A Case Presentation Approach to Group Supervision for Community College Counselors

A case presentation method of group supervision, as practiced at a community college, is described. Developmental principles underlying this approach are presented.     

Acquiring Cultural Knowledge for Counselors in Training: A Multifaceted Approach

In the cross-cultural counseling literature many writers have suggested that counselors and counselor trainees should acquire knowledge about ethnic minority populations. More concrete suggestions are needed, however, regarding specific structures through which such knowledge might be gained. In this article the authors describe a multifaceted approach to acquisition of cross-cultural knowledge that is a culmination of experiences and activities the writers have used in a course titled Counseling Ethnic Minorities. This approach is based on the premise that knowledge and cultural sensitivity can be achieved through a combination of cognitive, affective, and behavioral procedures. The course includes assessment of cultural knowledge, reading ethnic literature, multicultural action planning, and small-group presentations. Students taking this course have judged the multifaceted approach to be a valuable experience for acquiring cross-cultural knowledge and for developing cross-cultural sensitivity. Most participants viewed the course as an important beginning to a lifelong process of learning.     

Training Marriage and Family Counselors: A Family-of-Origin Approach

The authors describe a model in which family-of-origin work is used for personal growth training of marriage and family counselors.     

高校辅导员意识形态引领力提升路径探析

高校辅导员意识形态引领力是指高校辅导员所具有的在社会主义意识形态方面的引领能力,具有继承性、价值性和功能性。当前,高校辅导员意识形态引领力还较为薄弱,主要表现为辅导员日常工作中意识形态的虚化、弱化,进行引领的主体能动性不够,客观上还存在能力欠缺。提升高校辅导员意识形态引领力的有效路径应从认同、阐释、传播、影响、感召五个方面展开,以达到切实提高高校意识形态工作成效的目的。     

Collaborative Counseling: A Conceptual Framework and Approach for Counselors of Adults in Life Transitions

The emerging field of adult counseling generally refers to the applications of adult development and life transitions literature in counseling. To date, numerous definitions that apply a particular theoretical perspective to clients within an established counseling approach have characterized practice. In contrast, collaborative counseling is a term that defines an inclusive theoretical framework and distinct counseling approach. The phenomenology of counselors is defined in terms of three perspectives: (a) developmental—for conceptualizing adult experience and counseling; (b) collaborative—for characterizing counselor-client roles, interactions, and processes; and (c) idiographic—for conceptualizing applicability of theory and interventions to individuals. From these perspectives a specialized practice is derived that emphasizes transitional status assessment, adult processes, counseling outcomes in meaning and behavior, as well as multiple contexts and modalities for delivery of service. The implications for curriculum and training provide the basis for defining a specialization in adult counseling.     

An Interactive Approach for Developing Interprofessional Collaboration: Preparing School Counselors

School counselors are expected to be prepared to work cooperatively with school administrators, teachers, special education teachers, and other school personnel so that they can better serve students. Currently, the various professionals in schools, including school counselors, are trained separately and have few opportunities to learn about each other's roles, responsibilities, and perspectives. The authors discuss an interactive CD‐ROM that is designed to prepare school counselors and other school professionals (e.g., teachers, school administrators) to solve problems collaboratively.     

A Model for Training Group Counselors

A teaching model is presented which was used for increasing the skills and interests of practicing school counselors in group counseling. A significant aspect of the model is its inclusion of learnings designed to explore both affective and cognitive aspects of the group process. Although the model described was used in an in-service workshop for counselors, the format might also be useful in designing a university course in group counseling.     

A Model for Retooling School Counselors

If school counseling is to continue as an ongoing dynamic profession, counselor educators must address their attention to the improvement of practitioner competencies as well as toward counselor preparation. The development of a program designed to accomplish both tasks must be dependent upon the needs of counselors, counselor educators, and considerations emanating from the environments in which they work. The purpose of this paper is to share one educational approach which can facilitate movement toward achievement of these desired needs.     

