Assessed opinions of 329 counselor educators regarding the ideal delivery, goals, and methods of clinical supervision. Also examined the influences of theory and research relative to the practice of clinical supervision. Important supervision goals presented here include assisting counselors to develop clinical skills, to increase self-awareness,…

Too often school counselors are evaluated through a teacher-assessment process bearing little relevance to (poorly defined) counseling tasks or roles. Evaluation is hindered by lack of a developmental model and by administrative pressures to perform tasks outside counselors' training and experience. Improvement measures are outlined. (Contains 16…

Asian American undergraduates received career counseling from European American female counselors using either a collectivist or an individualist orientation. Counselors using the collectivist approach were perceived as more cross-culturally competent but equally credible as counselors using the individualist approach. Implications for culturally…

This paper takes the position that shrinking resources and increasing accountability have forced counselors to reassess the role of evaluation. This new role should afford evaluation a higher priority so that it becomes as much a part of counseling as the interpersonal skills that currently form the bulk of counselor training programs. Some…

This manual introduces and explains the juvenile counselor physical training course developed as part of the evaluation procedures for juvenile counselor candidates in the Standards and Training for Corrections program in California. The manual is organized in four sections. The first section introduces the physical conditioning module, including…

Fully addressing most problems clients bring to therapy usually requires more than one session. Some student therapists seem to be more capable than others of engaging clients and promoting more visits when warranted. To discover whether graduate admissions information can predict a psychologist-trainee's ability to readily engage clients, data…

In this report the New York State Personnel and Guidance Association presents its response to the Report of the New York State Office of Education Performance Review (OEPR) entitled An Evaluation of the Role and Functions of the Guidance Counselor. The OEPR report was published in September 1974. The OEPR undertook the study to determine the…

This manual provides a series of forms and instruments and outlines the procedures used by St. Louis Community College in its annual evaluation of counseling faculty performance. First, general information is provided in lists of the performance indicators and other criteria upon which the assessment of teachers, counselors, and instructional…

Among the variables contributing to the therapeutic relationship between counselor and client, empathy has received much attention in counseling process research. Most of this research has relied on brief segments as a sampling unit; seldom have these segments been compared with entire counseling sessions. Segments of sessions and entire sessions…

Transfer of knowledge and skills from the classroom to real life settings is an essential goal of any educational program. A study of microcounseling skills possessed by graduate students examined their interactions with classmates in a role playing situation. All students participated in skills training, responded to videotaped client vignettes,…

Selecting the best qualified doctoral applicants for preparation as future counselor educators is one of the most important decisions a counselor education faculty makes each year. Recently proposed by the Association for Counselor Educational and Supervision are the Guidelines for Doctoral Preparation in Counselor Education. The present authors…

Current modes of implementing evaluation and accountability procedures can be examined with respect to their implications for the three aspects of the community psychology approach and the delivery of community mental health services: indirect services (consultation, community education, and prevention), supervision and training of caregivers, and…

This study was designed to describe rehabilitation counselor perceptions of client characteristics which cause problems in counseling and vocational planning. Counselors were asked to identify barriers to effective rehabilitation which might be attributed to the client's characteristics. Each counselor was interviewed individually and was asked to…

This paper points to the demands which our "new society" is making upon guidance and counseling programs; demands which must be met as counselors become agents of change and the profession turns from exclusive concern with intra and interpersonal matters to exteriorceptive concerns. The author gives a brief historical outline of the emerging…

This manual presents a training program developed from an assessment of what the manpower counselor must be able to do based upon the overall goals of manpower training. The training package is divided into eight general competency areas: counseling techniques (individual and group), staff relationships. client information and referral services,…