The primary purpose of this project was to develop a procedural model for improving vocational guidance programs in senior high schools. Using a systems approach, the model: (1) emphasizes student behavioral objectives, (2) gives alternative methods for accomplishing these objectives, (3) provides program evaluation strategies, (4) incorporates…

This issue begins the third year of publication of this comprehensive index to the literature of the counseling and personnel services fields. Included are 1439 entries drawn from ERIC documents, dissertations, journal articles, and books. Each entry is annotated and availability of the original document is given. The entries are cross-referenced…

This paper presents a discussion of the use of educational tests in guidance services as seen in the light of modern developments in statistical theory and computer technology, and of the increasing demands for such services. A focus and vocabulary for this discussion is found in Turnbull's recent article on "Relevance in Testing." Following an…

The author reviews the applications of computer-based retrieval and training systems and behavioral counseling programs in vocational guidance. Conclusions reached were that the student and the practitioner should be provided with an opportunity, within a humanistic guidance framework, to learn analysis and interpretation of data in terms of…

The document deals with a five year followup study of three California high school districts starting with 1963 graduates. The project was intended to discover if the guidance and curriculum activities offered enable students to make a satisfactory transition from high school into areas of work, school and/or homemaking. The following information…

Student personnel departments need to examine their role critically in terms of reforming higher education for "new" minority group students. These students' problems are threefold: those related to the college; those personal in origin; and those with social or psychological cause. Five specific deficiencies of student services are: (1) failure…

This study examined the administrative organization, supervisory functions, and the objectives of state departments of education in the area of pupil personnel services. Literature pertinent to the topic is reviewed and reported. The study included each of the fifty state departments of education, and covered the period from July 1, 1966 to June…

The Ohio Vocational Interest Survey (OVIS) has two aims: (1) to assist youth in understanding themselves in relation to the world of work and, (2) as a result, to provide a background for career choice. To do so, OVIS provides a functional system for relating an individual's interests into broad homogeneous clusters of jobs. OVIS consists of a…

"National militarism" is fearfully costly, terribly wasteful and horribly dangerous. The revolt of youth is a major concern of adults today. Yet guidance people as well as other adult leaders seem to be largely unaware of the difficult position in which we have placed our youth. Institutions extoll the value of freedom and concern for people and…

The Fall, 1969 issue of CAPS Capsule discusses personnel services in other countries. C. Gilbert Wren indicates that the cultural emphasis on personal worth and independence determines the degree of acceptance of counseling services. Outside the United States, society is not person-oriented. National pride and jealousy inhibit foreign counselors…

This monograph, third in the reading series of four, is directed to the classroom teacher, who is usually the first to become aware of the child's reading problems. The teacher should be able either to correct those difficulties or refer the child with more serious problems to a reading specialist. Related documents in the kit are: (4-B)…

This composite, descriptive report describes the 23 NDEA Title V-A pilot elementary guidance programs which have operated in Michigan during the fiscal year 1968-69. These short summaries represent condensations obtained from the applications of pilot programs. Each summary includes the district name, the superintendent, the contact person, and…

Development of competency-based training programs and the preparation of guidance associates (undergraduates) and professional counselors within a competency-based framework are current major concerns in education. Three speeches trace the development of a monograph which outlines the program. Edward C. Bonk, in "Writing the Module on Career…

This document reviews an attempt to provide a career awareness and guidance program specifically for female high school students. Groundwork was laid for the utilization of student aids in the guidance program. "Project Women" established and carried out the following objectives: (1) the identification of the career interests of 10th and…

This field study was undertaken to investigate the relationship between the level of counselor self-actualization and student evaluation of the guidance program. The sample included counselors in 23 Ohio high schools who completed "Shostrom's Personal Orientation Inventory" (POI) and their respective 11th grade students who completed…