Discusses the role of the counselor and six models, with positive and negative aspects of each. (SP)

The evolution of a third-generation computerized career guidance system is described and the advantages of a systematic model for the delivery of career guidance materials are presented. (Author)

Evaluating the effectiveness of career guidance programs is a complex process, and few comprehensive models for evaluating such programs exist. Evaluation of career guidance programs has been hampered by the myth that program outcomes are uniform and monolithic. Findings from studies of attribute treatment interactions have revealed only a few…

Describes a comprehensive guidance model designed to help the middle school student achieve the developmental and learning tasks of transescence and outlines a step-by-step plan for implementing the model. (Author/IRT)

Defines need, and needs assessment, and discusses guidance program planning to respond to needs. Offers a suggested procedure for needs assessment consisting of five successive class meetings with students focusing on five different objectives. Provides guidance program response examples. (RC)

Suggests that counselors redirect their efforts toward using more concrete, active career-guidance experiences for Black youth and presents a model for Black females. The general outcome expected from participation in this action-oriented guidance model is a demonstrated ability to state personal, educational, and technical competencies;…

Volume 3 presents a descriptive outline of the Wisconsin school-based career placement model. The two major objectives for the model are: (1) to maximize the individual student's competencies for independent career functioning and (2) to maximize the availability of career placement options. For orderly transition, each student must receive the…

Describes a guidance program which renews school district guidance services so that the school district may better meet the needs of students during periods of change and confusion. (Author/RK)

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 final report describes a project that identified the core components of a model program for the delivery of career guidance and counseling to all students at grades 7-12 and then developed and implemented the program. Project activities included selection and use of an advisory committee, provision of inservice training, program development,…

This manual provides a framework for guidance curriculum development for use by planners involved in creating or improving a guidance program in secondary schools. These materials represent a competency-based approach based on the Georgia Comprehensive Guidance Model and provide a comprehensive structure of the knowledge, skills, and attitudes…

This manual represents an attempt to develop a model and procedures for implementing career planning and placement assistance services in Minnesota high schools. The procedures described were developed for and tested in four participating high schools of different sizes, administrative structures, and geographic locations. Divided into seven…

The Grand Haven (Michigan) Senior High School Guidance Department was selected as one of five school systems in Michigan to help produce a guidance model for the state. The Grand Haven project was limited to the high school, grades 10-12. The mandate from the state was to study the program, improve it in some areas, and then to disseminate and…

This model describes how the guidance staff at a hypothetical high school communicated the effectiveness of the guidance program to students, parents, teachers, and administrators. A description of the high school is presented, and guidance services and personnel are described. A conceptual model responding to student needs is outlined along with…