Defines need, and needs assessment, and discusses guidance program planning to respond to needs. Offers a suggested procedure for needs assessment consisting of five successive class meetings with students focusing on five different objectives. Provides guidance program response examples. (RC)

Translates some beliefs of Invitational Education, a self-concept view of human relations, into a framework of supervisory activities that facilitate the coordination of counseling services and promote the professional development of counselors. (Author)

Suggests that counselors redirect their efforts toward using more concrete, active career-guidance experiences for Black youth and presents a model for Black females. The general outcome expected from participation in this action-oriented guidance model is a demonstrated ability to state personal, educational, and technical competencies;…

This paper, for practitioners and researchers, is based on a computer search of the ERIC database and other references, and organizes and summarizes the literature on needs assessment in counseling, guidance, and personnel services. Following the brief introduction, a definition of terms used in the paper and a discussion of the purposes and…

After surveying the nationwide trend toward reduction and re-evaluation of counselors, this report traces the development of a guidance program accountability evaluation process. The history, a basic definition and rationale of the program, and its goals are described. Various assessment tools, data evaluation and the resulting suggestions and…

The nature and functions of pupil personnel servcies staff, together with a model of a typical pupil personnal services organization found effective in the public schools of Wisconsin, are presented. Salient features of the recommended model include: (1) services for all children; (2) direct line responsibility to the district administrators; (3)…

This program manual, developed by and for junior and senior high school counselors, provides detailed outlines of each facet of a comprehensive guidance program. The three major areas of services addressed are: (1) Educational Guidance Services (orientation, educational planning, alternative program selection, testing, special needs, and work…

This document describes a model for a developmentally based K-12 school guidance program which parallels the identifiable developmental stages children go through as they mature, and systematically addresses the learning, personal/social, and career needs that students have at various developmental stages. Lists of competencies are provided in…

This model describes how the guidance staff at a hypothetical high school communicated the effectiveness of the guidance program to students, parents, teachers, and administrators. A description of the high school is presented, and guidance services and personnel are described. A conceptual model responding to student needs is outlined along with…

School psychology is a very complex field further complicated by current socio-political contexts which mandate the development of a psychology of school psychology, requiring two things as first steps. The first step is a model which outlines the conceptual map of the area, gives direction to investigations in the area, and checks on the…

This program planning guide is the introductory volume in a series designed to provide school planners and guidance personnel with a model for a comprehensive developmental guidance program which can be adopted, adapted or used to create new programs. The materials focus on program planning, staff development, guidance curriculum, and activity…

Reviews the literature concerning homosexual identity development. Discusses at-risk issues (suicide, human immunodeficiency virus and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome infection, school problems) and developmental difficulties for gay and lesbian youth (sensitization, identity confusion, identity assumption, commitment). Proposes developmental…

This handbook describes a series of procedures for establishing school guidance and counseling programs in Idaho based on the Missouri Comprehensive Guidance Program model developed by Dr. Norman Gysbers. It begins with a conceptual framework and moves through the development, evaluation, and refinement steps of setting guidance programs in Idaho…

This manual is the curriculum component of a series designed to provide school planners and guidance personnel with a comprehensive developmental guidance program model which can be adapted, adopted or used to create new programs. The materials focus on program planning, staff development, guidance curriculum, and activity guides for grades K-12.…