The guidance and counseling profession is evolving from an emphasis on a loose collection of services to recognition as a comprehensive program with its own curriculum emphasis on student outcomes and competencies. This handbook was written to assist counselors in New Hampshire's public schools as they move from an ancillary service mode into a…

This document presents a comprehensive guidance program based on the Missouri Comprehensive Guidance Program and designed for use in a school district that services kindergarten through 12th grade. It is divided into two major sections, structural and programmatic. The structural section of the document explains the philosophy, assumptions,…

This text provides a programmatic overview of the practice of school counseling and advocates for comprehensive programs of essential services. Chapter topics include: (1) "The School Counseling Profession," which covers development of the field and professional identity; (2) "Comprehensive School Counseling Programs," which discusses the…

This guidebook was developed for schools to use to improve their current career planning efforts by placing career planning in the context of a comprehensive guidance program. The guidebook defines activities that make up life planning and provides the framework for students to conduct self-reviews using these career planning principles. The…

This monograph about counseling in the middle schools is an update from the first edition, which was published in 1980. The first section discusses the rationale for a middle level counseling program. It stresses the importance of a guidance program based on a thorough understanding of what is normal growth and development for youngsters at this…

Each of the four chapters of this report discusses a different aspect of the total evaluation for formulating the new Kindergarten-12 Guidance/Counseling Program document. Each chapter is developed on the analysis of several sets of data which are detailed in the appendices. The report supplies a broad data base from which decisions for program…

School counselors are expected to enhance the school environment so that students can reach their full potential. Some of the tools that counselors need to implement a comprehensive school counseling program are detailed in this resource manual. It offers specific ideas on how to start programs and it includes sample instruments for gathering data…

This manual is a guide to developing a comprehensive career development program in a local school district. It is based on the experience of program development in Neptune Township, New Jersey, following the National Career Development Guidelines of the National Occupational Information Coordinating Committee and the subsequent Comprehensive…

Designed for school board members, superintendents, administrators, counselors, and teachers, the paper outlines steps toward the systematic development of a guidance program. Following a rationale and introduction, the paper recommends a specific process for program development: (1) the identification of student needs through formal needs…

This report elucidates problem areas in the education of gifted pupils in the Republic of South Africa (RSA), places the problems in perspective with respect to actual educational provision, and offers guidelines for further research on developing gifted education. Chapter titles are as follows: "Survey of Educational Planning for Gifted…

This guide was designed to assist school administrators, teachers, counselors, parents and others who are interested in developing guidance programs which meet the needs of young adolescents in Oregon. Practices, procedures, and forms that school districts have found to be most useful in implementing a coordinated guidance and counseling program…

The personal development needs of preadolescents make extended guidance programs for middle school students crucially important. This article describes steps for teacher advisory program development--including a sample curriculum outline and learning activity--and summarizes the program role of the principal, counselor, and teacher. (DCS)

Schools in the United States continue to experience rapid growth and substantial changes. Some of the directional shifts in school counseling programs in North Carolina over the last 16 years, and new directions for these programs, are presented in this manual. It opens with an overview of the philosophy and history of school counseling in the…

In order to be responsive to continuing societal and individual changes, education must look to reforming the entire educational enterprise, including guidance in the schools. This text provides a model for planning comprehensive, effective guidance programs in grades K-12. It is written for school counselors, directors of guidance, guidance…

This guidance plan was prepared to assist counselors in establishing quality programs with an emphasis on work-related education and training and to serve as a model for developing competency-based and accountable programs at the local level. The first section defines guidance terms and presents an overview of basic premises for guidance program…