This package is the first of twelve in the Skills for Adult Guidance Educators (SAGE) system, which provides instruction in a set of necessary competencies specifically designed for adult education counselors, teachers, and paraprofessionals. The materials provide a process for developing and implementing counseling and guidance programs unique to different target populations, program settings, and local conditions. Contents include eleven modules that pertain to three role statements. The role statements describe the trainee objectives to demonstrate (l) ability to differentiate between the concepts of guidance and counseling (l module), (2) articulation of personal counseling theory and its theoretical basis (3 modules), (3) ability to carry out a one-to-one counseling session (5 modules), and (4) ability to conduct a guidance interview to achieve a specific end (2 modules). Each module contains some or all of the following information: topic, learning objective, rationale, preassessment, learning activities, postassessment, and appended materials (supplemental activities, tape transcripts, and articles). (YLB)