This paper demonstrates that a well thought out, low cost project can produce positive results and that small endeavors can have a real impact on guidance activities. (Author)

In an effort to safeguard the learning environment, school administrators generally rely on district or local school guidelines and professional judgment. With new technology, the proliferation of drug use, and increased school violence, schools have become a complex environment to manage for both system and local leadership. Administrators are…

The development of European Community administrative authority has greatly influenced the development of an evaluation culture among the southern and central member states of the European Union. The present case study from Spain provides an example of this diffusion through the use of an empowerment evaluation approach to build evaluation capacity…

This evaluation was conducted to: (1) develop a programmatic assessment of the existing guidance services within the secondary schools, focusing primarily on the perceptions and satisfaction of the recipients of these services; and (2) to project the needs for changes in services, programs, and organizational patterns, as these are dictated by…

The article discusses three guidance functions involved with gifted and talented students. (DLS)

This article discusses four ideals commonly held by the progressive and the counseling movements, pointing out some of the destructive effects these ideals have on societal change efforts. The four ideals discussed are: (a) an emphasis on access to opportunity (pluralism); (b) an emphasis on pragmatism; (c) an emphasis on adjustment; and (d) an…

The author of this article proposes that wider, more challenging ethical issues should not be treated as special topics within these professions but should be considered crucial parts of the mainstream of ethical thought and practice. (Author)

The first part of a two part article describes the school guidance program, the teacher involvement, the guidance material selection, and the guidance function of industrial arts and presents information that will assist the teacher in this phase of the program. (GR)

The Employment Retention and Advancement (ERA) project is the most comprehensive effort thus far to ascertain which approaches help welfare recipients and other low-income people stay steadily employed and advance in their jobs. Launched in 1999 and slated to end in 2009, the ERA project encompasses more than a dozen demonstration programs and…

The extent to which guidance programs can be effective in the open space school depends on the initiative and imagination of school counselors. This article discusses some innovations used in the author's open space school. (Author/HMV)

This paper advocates a model which would supplement the role of the guidance counselor with the role of a special counselor, who would work with the troubled student. (Author)

Microcounseling techniques were used to train naive college students interested in counseling to assess clients' attitudes toward guidance tests. Findings were consistent with the results of other microcounseling studies. Individual differences among trainees were noted and comparisons made between the trainees' own ratings, judges' ratings, and…

This article focuses on the implementation of the goals of psychological education through guidance. (Author)