Many Extension professional associations have had trouble getting members to participate in national leadership opportunities. The study reported here examined the perception of members of a national Extension professional organization (NAE4-HA) regarding specific leadership actions. It found the single act of taking on a leadership position…

Lists 1,778 persons who were elected to initial membership in the American Psychological Association during the first half of 1983. (GC)

Summarizes the activities of the American Counseling Association Ethics Committee for the year 1992-93. Complaints received and adjudicated by the committee as well as formal inquiries regarding ethical conduct are included in the summary. (Author/NB)

Offers brief summary of 1988 revision of "Ethical Standards of the American Association for Counseling and Development." Provides speculative commentary regarding these changes in the principles to which counselors must refer to resolve dilemmas in their decisions concerning services to clients, storage and retrieval of client data, and related…

Presents minutes of midyear executive board meeting of American Psychological Association's Division 17, Counseling Psychology. Reviews standing committee reports from education and training, ethics and cultural diversity, hospitality suite, independent practice, membership, nominations, professional affairs, program committee, scientific affairs,…

Presents history of this twenty-one year old organization whose aims are to achieve even higher standards, to improve conditions and payment for translators, and to gain the respect merited for the translating profession. (BK)

Explores role and possible futures of professional organizations, such as American Association for Counseling and Development's Association for Measurement and Evaluation (AMECD) division. Suggests that AMECD and similar groups are experiencing similar set of social and professional pressures. Suggests explosion in knowledge has created new…

Presents summary of work of the American Association for Counseling and Development Ethics Committee. Provides data on ethical complaints and formal inquiries received during 1989-91, followed by a brief discussion of trends and emerging issues. Lists members of the committee. (ABL)

Reviews the historical development of the Association for Multicultural Counseling and Development (AMCD), formerly the Association for Non-White Concerns in Personnel and Guidance (ANWC), a division of the American Association for Counseling and Development. Considers the impact of the association's name change and examines the goals and services…

Delineates the American Historical Association's statement on Standards of Professional Conduct. Discusses the principles involved in scholarship, teaching, public service, employment, and the implementation of standards by historians. (GEA)

Describes importance of a unified code of ethics to the evolution of professional rehabilitation counseling. Traces guiding principles and processes involved in the drafting of the code of ethics jointly endorsed by the American Rehabilitation Counseling Association, the National Rehabilitation Counseling Association, and the Commission on…

Traces 22-year development of counseling into an established profession in Ireland, paying particular attention to pertinent training courses that have emerged in 1980s. Examines the practice of community counseling. Claims the evolution of a professional association for community counselors has not yet been established, and collaborative…

Presents the revised standards for the training of group workers, recently adopted by the Association for Specialists in Group Work Executive Board in April 1991. Presentation of standards is preceded by a discussion of the context for their development. (Author/NB)

Describes the new (1991) standards of the Association for Specialists in Group Work and traces their evolution. Current standards are then contrasted with the 1983 standards. Presents implications for group work training and practice. (Author/NB)

Presents reprint of Chapter Six of "Social Reform and the Origins of Vocational Guidance," authoritative account of creation of National Vocational Guidance Association (NVGA). Documents events leading to NVGA creation from National Society for Promotion of Industrial Education (NSPIE) conferences held in early 1900s and birth of the…