The Community Outreach Centre (COC) is part of the Community Development portfolio in the Division of Student Affairs at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. It opened in fall 2007 as a resource and support centre for students who live off campus. The overarching goal of the centre is to cultivate community among off-campus students…

Research points to the increasing importance of career exploration as a component of effective guidance programs in the transition years. For such programs to be successful, however, they must be part of a guidance program which involves the total school staff and works in collaboration with the school board and community. (Author/LKS)

This study examines school-to-work transition services, encompassing educational and occupational information and guidance, as well as job placement, induction, and follow-up. Section 1 provides an introduction to the study and the study's historical background. Section 2 concerns the organizational goals and forms of transition services. It uses…

Provides an overview of the Comprehensive Guidance and Counseling Program in the Beechville-Lakeside-Timberlea Community. Focuses on program development, including the needs assessment and description of programs designed to meet specific needs of students, program evaluation, staff training, and community involvement. Illustrates how the program…

Continues a series outlining effective guidance services or programs developed by Canadian counselors/educators to meet the needs of students, educators or the community. Each project is described by those who originated or carried it out. Barrie Day outlines some findings about the identification and training of potential entrepreneurs.…

Discusses the changing role of school counselors and shifting emphasis toward career counseling. Counselors should use computer technology, get politically involved, and work closely with school and community to help young people find meaningful work. (JAC)

Thirty-four (34) federally sentenced sex offenders in British Columbia were surveyed using the Yalom (1995) 12 therapeutic factors presented in a 60-item questionnaire Likert format, as well as a semi-structured interview regarding their perceptions of which curative factors were most beneficial to them in treatment. The mean scores for catharsis…

Describes goals of the liberation movement for handicapped students. Suggests providing guidance workers with a theoretical base for understanding the current state of school guidance. Discusses the need for alternatives in school guidance. Goals of alternatives include altering a state of acceptance, and promoting new options and possibilities.…

Canada's ability to take advantage of the opportunities and mitigate the difficulties presented by today's economic, cultural, and social changes and global competition depends on the education and skill development of its youth. Meeting these challenges requires a common purpose involving students, parents, businesses, educators and others. To…

This document reports on a study designed (1) to develop a plan for school improvement using information obtained from an attitude survey, (2) to examine the implementation of the plan, and (3) to evaluate the results to determine if improvements had occurred. Attitude surveys were conducted of students, parents, supporters, and staff in the…