem. Their work speaks to all persons involved in human service delivery systems. (Author)

Describes a program at Colorado State University where the professional staff at the counseling center has attempted to systematize the selection, training and evaluation of volunteer help. The program is unique in that volunteers upgrade their skills in return for service. (HMV)

This report on the use of paraprofessionals in the counseling center suggests that the undergraduate paraprofessional may be the most effective agent for the delivery of certain student services. (JC)

Whatever happened to paraprofessionals in employment work? Gordon outlines the rise, the service, and the decline of paraprofessional involvement in this area. (Author)

What's happening in training programs on campus? And where do the graduates go? True and Young's pioneer work in the Center for Human Services Research provides many of the answers. (Author)

Professionals have said a great deal about paraprofessionals. In this article ten more paraprofessionals from around the country discuss their perspectives on their work, their ideas, their lives. (Author)

This article explains how a wide variety of psychological education techniques can be applied in a systematic program to train parents to help other parents whose families may have drug related problems. This shows how paraprofessionals can be trained quickly and effectively to solve sociopsychological problems in the community. (Author)

Volunteerism has a poor reputation these days, because many human service programs have "used" volunteers and given them nothing in return. Discusses a different approach, one in which both service recipients and volunteers gain. (Author)

While the accomplishments of paraprofessionals and the paraprofessional movement are many, several problems still remain. The author argues that the abuse and misuse of paraprofessionals can only cease when the movement becomes involved in massive social change. (Author/PC)

With budgets limiting counseling staffs and an increased need to retain students, a more effective method of providing services is needed. The objective is to bring paraprofessionals to the point where they can recruit, screen, select, evaluate, promote, train, supervise, and administer their own programs. (Author/PC)

What can the paraprofessional do? Among other things, the paraprofessional can play a viable role in the administration of counseling services. DeMoss tells how he's doing this---and what the experience means to him. (Author)