The author maintains that guidance services must be the channel through which school graduates will move into their world of activity, and guidance counselors must involve parents in their efforts to assess and co-ordinate, guide and advise. (Author)

A program of counseling is described whereby contact between problems and problem solvers is made at the moment the need for help is felt. (Author/BY)

Describes improvements in the guidance program at one high school after three major changes were instituted to attain greater flexibility. The changes were: (1) allowing students to choose their counselors; (2) allowing counselors to arrange their own schedules; and (3) recruiting volunteers from the community to help with clerical duties. (HMV)

Academic advising is one of the most frequently used but poorest quality student services on a university campus. This article presents the theory and rationale for a departmental advising center as an alternative to the faculty advising system. The structure of the center and its personnel and operations are discussed. (Author)

Addresses the questions of school counselors' obsolescence and relevance. Cites examples of national indicators of support for school counselors. Suggests the need for sharpening the counselor's role and reducing the unevenness in guidance services' availability. (ABB)

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)

This three-part exploratory study involves the following interrelated facets of evolvement and implementation of career education counseling and guidance: (1) current practices and analysis of implications for career education guidance and counseling; (2) sources of manpower projections; and (3) involvement of professional associations in…

Discusses functions of guidance personnel as enforcers of code of "institutionalized behavior." Offers alternate role as creator of optimal learning climates. (CJ)

Presents an educational service model intended for the successful operation of a secondary guidance and counseling program within a highly decentralized school system. (Author/RK)

This manual explains how to administer the Life Career Development Needs Survey(s) for adults and suggests ways to use the data obtained. Three separate needs surveys are included for the following segments of the adult population: young adult, middle adult, and older adult. The instruments are based on three domains of career development needs:…

This brief paper presents the concept of transition counseling between a junior high school and its feeder school(s), designed to make the change from elementary into junior high less traumatic. Aside from routine sixth grade counseling, the counselors expanded their base of counseling to include all types of problems as well as all grade levels.…

The authors report a study, the primary purpose of which was to determine the validity of a 2-year experimental secondary school counselling program during which all referrals were voluntary on the part of students. Data were collected to determine student preferences for a compulsory counselling program versus a voluntary, self-referral program,…

Continuing education students were surveyed to determine the types and extent of adult counseling services they might require. Administrative advice, educational and career information were the foremost types of services needed. (Author)

This paper assumes five basic functions for the community college guidance and counseling program: (1) applicant consulting (interpreting test results, introducing career planning, aiding the student in course selection, and explaining curricular requirements); (2) student advisement (scheduling students, explaining Senior College requirements and…

This manual explains how to administer the instrument, Life Career Development Needs Survey--Elementary School (grades 4-6), and suggests ways to interpret the data obtained. Interpretive information is included for both computer analysis and hand computation. Computational aids for hand computation and the survey instrument are appended. This…