Results of this study provided some support for previous studies that reported differential relationships for different levels of credibility between amount of self report change and discrepancy of test results with self concept. (Author)

Ethical concerns in relation to encounter groups are discussed in this article. Both the public and all counseling professionals need protection from unfounded claims and poorly trained or untrained group leaders. (JC)

Undergraduates, trained to discriminate understanding from nonunderstanding statements, verbally reinforced each statement they felt to be understanding during counselor interviews. Ratings indicated that beginning counselors had increased their understanding statements, suggesting that such statements can be a function of the number of…

This study explored the intellective differences among males with A, B, and C grades in the counseling practicum. The nature and direction of the differences suggested that practicum grades tend to make valid discriminations between candidates with high and low potential as counselors. (Author)

Results of investigating whether coached clients were more consistent with the ratings of counselor educators when evaluating the counseling effectiveness of counselor trainees indicated that the coached clients significantly agreed with the criterion, while the non-coached clients exhibited bias and subjectivity in their ratings. (Author)

This article describes the counselor educator as a model who can combine positive reinforcement techniques, imitative learning, and microcounseling skills to share studnet-counselor development. Pertinent research and theory are reviewed. (Author)

Results of the category frequencies indicate that both counselors in practice and counselors in training prefer to respond to client problems in a manner that allows them to maintain a counseling relationship with the client and to leave the taking of action up to the clients or other persons. (Author)

The data of the study indicated that the younger, less experienced interviewers were more effective in their counseling behavior than were the older, more experienced interviewers. Because of increased levels of rigidity and decreased levels of performance, training supervisors should not neglect the needs of older, more experienced personnel.…

The author concludes that counselors may be the prime cause of miscommunication and prejudicial evaluation in relations with persons from divergent racial and ethnic groups. Counselors must recognize and value the ethnicity of other persons if they are to foster an open, trusting, and productive counseling relationship with them. (Author/BY)

Three methods and several implementations of each by which school counselors might evaluate their own competence and that of colleagues are suggested. The methods include: 1) practitioners should be involved in the training effort; 2) practicing counselors should be their own evaluators; and 3) creation of ethnic and standard committees.…

The results of this study suggest that the respondees place great significance on those characteristics which are demanding of interpersonal skills and deemphasize those characteristics which represent attributes of the individual. (Author)

This paper describes a content analysis scale, the Counselor Activity Profile, that can be used to objectively and systematically quantify and profile a counselor's interview behavior according to the amount of interview time devoted to various discrete counseling responses. Research done with the scale is also described. (Author)

Examination of national statistical data revealed that type of disability had low predictive relationship to rehabilitation per counselor. Average cost per rehabilitation and case service expenditure per counselor accounted for 66 percent of the variance toward rehabilitations per counselor, suggesting the development of an empirical weighting…

This study indicates that if goals of a resident assistant are to work effectively with students, a basic encounter experience may be useful in a training program. (Author)

The practicing counselor must be evaluated through a special approach which takes into consideration all relevant elements such as the professional service aspect, the academic criteria, and the financial criteria emphasized by industry. (Author)