Designed to provide an overview of the etiology and diagnosis of a community college student with a specific learning disability, this paper provides a case study of a 22-year-old Caucasian male student with a mild static brain dysfunction and describes the results of his assessments by Central Florida Community College's (CFCC's) Special Services…

The computer-assisted management model described in this manual was implemented by the Counseling and Human Development Department at Prince George's Community College for the purposes of Student Testing, Advisement, Retention, and Tracking (START). As introductory material notes, START is an integrated computerized system which tracks student…

Beginning in fall 1985, John Wood Community College (JWCC) is offering its students a guarantee that courses taken at the college will transfer to other institutions or the tuition paid by the student will be refunded. Each student applying for the Credit Transfer Guarantee must meet with a JWCC counselor. The student is responsible for indicating…

Administrators, faculty, students, and counselors themselves are often unsure of the counselor's functions. This study sought to determine the problems for which selected high school seniors would seek help from their guidance counselors. Subjects were high school seniors (N=1,734) from 10 Indiana high schools. A 24-item Likert-type questionnaire…

This manual is designed to aid school personnel to establish a student advisory program in the middle school. The rationale, definition and benefits of the program are detailed in an initial section, including areas of responsibility and the role of principal, teachers, counselors, and special services staff. The second section presents a…

The purpose of this pamphlet, written under the auspices of the American Psychological Association, is to inform the reader of the nature of the counseling psychologist's job. It is divided into five sections: (1) what a counseling psychologist does: his roles, his clientele, how he helps, how he solves problems, how he differs from the clinical…

Proposes a modified English "house system" to personalize American high schools, thus increasing individual guidance and student sense of belonging. (DW)

This resource guide is designed to assist educational personnel to expand and increase the effectiveness of their vocational guidance and counseling programs for the handicapped. The guide includes a combination of articles, books, research reports, audiovisual materials, staff training materials, organizations, and directory lists. The references…

IN ORDER TO ASSIST TRANSFER STUDENTS WITH THEIR EDUCATIONAL PLANNING, A SURVEY OF 166 SELECTED ACCREDITED 4-YEAR INSTITUTIONS WAS CONDUCTED TO DETERMINE THE PREVALENCE OF VARIOUS TRANSFER POLICIES. DATA ARE CLASSIFIED ACCORDING TO REGION, CONTROL, TYPE, AND ENROLLMENT SIZE. A MAJOR VARIABLE IN TRANSFER POLICY IS THE JUNIOR COLLEGE GRADE POINT…

This quarterly annotated bibliography of current literature on educational and vocational guidance describes various pamphlets, guides and brochures which provide occupational information, educational, vocational and personal guidance, guidance administration and procedures, information on student aids and aids for the teacher. Additional guidance…

Activity from January 1 through March 31, 1966 was centered on the derivation of topic objectives for each course of study and on the completion of junior high school guidance program plans. This report describes the procedures for developing the guidance program by describing the guidance program as it now exists in the Quincy Public Schools,…

The problem of this study was to describe, according to selected variables, certain personal, educational, and professional characteristics of Black scientists who have earned the doctoral degree in the natural sciences with intent to encourage more Blacks to enter the fields of science. A self-reporting questionnaire was mailed to 500 Black…

This project carried out by members of the school system presents a detailed description of the town of Suffield, Connecticut and its public school system, and then specifies the counseling services provided in the school system. It details the attempts to clarify the role of counselors as perceived by various parts of the school system (e.g.,…

The document reports on the activities undertaken by occupational specialists for junior and senior high schools of Sarasota County, Florida, in the identification and placement of non-returning students or no-shows. The identification of actual and potential no-shows involves several processes and those who request assistance are presented with…