Tomorrow's Counselor: Competent or Unemployed?

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The Personnel and Guidance JournalVolume 54, Issue 5 p. 262-266 Tomorrow's Counselor: Competent or Unemployed? Jane N. Miller, Jane N. Miller Director Jane N. Miller: (top) is Director of Pupil Personnel Services for the Mishawaka (Indiana) Schools and Director of Joint Services in Special Education for Mishawaka and another school corporation. An experienced school psychologist, she supervises the counseling program in elementary and secondary schools and uses her counseling training in private practice as well as in her work with parents, children, and social agencies.Search for more papers by this authorAnn W. Engin, Ann W. Engin Associate Professor Ann W. Engin: (bottom) is an Associate Professor of Education at Ohio State University in Columbus, where she is also Chairperson of the School Psychology Program. As a supervisor and trainer, she requires counseling competencies of her students and models skills for them in the internship program in the schools. A school psychologist with comprehensive experience, she has published extensively in her field. The authors are the co-designers of PSYCHSIM, a multimedia simulation package for preservice and inservice school psychologists. Its purpose is to abstract elements of professional performance that seem most crucial and appear with greatest frequency on the job. Problem situations presented on film, audio-tape, and paper require participants to draw on skills and experience to effect appropriate and relevant behavioral alternatives for problems presented. A second simulator, COSIM, designed for counselors in a similarly reality-oriented format, has recently been completed with a third designer, Susan Gross. Both authors are committed to simulation techniques as a training and research tool and plan to continue their team approach to design and development of simulated materials.Search for more papers by this author Jane N. Miller, Jane N. Miller Director Jane N. Miller: (top) is Director of Pupil Personnel Services for the Mishawaka (Indiana) Schools and Director of Joint Services in Special Education for Mishawaka and another school corporation. An experienced school psychologist, she supervises the counseling program in elementary and secondary schools and uses her counseling training in private practice as well as in her work with parents, children, and social agencies.Search for more papers by this authorAnn W. Engin, Ann W. Engin Associate Professor Ann W. Engin: (bottom) is an Associate Professor of Education at Ohio State University in Columbus, where she is also Chairperson of the School Psychology Program. As a supervisor and trainer, she requires counseling competencies of her students and models skills for them in the internship program in the schools. A school psychologist with comprehensive experience, she has published extensively in her field. The authors are the co-designers of PSYCHSIM, a multimedia simulation package for preservice and inservice school psychologists. Its purpose is to abstract elements of professional performance that seem most crucial and appear with greatest frequency on the job. Problem situations presented on film, audio-tape, and paper require participants to draw on skills and experience to effect appropriate and relevant behavioral alternatives for problems presented. A second simulator, COSIM, designed for counselors in a similarly reality-oriented format, has recently been completed with a third designer, Susan Gross. Both authors are committed to simulation techniques as a training and research tool and plan to continue their team approach to design and development of simulated materials.Search for more papers by this author First published: January 1976 https://doi.org/10.1002/j.2164-4918.1976.tb04245.xCitations: 7 AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat Citing Literature Volume54, Issue5January 1976Pages 262-266 RelatedInformation