High school students responded to questionnaires measuring need for achievement and fear of success and indicated their future occupational and educational aspirations. Female students were found to aspire to less demanding occupations than male students and both motivational constructs predicted vocational aspirations. (Author)

Interviewed two-children families, comprised of 200 parents which included both mothers and fathers. Significant correlations were found between wife's number of siblings, desired family size of both spouses, and future family size. No significant relationship was found between sex of children and preferred family size. (Author/MCF)

Discusses problems of retirement and factors that influence adjustment. These include having retirement plans, having positive attitudes toward retirement, and having a realistic picture of retired life. The role of the counselor is discussed with special emphasis on the need for counselors to have an accurate perception of retired life.…

Identifies some career education assumptions, describes the characteristics of experiential learning, and illustrates how experiential learning is suited to address the career education assumptions. (Author)

Explores ways in which projective assessment can be more effectively integrated into career counseling. Introduces new types of career projective techniques and suggests that the emphasis should be on using these methods to conduct structured counseling interviews. (Author)

As schools expand career counseling services to include the adult community, the special needs of women in mid-life require new approaches. Such a program involving communication skills, assertion training, outside speakers, vocational testing, life style planning and goal setting is outlined in this paper. (Author)

A model is proposed for implementation of career education programs in schools, described as involving the counselor in: (1) increasing staff awareness of the need for career education; (2) focusing on priorities for implementation of specific programs; (3) assisting in their operation; and (4) facilitating assessment of effectiveness. (Author)

This paper traces the steps taken in Alberta to implement the SGIS (Student Guidance Information Service) system, describes the procedures, some of the pitfalls, and discusses the Vocational Information Service for Alberta in relation to other computer-based systems. (Author)