To develop confidence and competence, student counselors need opportunities to practice applying their counseling skills. However, practicing on actual clients before counseling students are developmentally prepared not only can provoke anxiety within students but is also unethical. Counselor educators must find ways to help students practice…

This article presents a teaching strategy for group work that enhances the social justice consciousness of course participants by increasing their knowledge of their own cultural identity, worldview, acculturation, privilege, and oppression to improve their cultural responsiveness and understanding of social justice issues. The focus is on group…

Knowledge of group dynamics and leadership activities is a component of the CORE Standards for the Master's degree curriculum in Rehabilitation Counseling. A group experience is often included as a learning activity in rehabilitation counselor education curricula as an instructional method of imparting knowledge of group dynamics. Group experience…

The development of simulated case materials is presented as a training program and research problem. The simulated materials were designed to reflect extent of disability and level of risk in terms of successful outcome. Initial research findings and modifications for more automated training approaches are discussed. (Author)

A research project was conducted to describe the curricula and teaching methods of senior peer counselor training projects in the United States. Senior peer counselor training projects were identified through contacts with state and territorial agencies on aging and with professionals in aging and mental health centers. Project directors were…

Much emphasis in the literature has been given to the idea that counselors can teach their clients self-management procedures and that through these procedures the clients can learn to solve their own problems. The concept of self-management as applied to the counselor education process and more specifically to the modification of counselor…

This study employs a factorial design to investigate the efficacy of all possible combinations of modeling, praise, and criticism as a means of teaching empathic responding to counselor trainees. Results indicate a significant effect for modeling and stage of training. Discussion focuses on the critical elements of effective feedback techniques.…

This manual is designed to be used by individuals being trained to deliver courses developed within the National Training System of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). The guide provides resources essential to understanding course content, and provides materials to enable participants to be actively involved in the learning exercises. The…

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This manual is designed to train individuals to deliver courses developed within the National Training System of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). The training guide, describes the content and activities that constitute training delivery, identifies behaviors and skills associated with training delivery, elaborates on program design and…

This guide was designed to familiarize the training counselor for the Child Development Associate (CDA) program with the background and goals of the CDA program and with the CDA Instructional Materials. Suggestions for using the Instructional Materials with the trainee are emphasized. The guide is written in four sections. The first section…

Examines the literature on group instruction that provides the foundation for instructional models proposed by recognized authorities in the field and based on professional association standards. Suggests ways both for translating this knowledge into effective training strategies and for maximizing instruction at the university level. (RJM)

The purpose of the present discussion is to review and discuss the current "state of the art" of the teaching of research, present some innovative alternatives, and to make recommendations to rehabilitation counselor educators for research curriculum modification and change. (Author)

Discusses a training program for youth counselors aimed to improve counselors' self-efficacy and ability to cope with stressful situations. Two versions of the program were evaluated: one based on participant modeling, the other on symbolic modeling. Self-efficacy of subjects on the participant modeling increased compared to that of the subjects…

This paper presents an inservice program for school counselors--or for a school counselor and a special educator--to work together to teach regular educators and other school personnel how to work more effectively with special needs students. The method may also be used by an individual educator to improve his/her skills in working with special…