The Utah Comprehensive Counseling and Guidance Model is designed to assist students through specific self-appraisal and self-improvement activities to better enable them to effectively plan to meet educational and career goals. The model is presented with information required to implement the program. Chapter contents include: (1) "Conceptual…

In response to public concern, the Utah Comprehensive Guidance Program Model was developed with guidance as a full-fledged education program. Adoption of the model in middle/junior high schools and high schools, and the relationship of training in the model and state funding are discussed in the "Introduction." The situation prior to…

When the State of Utah implemented a comprehensive guidance program, it began with a state-sponsored training of school guidance teams. Successfully identifying and displacing non-guidance activities (NGAs) in the comprehensive guidance program was a complicated process and was dependent upon communication and building positive relationships with…

For many years the school guidance counselor has played an important role in the education and guidance of students in public schools. School counselors have been historically viewed as an appendage or as an ancillary service to the school's education mission. While the ancillary model has helped some students, it has been inadequate in helping…

A detailed analysis of Utah's eleven 1979-1980 statewide special purpose educational programs are presented in this report. Each section includes statistical data, program information, evaluation processes, recommendations, and guidelines. The 11 areas covered under this report are bilingual education, career education, community education…