Describes a career guidance program in which an entire week was devoted to career counseling "events." (HMV)

Speech presented at the American Personnel and Guidance Association Convention, Detroit, Michigan, April 7-11, 1968.

A model for a middle school guidance program was developed from information on adolescents' developmental tasks, concepts of middle school (including structure and organization), and the theory of guidance and counseling practices. A three by three by four dimensional figure was used to organize the content of the model. The dimensions of the…

THE ROLE OF THE SCHOOL IN THE PREVENTION OF EMOTIONAL ILLNESS IS DISCUSSED IN TERMS OF PREVENTION THROUGH EDUCATIONAL PLANNING, CURRICULUM PLANNING, AND TEACHING METHODS. IDENTIFICATION BY MEANS OF OBSERVATION AND TESTING IS OUTLINED. PARENT COUNSELING, GROUP COUNSELING, AND THE INTERPROFESSIONAL ROLE OF THE COUNSELOR ARE DISCUSSED. DESCRIPTIONS…

THIS POSITION PAPER EXAMINES THE NATURE AND PROBLEMS OF GUIDANCE IN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND ENDS WITH THE STATEMENT OF A RATIONALE. LEARNING IS VIEWED AS THE CORE OF EDUCATION. ACCORDINGLY, THE LEARNING PROCESS INVOLVES THE BEHAVIOR TO BE LEARNED, THE LEARNER HIMSELF, AND THE CONDITIONS OF LEARNING. ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GUIDANCE CAN ENHANCE THE…

A PROGRAM TO TEACH DECISION-MAKING SKILLS TO NINTH AND 11TH GRADE STUDENTS USING LOCAL RESEARCH DATA, VISUAL AIDS, AND OTHER MATERIALS WAS UNDERTAKEN. IN GROUP GUIDANCE SESSIONS, THESE PROBLEMS WERE DISCOVERED--(1) SOME DECISIONS ARE NEVER CONSCIOUSLY MADE, (2) THE EMOTIONAL BASES OF DECISIONS ARE NOT CONSIDERED, (3) MANY STUDENTS AVOID MAKING…

ONE OF THE MAJOR PROGRAMS AFFECTING NEW YORK CITY SCHOOLS, HIGHER HORIZONS, IS A QUEST FOR THE KIND OF EDUCATION WHICH WILL ENABLE DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN TO COMPETE WITH OTHER CHILDREN ON THE BASIS OF EQUALITY AND TO RECEIVE A FAIR SHARE OF THE REWARDS OF SOCIETY. MAJOR FACTS INCLUDE COMPENSATORY SERVICES, EXPANDED GUIDANCE SERVICES, CULTURAL…

THE NEED TO DEFINE THE ROLE OF THE GUIDANCE SERVICES IS THE BASIS FOR THE 3-YEAR STUDY. THE MAJOR HYPOTHESIS IS THAT GUIDANCE SPECIALISTS CAN ENHANCE LEARNING MORE EFFECTIVELY THROUGH INTERVENTION IN THE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT OF CHILDREN THAN THROUGH DIRECT REMEDIAL APPROACHES TO CHILDREN THEMSELVES. THE MODEL USES AN APPROACH TO GUIDANCE…

This manual, geared for mental health professionals, demonstrates that social network intervention provides an excellent framework and set of tools for working with the multiple problems of older adults. Social networks are "family" groupings of client, family members, friends and other community supports. The intervention focusses on bonding and…

THIS PAPER IS A PRELIMINARY REPORT OF THE FINDINGS OF THE STATEWIDE SURVEY OF GUIDANCE, CONDUCTED DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR OF 1966-67. THE COMPOSITE DATA GATHERED IS REPORTED HERE. QUESTIONNAIRES PRECODED TO EASE THE CODING PROCESS YIELDED INFORMATION ON 454 IOWA SCHOOL DISTRICTS CONCERNING--(1) THE SCHOOLS WHICH RESPONDED, (2) THE ORGANIZATIONAL…

The Educational Data Services Department of the Palo Alto Unified School District is responsible for implementing data processing needs to improve the quality of education in Palo Alto, California. Information from the schools enters the Department data library to be scanned, coded, and corrected prior to IBM 1620 computer input. Operating 17…

The teacher in the school of tomorrow will have a variety of roles. One of the more important will be that of diagnostician. Perceptive assistance for the teacher as diagnostician is available from the school psychologist, the social caseworker, the guidance worker, and the reading clinician. The services of all district personnel should be…

A study was conducted in six Indiana elementary schools to determine whether there was a significant difference between the scores of remedial reading students on three evaluative tests as applied to the skill-content, guidance, and combination approaches of teaching reading. The skill-content approach was aimed directly at teaching reading…