In summer 1984, a study was conducted to assess the status of microcomputer applications in the public vocational-technical facilities of Michigan, Indiana, Minnesota, Illinois, Ohio, and Wisconsin. Mailing lists provided by the vocational education divisions of each state department of education were used to survey 705 individuals regarding…

The educational significance of the present study lies in the potential use of the Career Interest by career educators needing to identify students with interests in particular career areas and to counselors placing students into various career courses. (BP)

This article maintains that counseling techniques used for any particular category of people. It concludes that a counseling approach which directs its attention to categories. Causation or history is not as useful as an approach which applies to people as they are here and now. (Author/HMV)

Revised version of a paper given at the annual meeting of the American Psychiatric Association (Boston, 1968).

SIX PRINCIPLES OF ACTION FOR WORKING WITH LOW-INCOME GROUPS WERE DISCUSSED. ACTION PRINCIPLES ARE NOT THE SELF-EVIDENT RESULT OF KNOWLEDGE ABOUT LOW-INCOME CULTURES. THEY LARGELY DEPEND ON THE GOALS WHICH ARE ANTICIPATED FOR LOW-INCOME INDIVIDUALS. THE ACTION CONCEPTS SUGGESTED SHOULD BE VIEWED AS GENERALIZATION AND GUIDE LINES WHICH MUST BE USED…

Descriptions of over 300 courses offered during 1978-1979 at the two-year Fayette Campus of Pennsylvania State University are provided as a means of assisting students and academic advisors during preregistration. The course guide was designed for the second stage of academic advising during which courses are scheduled for each term, short- and…

The way a student studies is a projection of his total personality. Through the content of his approach to studying, some basic personal traits may be dealt with and altered. The relationship between the reading and study skills specialist and the educational counselor is a cooperative one with the reading specialist providing knowledge,…

This paper addresses the need for having a specialist in vocational guidance who knows what needs to be done to implement and improve vocational guidance services. The person who fills the role of vocational guidance specialist must be aware of the potential roles that each group within the educational system can play in fostering needed guidance…

Cited is literature on occupational information: educational, vocational and personal guidance, guidance administration and procedure, student aids, teacher aids, free or inexpensive guidance materials, adult education and the aging, and handicapped and rehabilitation counseling. Also included is a continuing list of periodicals in guidance and…

The Career Index is primarily a reference listing of free or inexpensive vocational and educational guidance materials for counselors and students. Other items of interest to school personnel are also included. Completely updated during the summer of 1975, the Career Index is a compilation of about 740 sources of publications and audiovisual…

This report was undertaken to determine whether or not a particular approach to group guidance was as effective as a more traditional, individual approach to helping students to move toward the selection of an academic major or vocational choice. Subjects were students at Brigham Young University who requested vocational counseling. The Process…

Elementary counseling and guidance was introduced in Olympia, Washington, during the 1966-67 school year. Two previous reports on the progress of the program were written prior to this final evaluation. Chapter One is an overview of the program. Chapter Two is an attempt to describe the role and function of the counselor. The developmental model…

Approximately 250 instructional films are described in Volume Three (1970-1971) of this review. After an introduction which considers film discussions from the instructor's point of view and offers some ideas for conducting a film showing and ordering the films, profiles of the films are presented grouped under such areas as management…

This study reports the results of a systematic inquiry to assess the extent to which consultant teams had contributed to principals' acceptance of innovation. Data were based on the Institutional Change Model developed by an Educational Professional Development Act (EPDA) project. Participants of the study were principals of 12 elementary schools.…