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Mamarchev, Helen L.; Pritchett, Beverly – 1980
The role of helping professionals is emerging as an integral part of a comprehensive program. "Resource resourcefulness," a developmental phase of any such program, requires special knowledge and skills on the part of all helping professionals, from counselors to career education specialists. A resource can be defined as any source of information,…
Descriptors: Counselor Training, Helping Relationship, Information Sources, Inservice Education
Gall, Meredith D.; Vojtek, Roseanne O'Brien – 1994
Many educators and policymakers find that deciding on the right staff-development program has become increasingly difficult. This brief, three-part monograph organizes staff-development objectives, models, and program-design features into an understandable, comprehensive framework. Part 1 advises readers on how to weigh a program's objectives.…
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Faculty Development, Inservice Education, Instructional Improvement
Imel, Susan – 1993
The Adult Education for the Homeless (AEH) program was initiated with funds provided through the McKinney Act of 1987. During its first 4 years, the AEH program served over 100,000 homeless adults. In 1991, 34,000 adults participated in AEH programs in 31 states; nearly half were women. Approximately 60% of those served were between the ages of 25…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Programs, Educational Needs, Educational Strategies
Gysbers, Norman C.; And Others – 1990
This monograph describes how the comprehensive guidance model is transforming elementary-secondary school guidance and counseling programs in schools across the country. It incorporates the ideas and experiences of 12 guidance program developers in the actual use of the comprehensive guidance model in diverse school and cultural settings. The book…
Descriptors: Comprehensive Guidance, Developmental Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Guidance Programs
Merriam, Sharan B. – 1984
The purpose of this paper is to review and synthesize the literature on adult development and to suggest how this information can be applied to the practice of adult education. The first section discusses the nature of adult development, its definition, and key concepts. Sequential patterns of change in adulthood are examined in section 2,…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Education, Adults, Career Counseling
Gelatt, H. B.; And Others – 1984
This monograph presents five papers which focus on the importance of computers and technology as tools for increasing the amount and the quality of adult counseling, especially in the area of adult learning. The first paper, "Excellence, Equality, and Education: A Future for Counseling," by H. B. Gelatt, discusses the compatibility of the concepts…
Descriptors: Adult Counseling, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adults
Sampson, James P., Jr.; And Others – 1984
Computer assisted career guidance (CACG) systems and other computer applications are becoming established components of counseling and guidance services. While technical details involved in software and hardware operations are usually attended to, problems resulting from interpersonal dynamics in the implementation process often contribute more to…
Descriptors: Career Development, Career Guidance, Change Strategies, Computer Oriented Programs
VanTassel-Baska, Joyce, Ed. – 1990
This book is intended to aid in the development of a counseling program component for gifted students. The 10 papers address the following areas: the nature and needs of the population, the role of interventionists (educators and parents), strategies for intervention, and model counseling programs. After an introductory paper which lists guiding…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Counseling Techniques, Counseling Theories, Counselors
Okun, Barbara F., Ed.; Gladding, Samuel T., Ed. – 1983
Within the past decade, the field of marriage and family therapy has mushroomed. As a new and emerging professional specialization, marriage and family therapy is subject to control struggles as well as the proliferation of training modalities. This monograph, written for counselor education faculty, students, and family therapists, provides…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Counselor Educators, Counselor Training, Divorce

O'Donnell, Holly – English Education, 1985
Offers a number of guidelines and workshop models for training teachers to use computers. (HOD)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Elementary Secondary Education, English Teacher Education, Inservice Teacher Education
Blum, Mark E.; Spangehl, Stephen D. – 1982
This essay examines characteristics of high risk students, institutional problems related to their presence in schools, and various solutions to these problems that have been implemented at the secondary, junior college, and collegiate levels. Areas discussed in which high risk students may differ from other students include cognitive ability,…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Dropout Prevention, Educational Needs, High Risk Students
Greenberg, Arthur R. – 1992
This brief report summarizes a monograph of the same title. Evidence of increasing interest in high school-college partnerships is presented. Among the reasons cited for renewed interest are: changing student population, students' frequent lack of skills preparedness, and the awareness of a need for new models of inservice staff development for…
Descriptors: Achievement, Articulation (Education), College Preparation, College School Cooperation
Greenberg, Arthur R. – 1991
The difficulties, mutual interests, and development of successful collaboration between high schools and colleges in achieving better access to and preparedness for higher education of the nation's high school graduates are addressed. It is noted that an increasing awareness of the changing student population, democratization of higher education…
Descriptors: Achievement, Articulation (Education), College Preparation, College School Cooperation
Weiss, Susan Cortright – 1983
Career Resource Centers (CRCs) are a logical outgrowth of vocational development theory which views career development as a continuous process with a lifelong series of career decisions made at various transition points over time. After starting in high schools, CRCs have spread to all arenas of formal education as well as to community agencies,…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Career Awareness, Career Centers, Career Counseling
Lancaster, Anita Sklare; Berne, Richard R. – 1981
This monograph presents an overview of employer-sponsored career development programs. It is divided into four sections. The "Adult Development" and "Adult Career Development" sections review pertinent theories and research (basic concepts, task model, transition model, theme model, adult career stages, career anchors approach, career development…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Career Development, Career Planning, Case Studies