This guide, prepared for use by education associations involved in the process of developing positions, training programs, and agreements on evaluation, discusses many aspects of the evaluation procedure. Included are sections on the counselor's role, the requisites for evaluation, the procedures, criteria, evaluating instruments, etc. There is…

The response made by the counselor and the degree of interpersonal relationship, which he involves himself, is important in determining whether the client returns to counseling or whether he terminates prematurely. An analysis of 44 interviews, 22 of which led to premature termination on the part of the client, revealed an astoundingly different…

This study is based on national guidelines established by the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision but adapted to Minnesota certification standards. This study sheds light on the quality of counselor education in Minnesota, and it clearly points the direction colleges and universities must take if they are to meet the needs of…

All professional persons engage in a number of activities, but they perform one major function, and their profession is designated by a word which indicates this major function. Counselors are usually called guidance counselors, partly because of their many other activities besides counseling, and partly because many counselors do little or no…

This manual, designed for secondary school counselors, is based on the concept that professional improvement can be accomplished mainly by self-evaluation in conjunction with support from one's own colleagues. Some of the purposes of the manual are to: (1) produce a tool by which the new counselor can conduct his own self-evaluation; (2) provide a…

This survey investigation examines practicing high school counselors' knowledge of adolescent suicide, and the counselors' formal training in "suicidology" with particular reference to the sex of the counselor respondents regarding knowledge and training. A questionnaire of 28 items was constructed, field-tested and mailed to 425 professional high…

Examined effects of sex and sexual attitude similarity on undergraduates' (N=209) perceptions of a counselor. Subjects gave more positive ratings on a general measure of counselor credibility and on specific measures of confidence in the counselor's ability to help with sexually relevant problems to counselors expressing attitudes similar to the…

Examined relational consequences of supervisors' and supervisees' disagreements about supervisee's counseling sophistication, using Stoltenberg's developmental model of counselor supervision. Supervisors perceived themselves as varying their behavior with supervisees of different developmental levels, though supervisees did not see this.…

A study of undergraduates' evaluations of counselors' sex role behavior found the feminine counselor role to be perceived as more attractive and trustworthy than the masculine role. Ratings of counselor expertness were unaffected by counselor role. Additionally, feminists were found to evaluate masculine counselor behavior more positively than…

Two studies investigated clients' reactions to evaluations of, expectations for, or willingness to seek counseling as a function of fee conditions and problems. Results indicated fee conditions did not affect willingness to seek help or expectations. Although there were some sex differences on expectancies, there was no interaction effect for sex…

Used a standardized simulation to identify problem-solving styles in mental health treatment planning tasks. Experienced counselors (N=34) and trainees (N=34) examined case files and wrote summaries and treatment plans for each case. Results showed problem-solving similarities for the outpatient case but differences for the inpatient case. (BH)

The data indicated: (a) clients perceived greater self-exploration than counselors or raters; (b) confrontive counselors perceived greater self-exploration than speculative counselors; and (c) neither raters' nor clients' estimates of self-exploration differed across speculative or confrontive counselors. (Author)

In this suggested aid for supervising students in the practicum and internship in counseling psychology, interview process is analyzed in terms of Carkhuff's primary and secondary dimensions. The secondary dimensions, which are ecletic counseling and therapeutic intervention techniques, are categorized by areas of functioning of young adulthood…

Selection and training of coached clients and benefits resulting from their use (such as help in providing feedback to the trainee) are discussed. Reactions of students included in the program are given with suggestions for future improvements. (Author/EAK)

Inservice school counselors were trained in an Education Professions Development Act project designed to upgrade their skills that emphasized communication of empathy, respect, genuineness, and concreteness. Participants showed improvement in their ability to communicate empathic understanding as measured by counselor responses to student problems…