This paper describes a practicum designed to create a system that would help both counselors and teachers in the process of defining and identifying at-risk students and documenting interventions used with them before referring them for special education assessment. An inservice explaining the process was designed and presented to teachers.…

Paper presented at 7th Annual Conference on English Education (Syracuse, N. Y., March 28, 1969).

This article contains a supervisory development plan, which discusses the skill development and interrelationships of supervisors, cooperating teachers, and student teachers during the student teaching experience. Effective supervisory skills are necessary if the student teacher is to improve his professional work. (CJ)

Reviews the development of the profession, and identifies important issues in the process and structure of graduate clinical education. These factors are related to an analysis of the graduate curricula, the clinical practicum, and the selection and evaluation of students for masters programs in marriage and family therapy. (Author)

Describes a program in which student teachers are involved in a modular on-campus setting, in addition to their experiences in classrooms. Flexibility within the faculty of education allows for change between semesters, as well as from year to year. (JD)

Examines how a university clinic can provide a portion of a school psychology student's practicum experiences. Advantages include providing a broader base of experience than the public schools and intensive doctoral-level supervision. Discusses the need for practicum experiences that expose students to a variety of situations. (Author)

Scholars of clinical supervision must join together to establish a conceptual base of clinical supervision that would provide opportunities for research and program development. (CJ)

Evaluates the degree to which the Counselor Rating Form (CRF) can distinguish students at the beginning and the end of a prepracticum experience. Although the social influence constructs of Attractiveness, Trustworthiness and Expertness were not specifically taught, there were significant increases in the level of these constructs. (Author)

Reports results of a national survey on undergraduate intern programs in sociology, discusses criteria used for and problems found with internships, and recommends strengthening the programs by formally integrating them into the curriculum. (Author/CK)

Results of this study indicate reliable identification of different nonverbal behaviors of counselor educators. Eye contact and gestural activity of the head, arms, hands, and legs and feet suggest needed consideration, and practical applications of these variables in the supervisory process. A methodological model for investigators of nonverbal…

Career development programs are one way of responding to declining enrollments and rising costs while helping students with career and educational plans. A psychology elective at County College of Morris includes exploration of factors affecting career choice, self-assessment and a job-search practicum. (JAC)

The development of a multidisciplinary teacher training program for regular and special educators at the University of Utah is described. Responses from faculty members concerning the ideal and actual role descriptions of administrators, counselors, psychologists, secondary teachers, elementary teachers, and special education teachers are listed.…

As the social work profession tries to find ways to bring significant service to the retarded, social work education must respond and prepare practitioners for this specialization. Basic concepts and principles of helping people are reviewed briefly as they relate to work with the mentally retarded. (Author/LBH)

An innovative program for student teachers form Indiana University/South Bend involves a full semester of one-half day teaching schedules coupled with in-school seminars on the principles of secondary education. (MB)