An Adolescent Study Group was established by the Michigan Department of Public Health/Center for Substance Abuse Services (MCPH/CSAS) to examine the current delivery system of substance abuse treatment services for adolescents. The primary focus was on treatment services for alcohol, tobacco and other drug (ATOD) problems among adolescents in…

This booklet summarizes some of Colorado's successful career development projects and provides a resource for delivering comprehensive career guidance programs. The first section of the booklet outlines the role of career development in Colorado and the National Career Development Guidelines of the National Occupational Information Coordinating…

Year 2 (1998-99) of Ohio's School-to-Work (STW) system focused on continuing to get information out to practicing school counselors through workshops, articles, and modules and on helping counselor educators understand STW so they could infuse STW into their training programs for preservice school counselors. A multi-university work team, together…

A project developed and tested the instrumentation and procedures needed to assess students' mastery of guidance competencies as a result of their participation in the curriculum component of the Missouri Comprehensive Guidance Program Model. The advice of a group of counselors, administrators, and counselor educators assembled in February 1992 in…

This document provides models to guide counselors and secondary students in tailoring programs of study that will allow students to pursue both employment and postsecondary education after graduation. Information on how to use the document to produce a program of study is accompanied by a chart that presents an overview of the entire process. The…