This article describes Oakwood City School District's College Connection Study, which is now in its eighth year. The purpose of the study is to help the educators in the district learn how to effectively prepare students for success in the colleges of their choice. Teachers, administrators, and other staff members travel to colleges to conduct…

Outlines the background, rationale, methodology, and outcomes of developing local lifelong guidance strategies in four geographic areas. Analyzes the main components of the strategies developed and addresses a number of issues relating to the process of strategy development. Explores implications for parallel work in other localities. (RJM)

This monograph is designed to assist individual schools to plan for, organize, implement, and manage their own elementary school guidance programs. Those school districts supporting a centralized team planning approach to program development will also find the monograph useful, but may wish to adapt some of the suggestions to fit their own…

This manual describes a guidance management system which utilizes techniques necessary to identify, plan, implement, control, and assess guidance program activities and services in relation to the school district's changing needs and guidance policy formulation. To be responsive to existing contraints and potentialities within the public school…

This report discusses the family guidance program established in Denmark as a preventive measure for child care. In developing such a program, Denmark developed a number of innovations concerned with preventive care programs for children. The program has changed from its beginnings in 1888, and since 1964 has offered voluntary family guidance to…

The students' needs and the parents' concern for their children's growth and development, as well as parents' desire for more effective communication skills and better relationships in their families, brought a realization that parent education, an important new dimension, could be added to the guidance program at Westwood Junior High. (Author)

An extensive self-study has provided considerable information about the guidance and counseling services in the State College Area School District. Appropriate personnel have stated 21 objectives for these services as well as recommendations to implement these objectives. The latter deal with: (1) providing adequate and continuous guidance and…

This monograph speaks to the basic problems confronting human services programs, and offers suggestions for improving guidance services. Specific concerns addressed are: (1) the need for more systematic program planning and evaluation; (2) an approach to effective planning and evaluation; (3) development of staff skills for use in the…

This paper discusses organized programs of guidance and counseling for religious settings, and new approaches to current crises. Specific topics discussed are: (1) a new awareness of the Christian dimensions of guidance; (2) a more favorable climate for guidance services; (3) utilization of new learnings and new techniques; (4) some religious…

A model program for high school guidance is presented. It is based on the idea that each individual should be provided the maximum opportunities for self-determination. Thus its primary goal is the facilitation of considered decision-making in the students' development of personal and career goals. The model is presented in terms of four steps:…

The Elementary School Guidance Cooperative was designed to aid isolated school districts exhibiting financial and resource deficiencies in the area of elementary guidance. There were 3 major purposes of the program. The first was to provide an opportunity for children to develop to their fullest potential through early identification and the…

The guidance and counseling profession is evolving from a collection of crisis-oriented services to a comprehensive program with a curriculum emphasis on student outcomes linked to social/personal, educational, and career success. Ways in which school counselors and administrators can move from an ancillary service mode into a comprehensive…

Many educators across the country have expressed interest in visiting a school district where there is an effective and comprehensive guidance program in place. One such program is presented here. The program is detailed in four sections, each with a chapter devoted to the district level, the elementary school level, the middle school level, and…

The implication of an organized classroom guidance curriculum is far reaching. By blending cognitive and affective learning, one can teach the whole child the skills for dealing with stress, decision making, and productive living. The guidance personnel and teachers need to work together as a team. (Author)

This practicum report describes the development and implementation of a comprehensive pilot middle school guidance program. Staff members reviewed the literature on middle schools in general and guidance programs in specific, explored programs in operation throughout the state of California, and consulted with members from the State Department of…