This issue of Impact examines a variety of viewpoints, programs, issues, and concerns about accountability of guidance. Three articles are adaptations from speeches presented at the conference on Accountability and Pupil Personnel Work held at Michigan State University in the summer of 1971; they explore the importance of preserving "caring"…

The authors report a study, the primary purpose of which was to determine the validity of a 2-year experimental secondary school counselling program during which all referrals were voluntary on the part of students. Data were collected to determine student preferences for a compulsory counselling program versus a voluntary, self-referral program,…

This collection of 43 professional papers includes discussions by experts in the fields of psychiatry, clinical psychology, counseling psychology, vocational rehabilitation counseling, employment counseling, sociology and social work. Major topic sections are: (1) The Concept of Cure Versus the Reality of Improvement, (2) Personal Problems of the…

Responding to the need for improved vocational counseling services, the National Advisory Council has made specific recommendations to the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare. Recommendations include: (1) work experience for vocational counselors, (2) the infusion of individuals with rich backgrounds in business, industry, and labor into…

This conference report focuses on improving instruction and guidance in the junior college. Three main speeches are presented: (1) "Improving Instruction Through Setting of Behavioral Objectives," (2) "Faculty Development for the Improvement of Instruction and Guidance," and (3) "Implications for Student Personnel Programs From What We Know About…

This program was a recycling of the Elementary Secondary Education Act Title I Clinical-Guidance Program for pupils in designated non-public schools, for 1966-70. The project supplied the consulting and clinical services of psychologists, social workers, and guidance counselors for the staff, pupils, and parents of pupils in designated non-public…

This report evaluated 17 different guidance or guidance-related projects funded under Title I of the 1965 Elementary Secondary Education Act and carried out during the 1970-71 school year throughout the five boroughs of New York City. In general, evaluation procedures included the following: (1) Numerous site visits during observations were made…

TGISS (Total Guidance Information Support System) is an information storage and retrieval system specifically designed to meet the needs and requirements of a counselor in the Bartlesville Public School environment. The system, which is a combination of man/machine capabilities, includes the hardware and software necessary to extend the…

DIAGNOSTIC AND GUIDANCE PROCEDURES WERE STUDIED TO DETERMINE THEIR EFFECTIVENESS IN ALTERING OR IMPROVING THE DEVELOPMENT OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL UNDERACHIEVERS. AN EARLIER GUIDANCE STUDY TESTED 1,078 BEGINNING FOURTH GRADERS, OF WHOM 190 WERE IDENTIFIED AS UNDERACHIEVERS. CERTAIN PRACTICES AND PROCEDURES AND A PHILOSOPHY FOR DEALING WITH LEARNING…

A 2-year project to focus on diverse approaches to placement and followup in vocational education within Indiana included seven sub-projects funded to local educational agencies across the State and targeted to specific problems. Products of the seven sub-projects were developed to provide adaptability to secondary and postsecondary schools…

The aim of feelings classes is to help children learn how feelings and behaviors are related, and how they affect others and themselves. The present project studied whether a feelings class changed elementary school children's choices of potential behavioral reactions. The results indicate movements to more positive interpersonal interactings. (NG)

This article describes a technique through which counselors or teachers can assist junior high students in developing normal heterosexual relationships. This developmental guidance experience can provide adolescents with both self-awareness and a sense of being normal in a way that is at once effective, enjoyable, and interesting. (Author)

This article describes the scope and objectives of the guidance movement in the province of Manitoba, first from a historical perspective and then as it actually is today. (HMV)

The study of guidance systems in Scottish secondary schools is interesting especially for its relationship to organizational theory. On the one hand is the development of personal, caring relationships between students and teachers; on the other hand, the problems of institutionalizing this system within the bureaucratized context of large…

This article summarizes the results of the field trial of DISCOVER, a computerized, interactive career guidance system intended to be used with students in grades seven to 12. (Author)