This document consists of the two issues of the "Alabama Counseling Association Journal" that make up volume 24. Articles in Issue 1 include: (1) "Learning Comes in Many Forms" (Holly Forester-Miller); (2) "Legislative, Legal, and Sociological Aspects of Alabama's Mental Health System" (David Gamble; Jamie S.…

Practicum members cited as giving meaningful feedback at or above the group median were recalled as producing significantly more verbal, more positive, and more owned feedback than practicum members cited as giving less meaningful feedback than the group median number of citations. The two groups did not differ significantly on the Myers-Briggs…

The authors report that "experts" in the field of educational supervision have identified curriculum development as the most efficacious task which practitioners should perform to foster positive instructional change. (Editor)

The results showed a significant difference in the way current inservice training is perceived as helpful to job performance when comparisons were made between the responses of trained counselors and untrained supervisors, and untrained counselors and trained supervisors. (Author)

Joined by 9 area colleges and universities, the Nashville Metropolitan School System's organization, the Teacher Education Alliance for Metro, operates a Triple-T (Trainer of Trainer of Teachers) program to help teachers who supervise student teachers develop a commitment to and competence in their role of cooperating teachers and to become…

Article gives 5 steps as beginning measures to construct a responsible and responsive frame of reference for supervisory services in approaching educational innovations. (GB)

Several studies indicate the use of supervisors and consultants is effective when there is close contact with teachers in task oriented situations. (Author/RK)

Practical maintenance tips for cutting costs in custodial services. (Author)

Examines the supervisory role within a particular social system framework. (Author/MB)

This article presents a model and rationale for training specific counseling skills prior to the practicum experience. Acquisition of these skills and attitudes in a prepracticum permits a consultation professional model for practicum that focuses upon the accumulation of experience rather than skills. (Author)

The author presents practical, specific suggestions for hepling young children have successful carpentry experiences. Selection of tools and materials as well as guides for their use and care are included. (Author/WY)

A description of a project which was successful in developing instructional materials useful in the inservice development of science supervisors. (AK)

Study results indicated that the supervisees of high level supervisors continued to function more effectively on the measured dimensions than the supervisees of low level supervisors, and that the supervisees of neither the high level supervisors nor the low level supervisors tended to change significantly on the measured dimensions. (Author)