This manual is designed for the reader interested in complete requirements for establishing and maintaining a personal crisis counseling program. However, because it is divided into books and sections which can be read as specialized manuals in and of themselves, it is also a useful guide for the reader seeking specific program information. Thus…

This booklet, written in response to requests from throughout the nation about how a rape crisis center can be started, presents the history of the founding of the Washington, D.C. center. The booklet offers sections dealing with specific issues. A section discusses, for the rape victim, pros and cons of working with the police, together with the…

This paper describes the campus environmental assessment and consultation program of the Illinois State University Student Counseling Center. The general model for this approach is outlined and its direction from the ecosystem model for campus design is discussed. The relationship between campus environmental assessment data and two system…

This paper is a guide to the location, decor and record keeping of a college counseling service. It delineates the issues and concerns that will dictate the choice of each of these aspects of the counseling service. The choice of location can be determined only after considering the issues of privacy, accessibility and confidentiality. Thus, for…

One of a series of manuals developed by the Home and Community-Based Career Education Project, the outreach component publication describes how the project went about attracting clients for its adult vocational counseling services. Sections include: creating a publicity campaign, using an advertising agency, creating products for the mass media,…

Developed as part of an exemplary career education program for junior high school students, the guide describes a career guidance resource center designed to bring together all of a particular school's career guidance materials into one location where occupational, vocational, and educational information is readily available for individual student…

This training manual is published by the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE) program Improving Mental Health Services on Western Campuses as a result of work done on a grant from the Experimental and Special Training Branch of the National Institute of Mental Health. The manual details considerations and ideas that have been…

This manual was developed with the express purpose of assisting a potential career information center director through the initial stage of program development. It is intended that this manual be used by a university-trained counselor. It will help him/her to function as an administrator, select staff including paraprofessional counselors, and…

This Training Manual for Student Service Program Development is being published by the WICHE program Improving Mental Health Services on Western Campuses as a result of work done on a grant from the Experimental and Special Training Branch of the National Institute of Mental Health. The manual presents processes used during on-site campus…

One of a series of manuals developed by the Education Development Center's Home and Community-Based Career Education Project, the report describes the career and counseling component of the project. The core of the project is career counseling by telephone, provided by trained paraprofessionals. It was found that paraprofessionals can deliver…