Counselor trainees were assigned to two groups (a) the experimental group, training in nondefensive communication, and (b) the control group, no training period. Results showed that the experimental subjects demonstrated a significant reduction in defensive behavior. Significant differences were found for the pre- and postchange scores between the…

A survey to determine what admission procedures were being used in counselor education programs across the country revealed that a wide variety of procedures were being used to select students for master's degree and doctoral degree programs in counselor education. The criteria most commonly mentioned for selecting students were scholastic…

A systems approach model to counselor education is justified and elaborated by Steven Zifferblatt. Responses to his remarks are made by T. Antoinette Ryan, Donald Blocker and Patricia Wolleat, Lawrence Brammer, Ray Hosford and Norman Stewart. A rejoinder by the original author also follows. (CJ)

This article reviews the literature pertinent to prepracticum laboratory experiences in counselor education and describes the elements and the evaluation of one such program. (Author)

The purpose of this article is to set down an example of the involvement of several departments of a university in the training of counselors. (Author)

The initial purpose of this study was to determine how counselors used information yielded by multifactor intelligence tests. Data, however, revealed enormous percentages of nonclassifiable responses regarding these tests. The findings seemed to indicate a tendency on the part of counselor educators to downgrade the importance of accurate test…

Results of this study indicated that counselors consistently rated their training higher than did the superintendents. The biggest difference in ratings between counselors and superintendents was on personal social counseling. Counselors apparently feel that personal social counseling is an area of their preparation program where they received…

The author contends that the achievement of specified counseling outcomes is the joint responsibility of university training programs, employing agencies, and supervisory personnel, as well as practicing counselors. (Author)

The author highlights some of the implications of Kemp's points for counselors and clients. He also raises additional questions about the American experience, writing from a perspective as a counselor-educator sympathetic to existential views. (Author/BY)

The Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (ACES) believes it is necessary that counselor educators, supervisors, and counselors establish specific, substantive policies, procedures, and activities designed to improve counseling services for non-Whites. The development of counselor training programs encompassing needs and aspirations…

This article features results of a participatory study focused on strategies used by 7 entry-level assistant professors to negotiate the challenges of writing and submitting successful scholarly research during their 1st year as counselor education faculty members. (Contains 20 references and 1 table.) (Author)