Notes that as the public mandate for accountability increases, it becomes more necessary for counselors to evaluate their performance. Recommends using student evaluations of counseling needs and expectations to assess counseling programs' effectiveness. (Author/ABB)

Examined the relationship between the extent to which school psychologists incorporated an interpersonally based problem-solving process (IBPSP) in their consultation and several defined outcomes of consultation. A highly significant positive relationship exists between the IBPS Scale and general behavior change, teacher satisfaction,…

Subjects (N=22) completing a master's degree in counseling with prior counseling experience served as client and counselor under two different conditions. Of six hypotheses, the one confirmed held that when more prepared, the counselor would communicate in "expert" fashion; when less prepared, in equalitarian fashion. (Author)

This handbook for faculty advisors seeks to clarify Edgecombe Community College's (ECC's) (North Carolina) advising theories and concepts. The handbook is designed for instructors as well as program chairpersons and coordinators who are assigned the responsibility of advising students in their programs. The guide is divided into five sections:…

A counselor social reinforcement scale, based on the verbal conditioning model and the assumption that approval is a basic interpersonal reinforcer, and a counselor persuasion scale, based on the assumption that counselor conviction and client agreement with the counselor are the central aspects of counselor persuasiveness, were devised.…

Regression equations were developed and cross-validated for six job-performance criteria for employed rehabilitation counselors. Predictors were biographical and questionnaire data. One criterion (self-initiative in increasing professional knowledge and skill) was well predicted (multiple r.48 in developmental group, .57 in validation);…

This study compared personality characteristics of junior and senior high school counselors serving economically disadvantaged and advantaged males. A Counseling Evaluation Inventory composite client-rating score (derived from seven clients) for each counselor was the effectiveness criterion. Clients from both economic populations perceived as…

Summarizes both the professional counseling literature and an investigation conducted by the author which examined the relationship between race and the level of understanding between counselor and client, finding that race is related to counselor understanding. (Author/JM)

A review of the black experience, related literature, and general black disenchantment with guidance reveals a need for pre-service programs that address the cultural and experiential difference between white guidance counselors and black high school students. (Author/KM)

Carol Munn makes suggestions for integration based on experience in a large university's residence hall, which may provide some ideas from which a model, suitable to individual needs can be drawn. A comment by J.J. Pietrofesa and D.L. Shappell and a rejoinder by C. Munn follow. (Author/BY)

Experimentation with short contact marriage counseling and some of the results are described. The author is convinced that the new approaches are more effective than those they replaced. (Editor)

Universities are poorly equipped to educate growing numbers of Blacks, and counselors try to fit them into existing molds rather than attempt to change institutions to accommodate student needs. Personnel have not adapted to change, and cannot deal with culturally different students. Speech presented at American Psychological Association (Division…

The client's perception of the comfort of the counselor in a group setting is significantly related to counselor effectiveness as measured by GPA change. The overall counseling climate and the client's estimate of his satisfaction were not related to counselor effectiveness. (Author)

This article suggests that the more systematic the training efforts and the more concentration on the development of functional selection criteria, the greater the probability for creating successful" counselors. (Author/CJ)