This guide provides a comprehensive guidance program evaluation or it can be used to evaluate selected parts of a program. Chapter 1 "What Is Guidance Program Evaluation? by Sharon K. Johnson, introduces evaluation concepts. Chapter 2 "Results-Based Guidance Programs" by C. D. Johnson introduces the elements common to results-based guidance…

The four phases of developing and implementing a comprehensive guidance program (planning, designing, implementing, and evaluating) as described by Mitchell and Gysbers (1978) are used as the organizers for this book. Chapter 1 traces the evolution of guidance in the schools from the turn of the century. The changing influences, emphases, and…

The guidance and counseling profession is evolving from an emphasis on a loose collection of services to recognition as a comprehensive program with its own curriculum emphasis on student outcomes and competencies. This handbook was written to assist counselors in New Hampshire's public schools as they move from an ancillary service mode into a…

This article describes the rationale, developmental framework, needs assessment, and evaluation of the comprehensive career guidance project in Mesa, Arizona. (Author)

During 1973-74, ESEA Title III funds became available for the development of a "Model Comprehensive Needs-Based Guidance System and Modular Instructional Strategies" for the state of Georgia. The proposal called for a new conceptualization of guidance; one that derives its goals and objectives from the developmental needs of students.…

This state plan is a working document in the planning and developing of the Department of Education's guidance program for the present and the immediate future. The plan identifies approaches and activities to help students with their normal but nontheless crucial growing up tasks, as well as with their special problems. It anticipates their needs…

As a strategic effort to advance the way schools address barriers to learning and psychosocial concerns, a consistent resource request has been for an example of a formal proposal for new directions (e.g., to present to a Superintendent, Student Support Director, Principal, Board, etc.). This report provides a draft of a design proposal that…

Describes a four-session, career development intervention strategy that can be used as part of a comprehensive school counseling plan. Discusses the plan's effects on 22 third-grade Haitian students new to a school. Provides the procedures used during each counseling session and the results of the intervention. (RJM)

Describes Special Friends, a comprehensive school counseling program (CSCP), with special attention given to the specific elements of a CSCP. Provides background information for Special Friends, implementation procedures, the selection of students who would benefit, the selection of volunteers, training, beginning and maintaining the program, and…

Comprehensive Health and Guidance initiatives highlight the need for increased involvement of various stakeholder groups in identifying and meeting the emotional, social, academic, and physical needs of children and adolescents. Active involvement of students, in particular, fosters personal and collective empowerment and ensures that the programs…

Survey compares counselors' perceptions of their comprehensive guidance and counseling programs (CGCPs). Results revealed a moderate relationship between how involved counselors are with the development and implementation of the CGCP and the level of importance they ascribe to their program. Task concerns were a significant predictor of…

This document presents a comprehensive guidance program based on the Missouri Comprehensive Guidance Program and designed for use in a school district that services kindergarten through 12th grade. It is divided into two major sections, structural and programmatic. The structural section of the document explains the philosophy, assumptions,…

This monograph describes how the comprehensive guidance model is transforming elementary-secondary school guidance and counseling programs in schools across the country. It incorporates the ideas and experiences of 12 guidance program developers in the actual use of the comprehensive guidance model in diverse school and cultural settings. The book…

This fact sheet focuses on the school counselor role at the elementary level. It discusses the developmental role of school counselors, kindergarten through grade 12 comprehensive developmental guidance, and counselor role essentials. Also included are sections on elementary developmental guidance, the counselor role in elementary guidance, and a…

This fact sheet focuses on the school counselor role at the high school level. It discusses the developmental role of school counselors, kindergarten through grade 12 comprehensive developmental guidance, and counselor role essentials. Also included are sections on secondary developmental guidance, a model job description for secondary counselors,…