The author, a counselor educator, spent his year's sabbatical leave from Morehead College as a secondary school counselor to get back in touch with the realities of school counseling. He offers his impressions in this article. (HMV)

Describes some of the pressures and frustrations counselors have to contend with daily. (HMV)

This report focuses on the career awareness, career-planning experiences, and career-planning knowledge of a nationwide sample of 32,000 8th-11th graders. (Author)

This article describes the author's counseling relationship over a three-year period with one student who felt he might be homosexual. (HMV)

The author reviews five popular learning theories operative in American secondary education. Each theory rests on a different view of learning and human nature. He considers why educational theories proliferate and what possibilities exist for synthesizing them all into a single guiding perspective for secondary education. (SJL)

Describes the author's first three years as a guidance counselor in a secondary school. (HMV)

The authors have taken a cynical approach by identifying negative traits to be avoided by helping professionals. Assumption is that the message can be conveyed in a humorous context. Third in a series by the authors. (Author)

Suicide trends among adolescents and young adults constitute a particularly serious concern for this society. Counselors must educate themselves on this subject, and then take steps to begin helping students with suicidal tendancies. Such a procedure is described. (Author)

The author maintains that in assisting counselee thinking, counselors should examine the following questions: Why is "why" important?; When is it appropriate to seek answers to "why" questions?' and What is one approach that may be used to assist the counselee in deriving "possible whys?" (Author)

Reviews nine speech communication textbooks specifically written for high school students. Comments on the state-of-the-art of contemporary high school textbooks in speech communication. (PD)

The issues dealt with in contemporary films portray a variety of social problems. Counselors can use films to discuss the issues dramatized, facilitate responses to the situations experienced, and encourage consideration of alternative responses. (Author)

The author identifies insights into the adolescent experience provided by a developmental-existential approach. She explains principles for applying the approach to the treatment of adolescent difficulties. (Author)

Purpose of article is to identify and clarify role of secondary school counselor as it is perceived by American School Counselor Association (ASCA) members and to commit to public record certain philosophic tenets and essential operational conditions entailed. The statement was formulated by the 1976-77 ASCA Governing Board. (MC)

A survey of state supervisors of technology education showed that technology education is increasing in importance in public schools as a program for all students. The Standards for Technological Literacy are providing support for state and local efforts. (JOW)

Describes a comprehensive testing program for secondary level which is charged to the students. (HMV)