Counselors, counselor educators, and guidance administrators are not demonstarting a great deal of interest or expertise in career guidance. A connection between this statement and a study conducted to determine what, if any, limitaiions on vocational guidance were the result of the guidance administrators' occupational interests is drawn. (AG)

Includes a description of the legal rights of the handicapped provided and protected by several pieces of federal legislation. Several important roles for counseling designed to help ensure the rights of handicapped youth and adults are also proposed, such as information, advocacy, parent counseling, and consulting. (Author)

Cites trends in federal and state legislation, documented needs of youth and adults, expressed priorities of counselors, and USOE funding directions to demonstrate the high priority of continuing professional development in career counseling. Describes several major renewal programs now ready for dissemination. (BP)

This article summarizes the development of vocational school psychology over the last 10 years, presents its current status, and proposes its probable future. Vocational school psychology is viewed on both a specialty and as an area of services expected from school psychologists in general. (Author/BW)

Surveyed 364 school psychologists about involvement in career development functions. Findings revealed school psychologists are interested in career development functions, with particular interest in career counseling; they are minimally involved in career assessment, counseling, and consultation. Most respondents felt unprepared to participate in…

Describes how vocational school psychologists can make significant contributions to various support service programs in business and industry. Special emphasis is placed upon appropriate training programs and the utilization of school psychological skills in industrial settings. (Author/WAS)

This resource guide is designed to assist counselors and other educators in identifying sources of information relating to business, industry and labor in areas pertaining to vocational guidance and counseling. It includes a relevant combination of articles, books, reports and organizational resource lists. The references selected represent…

This bibliography is designed to help educational personnel increase their involvement in the business/education community. It was developed to aid counselors and other educators in identifying sources of information relating to involvement of business and industry in areas pertaining to vocational guidance and counseling, with a special emphasis…

Describes the rationale and development of a new specialty--vocational school psychology--and its probable impact on the functioning of secondary school counselors. Discusses needed support services in vocational education programs for disadvantaged and handicapped secondary school students. (Author/RC)

Emphasis in the next decade will be on counselor inservice training that uses the competency-based module approach to ensure the development and delivery of beneficial career guidance experiences. (TA)