This article suggests the application of anticipatory intervention principles in schools to meet the psychological needs of teachers, pupils, and parents as well as of the school as an organizational system for coping with extreme stress caused by either natural or man-made disaster. (Author)

Describes a program of peer group counseling. The program was instituted with the aim of improving self-concept and facilitating better interpersonal relationships both for peer counselors and counselees within the group setting. (Author)

The author contends that American society has experienced a developmental change in that the search for identity now takes priority over the achievement of specific goals; he describes a program designed to help Black students find their identity through a group setting. (Author/HMV)

Fictional correspondence between counselor and client indicate how counselors can steer their clients into self-help programs. (HMV)

Peer-facilitator and/or peer counseling programs are having a real impact in schools. Guidelines provided in the article were found to have value in development and implementation of the program at Buchholy High School, Gainesville, Florida. More than 2,200 students, 120 teachers, 80 parents and nine administrators have been involved. (Author/MC)

Describes a peer-to-peer program initiated at one high school. The program, consisting of 12 sessions, attempted to help students raise the level of their self awareness, build communication skills, and achieve more satisfying interpersonal relationships. (Author/HMV)

Describes a reading/writing relationship between students in different districts and in different grade levels (middle school students and at-risk freshmen) and how it gave meaning and purpose to the activity of reading and writing. (SR)

This second part of an article written a year ago describes a postpartum program for adolescent mothers which offers help to all participants in a prenatal program whether or not participants express a need for help. Services are offered on a home visit basis. (CM)

The basis for vocational counseling is the Saskatchewan Strong Aptitude Career Guide (SSACG). This guidance tool is "custom made" in the sense that its component parts reflect the needs expressed by counsellors in the field and it is undergoing continual revision and updating. (Author)

The Colerain Vocational Center in Cincinnati offers a training program to high school home economics students through which they become patient-activity coordinators for residents in nursing homes. The activities of the trainees serve to meet the needs of older adults in the community. (EC)

Briefly describes a hiking activity developed by high school counselors to provide challenges to themselves in order to discover their own problem-solving abilities and skills. (CJ)

The counselor's role in alternative schools is discussed in terms of personal counseling, educational guidance, career guidance, assessment, and nontraditional guidance techniques. (Author/HLM)

At one continuation high school, counselors have established a family counseling service for the most needy students and their families. The program aims to help students and their families develop the ability to meet their basic emotional, social, economic, and educational career needs. (Author)

This article describes the vocational assessment of a female high school student who took the Jackson Vocational Interest Survey (JVIS). An example of the JVIS profile is provided as well as potential benefits to students using this instrument. (HLM)

This guidebook is part of a series of program materials for a school-based intervention process to help at-risk students stay in school. It is intended for participating adults and begins by giving them a quick look at the extent of the dropout problem nationwide. The booklet goes on to provide a discussion of the basic steps of the helping…