Chi Sigma Iota Chapter Leadership and Professional Identity Development in Early Career Counselors

As the academic and professional honor society of counseling, Chi Sigma Iota (CSI) has been recognized in developing advocacy, leadership, and professional identity in student and professional members. A qualitative, grounded theory study was conducted to investigate experiences of 15 early career counselors who were CSI chapter leaders as graduate students. An emergent theory of CSI chapter leadership and professional identity development in early career counselors is presented. Implications are discussed for counselor educators, CSI leaders, and counseling students and professionals, with suggestions made for future research.     

A Social Constructivist Approach to Preparing School Counselors to Work Effectively in Urban Schools

In this article a social construction framework is used to improve the capacity of school counselors and trainees to work effectively with African American and Latina/o students in urban schools. Three key theoretical tenets of the social construction worldview are presented as a new lens for thinking about the meaning-making process of students in an urban school setting and how school counselors can support it. We offer activities to operationalize this theoretical point of view and implications for school counselor training and practice.     

书院制下辅导员实施情感教育的路径研究

辅导员作为开展大学生思想政治教育的骨干力量,在书院中大力推行情感教育,是落实2018年习近平总书记在全国教育大会重要讲话精神及2019年在思想政治理论课教师座谈会上的重要讲话精神的有效途径,对于高校实现人才培养质量的提升,办好人民满意教育具有十分重要的意义。由于书院制高校有其自身的特点,因此更为辅导员在书院实施情感教育提供了更有效的方式。基于此,就书院制下辅导员实施情感教育的路径进行研究探讨。     

School Counselors as Supervisors: An Integrated Approach for Supervising School Counseling Interns

This article proposes an approach for supervising school counseling interns. The approach integrates supervisor roles, intern skills, and stages of the supervision process.     

Globalization: A Brief Primer for Counselors

The concept of globalization elicits a wide range of reactions among the public, policy makers, and academics (Bennhold 2007; Bradsher 2006; Cheng 2005; Dobbs 2004; Friedman 2005; Gilbert 2006; Oppenheimer 2005; Stiglitz 2006; Winestock 2001; World Commission on the Social Dimension of Globalization 2004). Increased understanding of globalization can help counselors recognize their influential role as one of the few groups of professionals that operate in schools, mental health, and career counseling settings. Because the consequences of globalization impact every aspect of life, counselors have a responsibility to understand globalization systemically, including how it impacts the practice of counseling and how to help their clients function effectively in the context of globalization. In this article, which is intended as a primer for continued dialogue, globalization is introduced as an issue to be further studied and responded to by professional organizations around the world. Examples of globalization are offered and a case is made for continued collaboration between quality assurance and membership organizations in addressing globalization.     

Networking for Leadership,Inquiry, and Systemic Thinking: A New Approach to Inquiry-Based Learning

Recent changes in science education standards have mandated a prominent place for inquiry learning in science curricula. However, change from traditional teaching methods to a more inquiry-centered approach is difficult to enact. While research to date demonstrates a number of successful inquiry implementations, it also reveals a slow rate of change along with possible reasons for difficulty in adopting inquiry instructional methods. Further, inquiry reforms have failed in the past. The Networking for Leadership, Inquiry, and Systemic Thinking (NLIST) initiative, sponsored by the Council of State Science Supervisors and NASA, proposes to facilitate inquiry through systemic reform designed to avoid the mistakes of the past and incorporate new knowledge about teaching and learning. Systemic elements targeted for change include a standard conceptualization of science as inquiry, instructional materials, professional development, administrative support and leadership, facilities, community involvement, and technology infrastructure. To date, the initiative has created a detailed definition of inquiry learning and a rubric for evaluating instructional materials against this definition. This paper presents the theoretical and empirical foundations for the NLIST initiative, describes its progress, and outlines future goals.     

Personal Leadership in Practice: A Critical Approach to Instructional Design Innovation Work

An argument is made in this article for a link between leadership and innovation, when innovation is an outcome of the work approaches and practices that underpin an educational technologist’s academic course designs. The practice of instructional design (ID) is continually being challenged to rethink its conceptualization of academic course designs, especially for web-based affordances, to release designers to new processes that more align with the modern use of communication devices and networks. I suggest here that the time has come for ID to leave non-adaptive, linear thinking behind not only in how and when to prescribe certain technologies but in how to approach educational change with an adaptation of personal leadership that drives innovation (Ashbaugh, 2012).