AN OVERVIEW OF THE COUNSELING PHILOSOPHY, ORGANIZATION, AND SERVICES NOW IN OPERATION IN THE UPPER GRADES OF THE CHICAGO SCHOOL SYSTEM IS PROVIDED. THE PURPOSE OF THE PROGRAM IS TO ASSIST EACH STUDENT TO DEVELOP REALISTIC IDEAS AND IMAGES ABOUT HIMSELF, TO LEARN ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR HIMSELF IN THE WORLD, AND TO HELP HIM FORMULATE, PLAN FOR,…

INFORMATION AND DECISION THEORY OFFERS A COHERENT FRAMEWORK FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL GUIDANCE BECAUSE IT--(1) ESTABLISHES OBJECTIVES, (2) DETERMINES APPROPRIATE PRACTICES, (3) SELECTS AREAS OF RESEARCH, AND (4) EVALUATES PROGRESS TOWARD THESE OBJECTIVES. THE DECISION-MAKING PROGRAM IN THE PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA SECONDARY SCHOOLS HELPS NINTH AND 11TH…

REPRESENTATIVES OF NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, SCHOOL COUNSELORS, STATE EMPLOYMENT SERVICE COUNSELORS, COUNSELOR EDUCATORS, AND REPRESENTATIVES OF THE COMMISSIONS ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN FROM DELAWARE, THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, MARYLAND, NEW JERSEY, NEW YORK, PENNSYLVANIA, AND WEST VIRGINIA ATTENDED THE CONFERENCE. THE…

THE PURPOSE OF THIS RESOURCE UNIT IS TO AID GUIDANCE FUNCTIONS OF THE HOMEROOM AND PLANNED GROUP GUIDANCE PROGRAM. THE ULTIMATE OBJECTIVE IS TO HELP THE STUDENT TO UNDERSTAND HIMSELF BY FOCUSING IN GROUP SITUATIONS ON PROBLEMS COMMON TO TEENAGERS AND THEN TO SEEK ADDITIONAL COUNSELING WHEN NECESSARY. IT WAS DEVELOPED BY THE GUIDANCE DEPARTMENT AT…

Procedures, requirements, and forms are presented in this handbook designed to guide students through Whatcom Community College's (WCC's) Individualized Degree Program. After introductory material concerning degree requirements and application procedures, the handbook considers the objectives and outcomes of initial advising sessions in which the…

An overview of the United States-Israel Educational Foundation is presented. The aim of the foundation is to support educational exchange activities between Israel and the United States. The three primary means of achieving this interchange are: support for the broadening of individual skills in specific areas of learning; strengthening the…

The aims, objectives, practices, and future of school guidance programs in each of the 10 Canadian provinces, the Yukon, and the Northwest Territories are explored. Department of education officials and superintendents of education most responsible for school guidance services were questioned in interviews covering six areas of concern, lasting…

THE PURPOSE OF THE STUDY WAS TO DETERMINE WHETHER DISCRIMINANT FUNCTIONS COMPUTED FROM MEASURES OF APTITUDE, PERSONALITY TRAITS, VOCATIONAL INTEREST, AND HIGH SCHOOL RANK WOULD SEPARATE FRESHMAN MALE STUDENTS INTO CURRICULUM AND ACADEMIC SUCCESS GROUPS. THE HYPOTHESES CONCERNED AGRICULTURE STUDENTS GRADUATED IN SCIENCE AND GENERAL PROGRAMS,…

Student and academic advisors' thinking toward career decisions was examined according to an analytic-intuitive criterion, emphasizing a distinction between logical-rational thought and a more intuitive, reflexive mode. Results showed that advisors' conception of an ideal career strategy and of sophomore students' actual career orientation was…

Over a 6-month period, a four-man team from the University evaluated the first year of Project APT (Applying Partnerships to Teaching) sponsored by the Hartford College Counseling Center (HCCC). Objectives of Project APT were 1) to find and develop a new source of locally available, quality teaching talent by recruiting, counseling, and placing…

To help counselors develop appropriate models for students with different characteristics, this investigation involved two studies using films and videotapes in an effort to stimulate individuals to explore and to gather information on vocational educational opportunities. The key experimental phases of the two studies compared the relative…

GRADES OR AGES: Grades 7, 8, 9, and 12. SUBJECT MATTER: Guidance. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The guide is in two parts. Part 1 contains three sections: Introduction, How Guidance Works, and Supporting Functions of Guidance. Part 2 contains seven sections: Course of Study, Grade 7, Grade 8, Secondary Schools; The Challenge of Grade 9,…

This study attempted to identify the orientation procedures which contribute to helping high school students become acquainted with the vocational-technical institutes (VTIs) in Maine. To accomplish this objective a number of school counselors at 19 high schools and the VTI personnel at the six VTIs in the State were interviewed and a random…

The Computerized Vocational Guidance System (VOCGUYD) is designed primarily to relate the world of an individual to the world of work in a meaningful yet comprehensive manner. It is intended for use by individuals in their own life career planning, and is designed specifically to provide a scientific means for the reducing of career planning…

Focus is on adult education counseling. Models of collaboration are presented, counselling goals are defined, and the work of the Educational Resources and Information Centre of the Open University in Wales and other developments in adult counseling in the United Kingdom are described. (JMD)