Pre- and posttest ratings on measures of helping skills such as empathy, respect, concreteness, and genuineness were obtained in the preliminary and advanced training. A significant training effect was obtained for both groups. Desensitization treatment was a significant source of variance for the experimental subjects in training. (Author/LA)

The author proposes 10 rules for the counselor to follow which are especially aimed at improving a counselor's outreach effectiveness. (RP)

The application of the triadic model of therapeutic intervention was tested within a community-based program that trained indigenous nonprofessionals as behavior change agents to 42 youngsters, aged 11-17. These adult buddies attempted to influence their youngsters through their relationship and through the contingent use of social and material…

Six critical variables of the caseload problem are proposed and defined. A matrix is used to determine the ability of an employability development team to carry a greater or lesser caseload. Examples of the application of the matrix to a number of different settings are offered. (Author)

In a treatment program developed at Mendota State Hospital, Madison, Wisconsin, mental patients considered unready for discharge were placed in the community. With intensive help from the social worker and other hospital staff, the community became an effective treatment agent. The results of the program should encourage professionals who work…

In order to provide information for those beginning a center, 253 centers were surveyed regarding five major aspects of crisis center operations: screening procedures for telephone listener-counselor applicants, training procedures, services offered, types of calls received, and financing. Resources for further information and for better…

Results of 2-year study for over 300 inner-city families indicate clients' preference for a personal relationship with a single worker requires that workers understand and make full use of potential contributions of other disciplines. (AG)

This article discusses how counseling professionals may facilitate consulting efforts through consideration of their own consulting behavior. The counselor who wishes to be influential in consultant relationships must actively and perhaps openly present himself and his ideas to prospective or actual consultees. (Author)

Staff development efforts can be instrumental in sensitizing staff to racism and developing strategies to halt its transmission. (DM)

Opinions differ about whether racial differences between the social worker and the client create insurmountable obstacles to the casework relationship. This article discusses the findings of numerous studies that have been conducted on this complex subject. (Author)

The author contends that the overall effect of drug education has not produced a discernible reduction in drug use. Schools can be of aid to students by proper selection of resource people, committed to self-preparation and growth. (Author/BY)

The author contends that school guidance coordinators should search for those people who have the helping attitude and use their talents in the guidance program. The counselor, via his leadership, becomes a catalyst in the total guidance program. (Author/BY)

Effective treatment appears to be a function of an effective helping relationship plus an effective helping program. Benefits accrue according to the presence of one or both of these relationships. (Author/CJ)

Lay personnel indigenous to the inner city were selected and trained in helping and human relations skills as functional professionals. In turn, they utilized an internship principle in conducting similar training programs for 63 essentially unselected hard core unemployed. (Author)