Problem Statement: Comprehensive, developmental guidance and counseling programs are vital to the achievement of excellence in education for all students. The purpose of the guidance curriculum is to help all students develop basic life skills in the areas of personal/social, career planning, and academic development. Although the counselors'…

This publication, fourth in a series on elementary school guidance, focuses primarily on three target populations counselors are committed to serve: children, teachers, and parents. It contains a collection of controlled studies and the impact of counselor effort on a variety of important guidance outcome variables: selfconcept, peer status,…

This publication offers school counselors and school staff a 5-phase planning model for implementing national standards for school counseling programs. The process involves the examination of current school counseling programs; identification of student needs; and selection of activities, strategies, and services to ensure that students achieve…

Describes a four-hour career orientation program provided by employment center counselors for all West German students in grade eight. Program provides: career information; an opportunity to discuss career needs and career decision making; and an overview of employment services available. Includes a career-orientation questionnaire. (RC)

This report appraises a 3-year project that sought to develop leadership teams in 10 schools so as to assist schools in revitalizing their guidance programs around a developmental approach. The focus was to create a guidance curriculum that was proactive rather than reactive and for the program to be installed in the school's regular curriculum.…