Abstract
The three major objectives of the research were: 1. to ascertain the degree to which United States counselor education programs were differentiating their programs of study and supervised experiences for candidates for elementary school counseling, 2. to compare the data from these programs with the standards proposed for elementary school counselor preparation programs by the subcommittee of the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision, and 3. to formulate a model or proposed program for the preparation of elementary school counselors based on findings evolving from the first two stated objectives. Questionnaires to study the differentiation in preparation programs were sent to 344 institutional programs listed by their state departments of education and by the U. S. Office of Education as preparing elementary school counselors. Usable replies were received from 225 regular counselor preparation programs and from 25 institutions which have had or are now having NDEA institutes open to elementary school counselors. ...
Wehrly, Beatrice Lorraine (1969). Differentiation in programs of study and supervised experiences in elementary school counselor preparation programs in the United States. Doctoral dissertation, Texas A&M University. Texas A&M University. Libraries. Available electronically from
https : / /hdl .handle .net /1969 .1 /DISSERTATIONS -176160.