Surveys the broad range of existing programs and notes the implications for administrators. (Author)

Counseling programs have suffered from a lack of preciseness in defining the role and function of counselors. This issue of the "Bulletin" presents programs that can help resolve this lack of precision. (Author/IRT)

Describes the process, and the hazards, involved in conducting a needs assessment for a counseling program. (IRT)

Argues for and gives ideas of how to involve more students in the activities of middle schools. (IRT)

Provides an overview of a team approach to pupil personnel services that allows the counselor to function as a generalist in guidance and counseling. (Author/IRT)

Describes the development of a program that improved communication among pupil personnel department workers in a high school. (IRT)

Describes the operation of the Vice Principal's Advisory Council (VPAC) at Montgomery High School, Skillman, New Jersey, which is used to provide a team approach to intervention in student problems. (JW)

A serious lack of sophistication marks our efforts to combat drug abuse, the author believes. We must consider the complex relationships among the individual, drugs, and society to create effective drug education programs. (Editor)

Author presented an informal picture of the assistant principals in his school, in the hope that from the shadows of lack of publicity will emerge the assistant principal, too long unknown. (Author/RK)

The principal of a new high school in New York City, which is to serve as a model for innovative practices, describes how his school's program is attempting to establish an educational environment that will meet the anticipated needs of all students. (Editor)