This paper addresses the student support systems available in Chinese schools, with reference to those available in Canadian schools, in order to understand the most effective foundations for academic success and student motivation. The focus of educational support within Chinese and Ontario schools is rooted around times of high-stress exams,…

Purpose: This study examined the efficacy of a professional development program for early childhood educators that facilitated emergent literacy skills in preschoolers. The program, led by a speech-language pathologist, focused on teaching alphabet knowledge, print concepts, sound awareness, and decontextualized oral language within naturally…

The days of the formidable truant officer who chased after hooky-playing delinquents and led them back to school by the ear are gone. Today's "attendance counselors" see their function as protecting a child's right to a meaningful education. Although their goal is still to get absent students back to classes, their approach is now a more…

The author presents a "state of the union" address regarding the role of the secondary school counselor in British Columbia. He provides a brief historical background and also elaborates on goals for future counselors. (HMV)

This article describes the extent of counseling services in secondary schools in the province of Alberta. Included is a table showing the approximate numbers and distribution of school counselors employed in the province and an estimate of the amount of time they spend in counseling activities. (Author/HMV)

Address to Canadian Guidance and Counseling Conference, Edmonton, 1969. (CJ)

Describes guidance services offered to students in Prince Edward Island. A table indicating counselor/student ratio is included along with a brief description of the Peer Education on Alcohol Program. (HMV)

This article describes the new career education program in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It includes rationale, goals, phases and approaches. The article also describes how a Career Activities file was begun, but actual activities are not included. (HMV)

This article, which describes pupil personnel services in New Brunswick, has two parts. The first describes guidance services for the English-speaking students of New Brunswick. The second describes the support services offered to French-speaking students. (HMV)

This article describes the scope and objectives of the guidance movement in the province of Manitoba, first from a historical perspective and then as it actually is today. (HMV)

In recent years, provincial laws in Alberta, Canada, have required children of certain ages to attend school. A legal issue related to attendance that is seldom addressed in provincial legislation is the definition of nonattendance. Many jurisdictions in the United States offer statutory definitions of truancy that range from 3 to 10 days' absence…

Briefly describes currently existing guidance services in the province of Ontario, as well as outlining some trends for the future. (HMV)

With youth unemployment very high in the province of Nova Scotia, guidance programs in the province focus on career education. A Youth Careers Committee was formed to spearhead the guidance movement in Nova Scotia. (HMV)

University staff members play a key role in the college articulation process. They implement articulation agreements and shepherd college transfer students through the academic and cultural changes encountered at university. Based on in-depth interviews with university staff, the paper describes five major themes including: transfer credits--the…

The Education Department of Alberta, Canada has developed guidelines for practice in cooperation with guidance and counseling specialists throughout the province. The guidelines are designed to help schools implement a comprehensive school guidance and counseling program, thus improving the quality of education. The comprehensive school guidance…