Training for institutional change

Abstract

If counselors are going to perform functions different from dyadic therapeutic counseling, institutions preparing counselors must change the context and processes of their programs. Assisting an individual to change is difficult; intervention for institutional change is infinitely complex. Yet many of the concepts and skills are the same for both. Dustin describes the procedures he has used to equip counselors to utilize the basic principles of change with an organization as a target. Other trainers may use other methods in this relatively new extension of counselor functioning; what is clear, however, is the need for new training models if our goals of creating humane environments is to be reached.

Children’s Reactions to Small Group Psychological Education

“…This response, a small but significant comment about the kind of learning children perceive to be important, lends support to Weinstein's (1973) belief that school systems have traditionally given affective education a minor place in curriculum. More and more counselors are being encouraged to help change institutions of learning which convey the impression that the affective domain is less important than the cognitive (Dustin 1974). As SprinthaIland Erickson (1974, p. 397) have noted, " ... schools, communities, and, indeed, nations cannot afford to leave the process of psychological development to the mercy of random forces, as is now the case in so many instances.…”

Program Evaluation and Counseling: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow

“…Moreover, counselors also perceive themselves as lacking these skills (Wheeler, 1978). The need for expanded research training for counselors has been voiced by a number of authors (Dustin, 1974;Goldman, 1976Goldman, , 1977Lipsman, 1969;Mehrens, 1978;Raush, 1974;Sprinthall, 1975;Thorensen, 1969). Similarly, the suggestion that counselors receive training in specific program evaluation skills (such as instrument construction) has also been noted (Broskowski & Schulberg, 1974;Goldman, 1976Goldman, , 1977Guttentag, Kireski, Ogleby, & Cahn, 1975;Oetting & Hawkes, 1974;Ricks, 1976;Schulberg, 1972).…”

The Elderly, Oppression, and Social‐Change Counseling

“…Such an approach to counseling would mandate that counselors work to change the system rather than the client. Many authors since 1970 have proposed the implementation of a social-change approach to counseling to supplement and in some cases supplant the more traditional personal-change approach (Adams, 1973;Atkinson, Morten, & Sue, 1979;Baker & Cramer, 1972;Banks & Martens, 1973;Ciavarella & Doolittle, 1970;Cook, 1972;Drew, 1973;Dustin, 1973;Dworkin & Dworkin, 1971;Lewis & Lewis, 1977;Manacker, 1976;Pine, 1976;Warnath, 1973).…”