To stem the tide of students dropping out, many schools and districts are turning to early warning systems (EWS) that signal whether a student is at risk of not graduating from high school. While some research exists about establishing these systems, there is little information about the actual implementation strategies that are being used across…

The need for integral program evaluation is gradually being recognized. The author discusses why counseling psychologists are particularly well suited to becoming program evaluators. Implications for training are discussed. (Author/JEL)

Describes a model process of assessment and integration that allows community agencies and professional counselors to engage in more effective volunteer activity. Outlines agency development by stages, using the experiences of agencies providing domestic violence services. (JAC)

The Health Systems Agencies created to plan and coordinate the development of health care systems in 205 health service areas across the states have a need to be legitimized and operationalized in community contexts in order to achieve their purpose. Community psychologists have both research and consultation roles to play in contributing to…

Based on interviews with seven counselors at 2-year colleges in New York, survey responses from six 2-year-college counselors throughout the country, and a review of literature, a plan was created for a career planning and development program for 2-year colleges. Counselors recognized the following needs: career planning for part-time students;…

This report presents a model designed to serve as a guide for the development of guidance and counseling programs which take into account the unique requisites and philosophies of local systems and schools. This guide is divided into three sections. Section I outlines broad roles and functions of guidance counselors for grades K-12. This…

Intended for planners of adult education curriculums, this literature review explains the concepts involved in designing an adult education program, provides information about the roles of the people involved in the adult education process, cites some program planning models, and applies the program planning principles to an Adult Basic Education…

This manual for counseling personnel provides ready access to appropriate resources for planning and implementing a comprehensive guidance program. It is divided into four sections. Section 1 provides information about and examples of nine essential focal points in a good program: (1) philosophy of education, (2) program development model, (3)…

A career development content model for organizing, developing, and implementing future career guidance programs is presented in this information analysis paper intended for guidance counselors and directors, program planners, and vocational educators. The model addresses such issues as self, economic, societal, leisure and avocational, and…

Each semester in the 136 state-supported community colleges in California, counselors are involved in developing, maintaining, and/or revising hundreds of programs that may or may not result in helping students move efficiently through the system. Developed as a resource for administrators and counselors charged with improving community college…

Development, implementation, and evaluation of a career education program in the high schools of Rome, Georgia are described. Evaluation of the career education program in tenth grade social studies and language arts courses was carried out through a subjective student rating and an objective analysis of Career Maturity Inventory (CMI) scores.…

A program was developed at Mercy College, Detroit, to reduce attrition among conditionally admitted, full-time (CAFT) students--about one quarter of entering students at this small, urban, four-year college. The very high attrition rate among CAFT students (95%) was found to be unrelated to academic performance or program quality, and solutions to…

This document proposes an Area Vocational-Technical Institute (AVTI) based model for service delivery to dislocated workers in Minnesota. The need for such a model arises from the consistent duplication of problem-solving measures and service delivery statewide in attempting to solve the problems of various groups of dislocated workers. The model…

As more legislation is passed pertaining to vocational rehabilitation (VR), the VR process becomes increasingly complex. Not only have the populations considered eligible for VR become more diversified, but so have client goals, the range of services offered, and the role of the rehabilitation counselor. This diversification has increased the need…

This document examines issues in schoolwide application of career academies. Part 1 reviews the three defining features of career academies: (1) a career academy is a small learning community in which a cluster of students share several classes each year that are taught by the same team of teachers over a period of 2-4 years; (3) each academy…