THE FIRST STAGE IN A CLIENT-CASEWORKER RELATIONSHIP BEGINS WITH THE INITIAL INTERVIEW AND PROCEEDS THROUGH THE FIRST FOUR OR FIVE MEETINGS. LOWER CLASS CLIENTS ARE MORE INCLINED TO ACCEPT DIRECTIVE AUTHORITY WHEN IT IS COMBINED WITH INFORMAL FRIENDLINESS. BASED ON THIS ASSUMPTION, SEVERAL SUGGESTIONS ARE PRESENTED TO GUIDE SOCIAL WORKERS IN THE…

A NATURAL INQUIRY SITUATION WAS CONSTRUCTED WHICH INCLUDED A RANGE OF POTENTIALLY PROBLEMATIC SITUATIONS WHICH COULD BE REACTED TO BY THE SUBJECTS, A ROLE PLAYING SET TO ENGAGE THE SUBJECTS' EMOTIONAL INVESTMENT, AND INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL INFORMATION SOURCES WHICH THE TEACHERS COULD MANIPULATE IN THEIR INQUIRIES. THE OBJECTIVES OF THIS STUDY WERE…

THE PROJECT DESCRIBED IN THIS REPORT WAS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE EVIDENCE OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF A COUNSELOR TRAINING EXPERIENCE WHICH UTILIZED A SIMULATED COUNSELING INTERVIEW AS THE INSTRUCTIONAL VEHICLE. THE TRAINING EXPERIENCE WAS DESIGNED TO TRAIN COUNSELORS (1) TO DISCRIMINATE BETWEEN COGNITIVE AND AFFECTIVE ELEMENTS OF CLIENT VERBALIZATIONS…

This publication describes free print and audiovisual materials for teaching about Japan in elementary and secondary schools. The booklet was written to enable teachers to take advantage of the many free materials that are currently available. The first section cites sources of free materials in the United States. Names and addresses of groups…

The feasibility of using simulation games as an instructional tool in the leisure services classroom is examined. (JD)

This workshop booklet explains to parents a program on human sexuality for high school students selected as peer counselors. Preliminary student and faculty surveys, a school board presentation explaining the need for the program, and parent materials preface the actual program contents. The course materials included cover values clarification,…

The Caltech political military exercise (PME) is a game in which players assume roles of leaders of various countries and attempt to act as they think these leaders would in a time of international crises. The main purposes of the exercise are (1) to provide students with an experience in crisis diplomacy and policy formation, and (2) to provide a…

A behaviorally oriented approach to facilitate marital satisfactions is presented in this paper. The underlying rationale of the approach is presented and discussed. Furthermore, the author describes the use of the following intervention techniques: change facilitating propaganda, specification of the behaviors desired to be facilitated,…

This series on stress training for teachers includes three film modules. They are meant to be shown in sequence, but with at least two hours of discussion between each. The purpose of these modules is not to communicate or entertain, but to stimulate discussion and role playing. The series attempts to encourage each teacher to find his/her own way…

This basic independent-suty program in the interactive skills of teaching includes definition, examples, teaching script models, practice programs, and guides for self-study of recorded practice lessons. Special attention is paid to habitual praise and reinforcement, diagnosis, involving and valuing, concept level variation, and controlling…

A course was designed to examine the use of role playing as an inter-ethnic communication technique to isolate community and institutionally based ethnic problems unique to a particular situation. Three groups were formed, each group generally composed of 30% Anglo, 30% Black, and 30% Chicano. The educational backgrounds of the individuals in the…

Five articles in this issue of the ERIC/CAPS newsletter discuss and survey areas that have direct implication for "The Counselor and the Current Scene." The areas are: (1) aggression; (2) parent counseling; (3) college admissions for the culturally distinct; (4) role modeling with the disadvantaged; and (5) in-service activities. Other…

This document outlines, in detail, the Vocational Readiness Package for young girls, which is a week-long program utilizing simulation games and role-playing, while employing peer group counseling techniques to dramatize the realities concerning women in marriage and careers today. After three years of using this program, the authors have compiled…

To test role-taking development 60 middle class subjects, 10 boys and 10 girls of each age (4, 5, and 6), were administered a role-taking task designed to enable the role-taker ("S") to make and explain predictions about a peer's responses to a situation in which "S" has information not available to the peer. Results suggested…

A teaching internship program for intermediate education (grades 4-9) majors in their third year was set up by three local universities in Washington County, North Carolina. The program was four-fold and consisted of a) a daily 2-week preservice training program, b) an in-service training program during the academic year, c) academic course work,…