Elementary school counselors, pressured by teachers and administrators, and undertrained, are focusing on remedial or crisis counseling instead of the developmental guidance geared to changing classroom environments. Counselor education needs to provide knowledge of children, and classroom techniques and how to integrate this knowledge with the…

Describes University of Washington TTT Project to develop certification standards and training procedures. (RT)

Since the results of this study have been extracted from data supplied by a contemporary group of state directors and state supervisors of guidance services, and since roles change with time, this role study cannot be construed to be final or complete. (Author)

This study was designed to identify those guidance functions that national groups of school counselors, counselor educators, and state supervisors agree should be the responsibility of the state guidance office. Results appeared to support functions of leadership, advocacy, and support rather than administrative-regulatory functions. (Author)

This article discusses briefly, three movements influential in bringing group experiences into prominence; the philosophical, administrative, and curricular areas of issue; and the role and relationship of group process relative to the academic community. (Author/CJ)

Factors which cast doubt on applicability of any psychotherapeutic design to school setting include school structure, counselor training programs, administrative attitudes, involuntary nature and irregularity of much counseling and time limitations. Alternatives for generating theory and monitoring research are examined. (Author/CJ)

Ratings on a statement-of-functions (adapted from Brown and Pruett, 1967) by three groups of college students indicate some disagreement on which personnel within a school should perform 20 out of 70 functions. Data table included. (CJ)

Explored whether practicing supervisors (N=37) perceived themselves varying their supervision process across four trainee experience levels and whether supervisor demographic variables related to variance in the supervision process. Results showed that supervisors significantly varied supervisions between second and advanced practicum level…

Reports the perceptions of Association of Counselor Education and Supervision members concerning the CES journal. Demographic characteristics of respondents, opinions on article types, strengths and weaknesses, and inclusion of brief reports and special issues are presented. Results indicated that research articles and the types of articles are…

Beginning practicum counselors rated the frequency with which supervisors performed 42 supervisor behaviors. Counselors also rated effectiveness of supervision. Supervisors perceived supervision as providing feedback. Beginning counselors rated supervision as good if a personal supervisor-supervisee relationship existed and supervisors provided…

Provides a review of applicable literature, information, and research in nonverbal behavior categories. A brief model is provided to illustrate counselor educators' and supervisors' application and use of this information with novice counselors and its implications. (Author)

Counselor competencies were collected through a review of the literature. Counselor-educators rated 98 competencies for perceived level of importance and for when competencies are acquired. Most competencies received a consensual rating ranging from important to critical, indicating the need to be acquired and demonstrated by trainees before…

A model of communication is offered in response to the need for a meaningful conceptual framework generating representative, systematic, and integrated research in counseling and counselor training. The usefulness of the communication paradigm for the practitioner and counselor educator, for the theorist, and for the researcher is explored.…