This manual is designed for the reader interested in complete requirements for establishing and maintaining a personal crisis counseling program. However, because it is divided into books and sections which can be read as specialized manuals in and of themselves, it is also a useful guide for the reader seeking specific program information. Thus…

This article explores the practical difficulties encountered in using self-administering, self-scoring, and self-interpreting career guidance instruments with students who have white-collar aspirations and blue-collar histories. After dramatizing and summarizing the problems, the author describes a model for successful use of one such…

This guide was compiled to provide a central source of pertinent data on drug education, counseling and treatment programs. Information was gathered via questionnaires filled out by each group. The information is listed according to states, and varies from agency to agency. For some, the agency name and a pertinent contact person are recorded. For…

This book is intended to present guidance curriculum activities which address students' needs in the areas of learning to live, learning to learn, and learning to work. The activities are divided into four developmental levels: K-5, grades 6-8, grades 9-12, and K-12. At the bottom of each entry the name of the contributing school counselor, school…

This document is a guide for computer enhanced counseling program development. An introductory overview on counselors and computers focuses on the use of microcomputers, the use of computers in test scoring and recordkeeping, and computer-assisted career guidance systems. Other chapters include the following: (1) Becoming a Computer Literate…

FORTY ORGANIZATIONS CONNECTED WITH THE EL PASO UNITED FUND ARE LISTED WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF THE SERVICES RENDERED BY EACH, THE NAME OF THE PERSON IN CHARGE AND THE PHONE NUMBER. TWELVE AGENCIES SUPPORTED BY THE TEXAS UNITED FUND ARE ALSO LISTED WITH THE NOTATION THAT THEY OPERATE ON A STATEWIDE OR NATIONAL LEVEL, AND EXCEPT FOR USO, REQUIRE NO…

PROGRAMS INCLUDED IN THE INTERAGENCY SCHOOL PROJECT WERE LISTED AND DESCRIBED. THEY INCLUDED KINDERGARTEN-PRIMARY GRADES LANGUAGE AWARENESS PROGRAM, MADISON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM, YOUTH STUDY CENTERS, ADULT EDUCATION, CURRICULUM MATERIAL DEVELOPMENT, A PROGRAM FOR SCHOOL-AGE PREGNANT GIRLS, ASSOCIATED AGENCIES…

This is one of a set of five handbooks compiled by the Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory which describes the processes for planning and operating a total Experience-Based Career Education (EBCE) program. Processes and material are those developed by the original EBCE model--Community Experiences in Career Education or (CE)2. The area of…

The major purpose of the Pre-Occupational track of Manitoba's Adult Basic Education program is to enable students to get firsthand information about the world of work and to get information about themselves that will assist them in crystallizing an occupational choice. The students undergo an extensive career exploration phase including actual…

This is a program guide for foreign student advisors and administrators in universities. Foreign students new to the United States should have both initial orientation and long-term continuous orientation. Suggestions for an orientation program are given. A program needs both planning and organization into general, non-academic, and academic…

Descriptions of the Nogales dropout prevention program, including activities of the career counseling center and causes for dropping out of school, introduce the guide. The goals and objectives of the independent study center for potential dropouts include giving assistance to students so they may complete their high school education and guidance…

The Career Planning Seminar was developed by a committee of Schoolcraft Community College counselors for the purpose of facilitating career decision-making in groups. This group structure was adapted from the Systematic Career Counseling Process (used for individual counseling). The program is primarily a guide for counselors and suggests a format…

Northeastern University has, through its Career Information Center, developed a variety of career information programs and services for junior and senior high school students. The various services developed by the Career Information Center include the following: (1) providing career information services, (2) career assembly programs, (3) career…

This article describes an operating college advising services model which uses paraprofessionals. The article recounts the ways in which the model has been implemented in one college, describes the model's salient characteristics, indicates that the model is research-based and, most importantly, includes replication guidelines for practitioners in…

This booklet describes a counseling and guidance program (The Extended Family) designed for disadvantaged and handicapped vocational education students at Fresno City College, California. The following sections are provided: program rationale; program overall objectives; sub-objectives for each overall objective; characteristics of personnel to be…