The objective of this paper is to examine the perceptions of community elders and parents on their roles regarding support to their children's education. Data come from the qualitative component of a baseline survey conducted in Korogocho and Viwandani, two urban informal settlements in Nairobi, Kenya. Data were collected in April-May 2016 through…

Pacesetting high schools, middle grades schools and technology centers have changed classroom and other practices to prepare students to meet postsecondary requirements and rising workplace needs. The strategies include raising expectations, project-based learning, guidance and advisement, improving students' reading and writing skills,…

The National Research Center on Career and Technical Education has supported four studies on one of the major components of Perkins legislation: programs of study. In this article, we present qualitative data linking the research center's longitudinal projects based on programs of study, via a one-time cross-case study of sites deemed highly…

The authors discuss the need for counseling (particularly group counseling) of gifted students, and outline some of the human relations programs offered at a public high school.

Describes a short vocational program designed for eight underachieving junior secondary students who were being seen in a group counseling setting. (Author)

Describes a peer-to-peer program initiated at one high school. The program, consisting of 12 sessions, attempted to help students raise the level of their self awareness, build communication skills, and achieve more satisfying interpersonal relationships. (Author/HMV)

Reports on one evaluation method used by counselors to assess the effectiveness of a "Women and Work" unit-a unit designed to expand possibilities for career opportunities that junior high school girls might consider. (HMV)

Two major problems appear to hinder students in making a successful transition from school to work. The first relates to making appropriate occupational choices and the second to conducting a job search. This article describes these problems and their implications for the development of a vocational counseling program. (HMV)

This report details the rationale, origins, and practice of peer counseling, a system of training people to help other people through empathy and decision-making. Specific applications are described, with particular attention to involving adolescents as peer counselors. The article illustrates the training model of peer counseling as developed by…

Peer counseling cannot take the place of a valid guidance program within a school. It can, however, augment an ongoing guidance effort by providing appropriate experiences for students and thus freeing trained guidance personnel for more specialized work. (Author)

The Committee on Referral and Evaluation (CORE) was the second phase of a two-phased practicum designed to improve the behavior of students identified as hard-core discipline problems. The first phase was a computer discipline record-keeping system used to identify problem students. The CORE Program combined school, community, and state agencies…

The author describes the counseling program in his Northwest Territories high school, where the focus is on vocational counseling in an attempt to help students make an easier transition from school to work. (HMV)

Describes how a middle school counselor uses instructional television to reach students. Provides a list of television series available for use with junior high and senior high students. (IRT)

The Cooperative Community Counseling Project was designed to undertake an intensive joint individual and family counseling program to reduce maladaptive behaviors of students who were suspended from community high schools. Counselor training for this program included weekly seminars focusing on specific topics: (1) general problems associated with…

A computerized information retrieval system has been designed to support the secondary school counseling effort. The system, entitled Total Guidance Information Support System (TGISS), runs on an IBM System/360 Model 65 facility and uses the IBM 2848 Display Control Unit. The software consists of an interactive communications program developed in…