Employee Assistance Programs (EAPs) offer employees confidential, professional assistance for the kinds of personal problems that adversely affect their lives and their jobs. These programs started when acute worker shortages during World War II, coupled with the successes of Alcoholic Anonymous, prompted some companies in the 1940s to develop…

This document contains two products: a five-part workbook and a brief supplementary booklet entitled "Career Decision Making--A Creative Process--It Was Just an Idea." These materials may be used by teachers and counselors to assist junior high and high school students in examining their career decision-making processes and investigating how their…

Designed for school board members, superintendents, administrators, counselors, and teachers, the paper outlines steps toward the systematic development of a guidance program. Following a rationale and introduction, the paper recommends a specific process for program development: (1) the identification of student needs through formal needs…

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 paper describes the school-community guidance centers authorized by the Texas legislature in 1981 in an attempt to decrease the incidence of student disruptive behavior and student contacts with the criminal justice system. The variety of services, including academic instruction, counseling, home/school liaison, and follow-up programs, are…

Systematic activities of the guidance program at the Halstead, Kansas high school--enrollment 215--are used to illustrate what a small rural school can do to help students register and prepare for the ACT (American College Testing Program) and use test results to plan their educational futures. Halstead students' ACT scores consistently exceed…

This manual is one of four volumes in a staff development series designed for use with the Georgia Comprehensive Guidance and Counseling units. The helping skills training program, developed to equip school personnel with the competencies necessary to establish and maintain interpersonal relationships, has two components, this self-instructional…

Three research studies were conducted by the academic advisers in the College of Education at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale to test a method of increasing retention and academic performance of currently enrolled high-risk students. Students recruited for the research had had less than 75 hours passed and grade points below 2.15, making…

This article presents typical high school counseling problems--lack of space, insufficient materials, and lack of access to existing materials. It then describes how one school solved these problems by creating a modern counseling center. Details for setting up such a center are provided, including location and design, materials (self-awareness,…

Presented in this monograph is information on the development of comprehensive state plans to strengthen school counseling and guidance programs by coordinating the various funding sources which support the delivery of these services. Included is a discussion of the Federal legislation mandating this coordination together with suggestions and…

Well-developed information and counseling services not only afford immediate assistance to adult learners, but also generate a significant feedback effect on many other components of the overall system and thus make a considerable contribution to the overall development of adult education. Access to learning and progress in learning should be like…

The purpose of this book is to provide activities, forms, and information to aid elementary and middle school counselors in improving services and programs for students. The materials included may also serve as an invaluable tool in assisting newly employed counselors in setting up their programs. This publication is organized in the format of the…

During the 1975-76 school year, the Amity High School Advisor/Advisee Program was implemented to promote systematic planning of occupational and educational goals by providing students with direct guidance in selecting courses and activities to meet their interest, abilities, and career objectives. Counselors served as program administrators;…

This is an evaluation report of a Title I clinical and guidance service program for New York City non-public school students in grades K-12 in 1979-1980. The program provided students in reading and mathematics improvement programs with individual and group sessions with guidance counselors, social workers and/or psychologists. Section one of the…

The Career Information System File is utilized in the organization and management procedures of the Career Information System (CIS) component of the Career Decision-Making (CDM) Program developed by Appalachia Educational Laboratory. (See CE 019 229 for an overview of the total CDM Program.) The twelve career areas and worker trait groups used to…