Three forms of evaluation are required to fully evaluate comprehensive school guidance programs. First, the program must be reviewed using program standards, evidence, and documentation to establish that a written guidance program exists in a school district and that the written program matches the implemented program. Second, guidance program…

In no other country in the world do so many boys and girls receive regular high-school education of a general cultural type as in the United States, and the number of such boys and girls in this country is rapidly increasing, having more than doubled since 1905, and increased more than 60 per cent since 1910. American democratic ideals demand not…

Describes a computer system that seeks to provide computer-based activities in all basic and critical areas pertinent to post-high school educational planning. (Author)

Argues that the child guidance clinic, linchpin of the child guidance service, is an expensive, ineffective, and wrongly conceived institution. Does not discuss the needs of preschoolers, services by special classes, nor special schools for maladjusted pupils. (RJ)

A particular behavioral approach is discussed with suggestions for improving the classroom climate, as well as systems for recording observable changes in the behavior of the pupils and the teacher. (Author)

Outlines activities intended to give students a proper approach to current affairs. (RK)

Briefly described is a teacher-oriented program which seeks to help classroom teachers develop positive attitudes toward life careers so they can arrange activities wherein children can uncover their needs, interests and abilities. (Author/CJ)

A sweeping panoramic overview of the broad field of marriage counseling, this paper gives attention to some of the major problems and issues it faces and offers a suggestion concerning coordination and cooperation. (Author)

Teachers respond favorably to the involvement of counselor educators in inservice training programs. This is a developmental'' approach rather than the crisis consultation'' approach that usually characterizes teachers' relationships with counseling specialists. The implication for counselor educators is that they need to become involved in…

A communication system linking 40 of Oregon's Lane County schools to a computer helps students identify jobs that fit their own specifications. (Editor)

Discusses fledgling field of elementary guidance, ways in which it differs from secondary guidance, and ways in which counselors can make programs more meaningful for themselves, students and parents. (CJ)

Counselors must develop positive attitudes in black students toward themselves and toward school, to help them achieve better. They must also communicate student perceptions to staff. (CJ)

Needed evaluation of programs can be achieved by applying to the guidance process the learner based evaluation procedure being developed for use with classroom instruction: (1) evaluation of outcomes; (2) informed selection of materials; (3) subsequent identification of process variables related to goal achievement. Presented at APGA, Las Vegas…