Materials contained in this booklet (one in a series of seven) highlight the processes involved in consultation and provide description and examples of shared decision making in the implementation of career education. A section is devoted to the rationale and practice of using career education practioners as consultants. (Booklet 7--Planning and Management--is designed as companion material to this booklet.) Major topics discussed include the following: what is consultation, skills bank catalog, practitioners as consultants, evaluating skills and services, shared decision making, resistance to career education, larger cooperative units, and examples of shared decision making. (TA)