With the growth of the open school concept in America, the counselor is faced with the task of reassessing both his past role and his educational philosophy. (Author)

This dialogue expresses thoughts and feelings in process at the edge of new thought in counseling. It explores the current trends in the profession and examines ways to bring new perspectives to counseling and counselor education. (Author)

This article, written by two high school students, describes the role of the guidance counselor in terms of student needs. (HMV)

Describes some of the frustrations involved in counseling in a metropolitan junior high school serving a community of lower middle class people. (HMV)

The results of this survey suggest that there is basic agreement in the fundamental duties performed by the director of guidance, although a great deal of variation exists in the title given that post. (Author)

The impetus for the study was provided by the widespread disagreement on the counselor's role and function as stated by counselors and administrators. Purposes included: (1) the provision of information about the counselor's role and function; (2) the resolution of confusion concerning the counselor's role; and (3) the improvement of communication…

This is one of a series which focuses on the use of human resources in guidance programs. Intended for use by school personnel workers, on all levels, to help in the development of new programs through actively working with other significant persons. This monograph discusses support personnel through the exploration of: (1) models of practice; (2)…

A review of research findings concerning counselor use of time indicates that most high school counselors are primarily concerned with information giving. (Author)

Advocates professional counselor training programs in group counseling, as workshops are inadequate to prepare school counselors. Once the counselor has developed the necessary skills to lead groups, group counseling must be an integral part of the school program. Commentary by Merle Ohlsen follows. (Author/BEF)

This issue begins the third year of publication of this comprehensive index to the literature of the counseling and personnel services fields. Included are 1439 entries drawn from ERIC documents, dissertations, journal articles, and books. Each entry is annotated and availability of the original document is given. The entries are cross-referenced…

The present discussion points to the need for further inquiry in the area of the guidance team process. The author enumerates weaknesses of the team approach and suggests that the helping professions need to place more emphasis on prevention. (Author/BY)

Comprehensive Pupil Personnel Services Team (CPPS) implies that all members of the team--teachers, administrators, counselors, specialists, etc.--have important contributions to make to meet schools promise of working for development of total human beings. Pupil Personnel Services must be an integral part of total educational program. (Author)

This project is an attempt at a statewide collection of baseline information on guidance counselors and the services being offered by those counselors in the school districts of Pennsylvania. Data were collected on: (1) counselors; (2) guidance program characteristics as described by counselors; and (3) the various publics being served by the…

The paper is addressed to the problem of how to accomplish evaluation of Pupil Personnel Services (PPS) and its product, i.e. youth. It distinguishes between direct and indirect evaluation of the product and the process. Aspects of PPS which make evaluation difficult, but not impossible are noted: (1) the provision of PPS is partially an art and…