Abstract
The present study was designed to assess the effect of group self-awareness training of student speech clinicians. Comparisons were made between clinical students participating in group sessions (the experimental group) and a comparable group of students with standard supervision (the control group) in respect to dimensions pertinent to the clinician-client relationship. Video tapes of actual therapy sessions, before and after the group sessions, provided the data for the interaction analysis. The results indicated that the experimental group was significantly more socially supportive, used more positive facial and gestural responses and was less restrictive than the control group, while their clients were more cooperative. The resultant postgroup therapeutic climate was more positive than that of the control group students. Although more research is recommended to generalize from the findings of this study, there is support for following recommendations to include self-awareness programs in the training of speech pathologists.
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