A CLASSIFICATION PLAN FOR MAINTAINING CONFIDENTIAL RECORDS WAS CONSTRUCTED TO HELP THE COUNSELOR SAVE TIME AND STILL HAVE A USABLE RECORD OF HIS SESSIONS AND, WHEN ALL RECORDS ARE ANALYZED AND SUMMARIZED, TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ABOUT THE TYPES OF PROBLEMS EXPERIENCED BY STUDENTS. THE SCHOOL COUNSELOR CLASSIFICATION CATEGORIES CONSISTED OF (1) TWO MAJOR PROBLEM AREAS, INFORMATION GIVING AND PERSONAL-EMOTIONAL, (2) SIX STIMULUS CATEGORIES (THE COUNSELOR'S SUBJECTIVE EVALUATION OF WHY THE COUNSELEE SEEKS COUNSELING OR WHAT CAUSES THE PROBLEM), SELF-UNDERSTANDING, ENVIRONMENTAL UNDERSTANDING, SELF-CONFLICT, OTHER'S CONFLICT, ACADEMIC DIFFICULTIES, GENERAL, AND (3) THE REFERRAL CATEGORIES (INDICATES HOW THE STUDENT ENTERS COUNSELING), SELF, TEACHER, ADMINISTRATOR, PARENT, FRIEND, AND COUNSELOR. COUNSELEES ARE ALSO CLASSIFIED BY SEX, GRADE, AND LENGTH OF TIME INVOLVED FOR EACH COUNSELING SESSION. A SUMMARY OF CHARACTERISTICS OF THE STUDENT POPULATION OF HOOD MEMORIAL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL IS BASED ON A STUDY OF 206 INDIVIDUAL COUNSELING SESSIONS AND 51 MULTIPLE SESSIONS USING THE CLASSIFICATION PLAN AS THE BASIC SOURCE OF INFORMATION. A COPY OF THE CLASSIFICATION PLAN IS INCLUDED. (PS)