To deliver career guidance services to the secondary school students of the State College Area High School, a career resource center was established and a career counselor provided for the school. Six general areas of activity are described: (1) a library of resource materials, (2) an attractive and appropriate space for counseling or for…

This module is part of a competency-based staff development training package which presents a systematic approach to guidance, counseling, and placement. The module acquaints the reader with the history, development, and major issues in the utilization of paraprofessionals. Its main purpose is to help the reader plan, implement, and evaluate a…

The research described was designed to compare the effects of a basic encounter group experience upon undergraduate advisors to freshmen women with a traditional task training group experience and with no group experience. The subjects were randomly placed into the following groups: (1) the basic encounter group in which members were encouraged to…

This publication provides counselors of the Manpower Development Training Program with a practical guide to the content of a workshop for those actively engaged in programs of inservice training. It describes educational, psychological and sociological characteristics of the disadvantaged , both young and old. Suggested are innumerable activities…

A total of 130 male undergraduate college students were the subjects for this study to determine: (1) the extent to which the vocational relevance of test scales change as a function of counseling; (2) whether estimation changes differ pre- and post-treatment as a function of individual and group counseling; and (3) whether changes are…

This study explored students' use of high school counselors, and more specifically, the effect of a black counselor on the helper preference of students. A questionnaire composed of 21 items concerning personal, educational and vocational problems was presented to sophomore and junior students from the following types of high schools: (1) white…

The purpose of this handbook is to outline the general aims and objectives of a junior high school, describe the major activities of its guidance program, and show, by examples, how activities can be practically integrated into the program. The introductory chapter includes the definition, need, and objectives of the guidance program, including…

The purpose of this study was to determine the administrative organization, supervisory functions, and objectives of state departments of education in the area of 10 specific objectives including: (1) determining the scope of guidance/pupil personnel services in each of the state departments, and (2) identifying the objectives of the state…

The purpose of this conference was to develop models for conducting systematic and sequential exploratory experiences for junior and senior high school students which would lead to satisfactory job placement. The participants at the conference tried to identify behavioral objectives expected of the student as a result of the proposed program,…

This paper examines the potential of video tape and closed-circuit television as an addition to a counseling and guidance program. A review of literature in this area is given. The technical competence for operating the equipment is limited. Suggestions for the use of extra equipment (wide angle zoom lens) in special situations are given.…

The purposes of this study were: (1) to attempt to identify the characteristics of community college students and to recognize the implications for student personnel services; (2) to delineate the functions of student personnel services; and (3) to describe the characteristics and training needed by student personnel workers. (Author/SGM)

In no previous period has there been the emphasis placed on guidance and understanding of the individual's needs and capabilities as there is today. This document was prepared to identify the guidance function of industrial arts and present information that will assist the teacher in this area of the program. Guidance in industrial arts provides…

The paper gives interested persons examples of how small and rural schools are providing essential guidance services. A synthesis of the literature dealing with current guidance programs and practices in these schools is presented. Suggestions are made for training guidance specialists and for providing viable innovations in counseling and…

Placement services are vital if the community college is to fulfill its promise of helping individual students identify their potential in the world of work. Little has been done to facilitate a student's task of successfully implementing his college training in the occupational marketplace. Several papers from a workshop of the Northwest…

Approximately 300 school counselors, other educators, and guests from the state of Ohio met to discuss and evaluate the many services offered to school-age children by the helping professions. Eighteen workshop sessions are summarized in this report. These workshop sessions were concerned with the following: (1) sex education and the health…