This study investigated whether a videotaped, modeled-learning experience would facilitate the acquisition and transfer of training of a complex counseling behavior-communication of accurate, empathic understanding. The 111 subjects were assigned randomly to one of three treatment conditions: modeled-learning experience (Ti), consisting of an advance organizer, modeled-counseling interview, and covert practice session; treatment control (T 2 ), which involved reading about the counseling behavior; and control (Ta). Acquisition and transfer of training were inferred by significant differences in group scores in communication of accurate, empathic understanding as measured by the subjects' written responses to the 16 Carkhuff Helpee Stimulus Expressions and as rated using Scale 1 of the Carkhuff scales. Subjects in TV displayed a significantly higher level of functioning and these differences were maintained over time.
This article describes an undergraduate preparation program in rehabilitation education that has both terminal and preprofessional characteristics. In an era of heightened concern for differentiated staffing and effective use of manpower in and out of the helping professions, such a curriculum provides a structure by which a career ladder in counselor and subcounselor roles can be created.
A survey of counselor's perceptions of their use of medical information was administered to 52 Pennsylvania BVR counselors. Of the counselors surveyed 83% felt they should be allowed to describe the symptoms pre-sented in an initial interview. Seventy-four percent of the counselors felt that making referrals to private practitioners should also be considered a routine function. Sixty-six percent felt they should be allowed to make referrals to medical specialists. However; 89'% felt it would be inappropriate for them to make medical diagnoses. Several other findings regarding treatment and prognosis are also reported.
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