A questionnaire surveyed unethical behavior in group work, and the respondents' recommendations for dealing with it. Data are analyzed and related to the problem of ethics for group practices. (CJ)

Recent Florida legislation provides for the training and use of paraprofessionals in guidance. This article discusses the preliminary hearings, content of the laws, and guidelines for implementing this legislation. (Author)

Two black psychologists and a white educator explain why the black community should be concerned with and actively involved in behavior modification practices. Alternatives are offered for increasing the number of black professionals in the field of behavior modification to help preserve the integrity of the black community. (Author)

Margaret Ruth Smith interviews Esther Lloyd-Jones, a pioneer in Student Personnel work and, while tracing her career, highlights major trends in the student personnel field. (HMV)

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)

Counseling tends to ignore the analytic contributions of professional philosophy for understanding the nature of value and value theory. Counseling will be a better art when counselors are as concerned with what philosophy says about values as they are with the contributions of the social sciences. (Author)

This article represents highlights and anecdotes of a six-hour tape-recorded interview with one of the pioneers in guidance, Leona Elizabeth Tyler. (HLM)

This study explores the issue regarding which of the counselor's commitments--the client or the employing institution--is given priority when they conflict. Members from four APGA divisions were examined for differences in commitments, and relationships of certain demographics and experiential variables to commitment were determined. (Author)

Counselors are attempting to establish their professional identity in a psychological society. That identity will be established by building on a distinguished heritage and taking directions chosen on the basis of service to counselees. (Author)

Describes how persons working in health care settings can learn basic counseling and empathic listening skills through a special course/workshop. The rationale for introducing such counseling to medical professionals and an outline of an instructional model are included. (Author)

The counseling aspect of the counselor's role has been eroded by a number of negative influences. If this erosion is not halted the counselor will not have enought time to counsel because of overinvolvement in noncounseling activities. Counselors must focus on and preserve counseling as their primary function. (Author)

Describes how one middle school organized for better guidance services by developing a team of twelve teachers and two counselors, with each teacher required to spend some specified time in guidance department working with students and counselors. Eventually, the team became a catalyst for better teacher communication. (HMV)

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.…