The purpose of this school counseling program guide for use with students in elementary and secondary schools in Nebraska is to help districts within the state deal with problems and develop, implement, and evaluate comprehensive and systematic programs. The first section of the document discusses the benefits of the school counseling program, defines the program, and lists the components such a program must include, namely, a counseling curriculum; individual student planning; responsive services; and system support. The second section lists and describes structural and program components of a school counseling program. The third section outlines the steps in program implementation and the fourth section briefly describes personnel, program and student outcome evaluations. Two-thirds of the guide consists of 13 appendixes containing a variety of relevant materials. These include a model for effective guidance; steps in designing or revising a school guidance and counseling program; a counseling curriculum; a set of competencies and performance indicators; needs assessment information; time and task analysis logs; sample job descriptions; counselor performance evaluation forms; sample questions for a guidance program evaluation; a program component assessment instrument; a master calendar; time distribution forms; and a section on cross/multicultural counseling. (NB)