A total of 580 vocational rehabilitation counseling professionals from Rehabilitation Services Administration Region III responded to a 40‐item, forced‐choice questionnaire regarding perceived needs for training in the area of psychiatric rehabilitation. Although it was identified as least available, opportunity for continuing education was rated as the optimal vehicle for training rather than formal academic course work or agency in‐service programs. Translating psychiatric diagnoses into functional behavioral terminology was ranked foremost as a specific training need; training in career counseling and realistic goal planning and job‐seeking skills and job placement needs of the psychiatrically disabled client ranked second an