Selection and Elimination of Candidates in Counselor Education Programs

Abstract

This study compared actual with ideal procedures in the selection and elimination of candidates in counselor education programs. A two-factor analysis for each category (selection and elimination) resulted in some significant differences @< .001) between the actual and ideal procedures in both selection and elimination. The criteria for actual and ideal procedures in the selection and elimination of candidates were also treated by t tests, with highly significant differences @< .075 t o p <.0005) found on some of the criteria. David L. Redfering is Associate Professosr of Psychology and Frank Biasco is AssociateProfessor of Psychology, both at the University of West Florida, Pensacola.

From trainee impairment to professional competence problems: Seeking new terminology that facilitates effective action.

“…Authors have used several labels besides impaired to describe trainees, including undesirable (Redfering & Biasco, 1976), unsuitable or inadequate (Bernard, 1975), unsatisfactory (Biaggio, Gasparikova-Krasnec, & Bauer, 1983), emotionally troubled (Hassenfeld & Lavigne, 1987), unqualified (Zemlick, 1980), distressed (Frame & Stevens-Smith, 1995), and incompetent (Claiborn, 1982). Others described trainees with personality or psychological problems (Bradey & Post, 1991).…”

Unique Ethical Dilemmas in Counselor Training

“…and must also screen from the program those individuals who are unable to provide competent services. (p. 5 ) Redfering and Biasco (1976) stated that although "the selection of candidates for counselor education programs is a perplexing problem, the elimination of candidates who are admitted to training but who are later found to be undesirable is even more serious" (p. 399). Part of the problem lies in not knowing or agreeing on what constitutes a good counselor (Redfering & Biasco, 1976).…”

Selection and Training for Human Rights Counseling

“…As part of their admissions procedures, many counselor education programs continue to rely heavily on the traditional criteria of undergraduate GPA and graduate aptitude test scores (Gimmestad & Goldsmith, 1973;Redfering & Biasco, 1976). Some programs have experimented with other paper and pencil predictors of counseling aptitude such as social intelligence and personality inventories (Jones, 1974;Osipow & Walsh, 1973;Wittmer & Lister, 1971).…”