Goal-setting is taught in four steps: awareness and assessment, observation and analysis, evaluation, and demonstration. Illustrations of course projects and internship experiences are given, along with descriptions of specific behaviors being developed, and useful resource materials. (Author)

Current demands on college counselors for systematic, accountable designs for student development services has required action without the necessary tools. One of these necessary tools is a needs assessment methodology. A methodology for needs assessment is discussed. An example is described. (Author)

University students with learning disabilities (LDs) have faced a wide range of barriers which have often eroded their self-confidence and complicated their career planning process. The fact that many of these students can succeed in the university and the world of work would suggest that university LD students have a "nonsubmersible" quality that…

The notion that student personnel work was more than the administration of student services, that total full-rounded education and development was a legitimate concern of higher education, is not new but is a theme that has surfaced in publications of 30 or 40 years ago. What was purportedly new about the student development movement of the late…

A stratified sample of student personnel workers in four types of higher education institutions responded to the Institutional Goals Inventory. The results were analyzed in terms of student personnel workers' perceptions of present goals, preferred goals, and discrepancies between the two. The results revealed marked differences among types of…

This document articulates the goals and objectives of the elementary developmental guidance program in the Orange County, Florida Public Schools system. The stated foundation is that developmental guidance is founded in the belief that each student is unique and singular, possessing intrinsic worth and specific rights. The focus is on sequential…

The purpose of this article is to consider one aspect of counseling services--academic advisement--and to develop a new model for incorporating this service into the overall student services program. The model for academic advisement emphasizes the student as a developing person. (Author)

This document, which presents a model for sex affirmative guidance and counseling programs in secondary schools, is the result of the collaborative efforts of 23 Michigan secondary school counselors who attended a seminar on "Building the Model Program: Achieving Sex Equity in Counseling and Guidance Programs." Four program audiences are…

Provides and discusses a model for better understanding the critical relationship between academic advisement and student retention. Advisement is described as a developmental and student-centered activity. It is suggested that institutional retention efforts focus primary attention on improving those programs which increase the likelihood of a…

This is a guide to a systematic approach to school counseling called the Wisconsin Developmental Guidance Model (WDGM). The introduction states that this model is based on the recognition that all pupils pass through specific developmental stages as they mature. The stated goal is to prevent problems by providing students with age-appropriate…

This collection of articles focuses on the current status and future of counseling in the community college. The volume contains the following chapters: (1) "Counseling for Today's Community College Students," by William A. Robbins, which focuses on the characteristics of developmental counseling and the crises it faces in community colleges; (2)…

The provision of counseling services, especially for community college students in need of developmental education, will continue to be a task of major importance in the coming decade. However, if counselors are to be effective in helping these students, they must select, implement, and mesh their strategies with other college personnel within a…

Investigated three approaches to brief counseling: problem-focused with task, problem-focused without task, and solution-focused with task. Results suggested high school students made significant changes from the second-week follow-up to the sixth-week follow-up in alleviating their concerns and increasing the percentage of goal achieved. (RJM)

This document articulates the goals and objectives of the middle school guidance program in Orange County, Florida Public Schools system. Professional roles and responsibilities are discussed, as well as program implementation. These goals to assist students are listed for the middle school guidance program: (1) understanding the school…

This document is a curriculum guide for a Peer Counseling course in the Orange County, Florida Public Schools system. The course, Peer Counseling, is an 18-week elective course for eighth graders which can be repeated as Peer Counseling II during the second semester of the year. The major emphasis of this course is to help students become more…