THE NEW ROCHELLE TALENT SEARCH PROJECT ATTEMPTED TO INVOLVE PARENTS AND STUDENTS IN A FAMILY COUNSELING PROGRAM IN ORDER TO STIMULATE MOTIVATION FOR IMPROVED SCHOOL PERFORMANCE AND IMPROVED PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE. THE REPORT SUMMARIZES 6 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, EXPERIMENTATION, AND STUDY, AND IS A COMPILATION OF THE FINDINGS OF SIX DIFFERENT PROJECTS WITH A COMMON SET OF PURPOSES AND GOALS. FOR THE PRELIMINARY SURVEY, A SAMPLE CONSISTING OF 81 NINTH-GRADE STUDENTS FROM POOR NEIGHBORHOODS WERE GIVEN THE DIFFERENTIAL APTITUDE TESTS (DAT), AND THEIR PARENTS WERE INTERVIEWED BY A COUNSELOR USING A STANDARD INTERVIEW SCHEDULE TO OBTAIN DATA ON FAMILY STATISTICS, STUDENT CHARACTERISTICS, AND PARENTS' OPINIONS. THE FAMILIES OF 40 YOUNGSTERS WHO RECEIVED HIGH DAT SCORES PARTICIPATED IN A PROGRAM CONSISTING OF AN "INTAKE" INTERVIEW, AN ORIENTATION SESSION, ONE TO SIX INDIVIDUAL CONFERENCES, AND SEVEN GROUP SESSIONS. TALENT SEARCH PROJECTS FOR THE FOLLOWING 4 YEARS CONTINUED TO UTILIZE THE SAME GENERAL PROJECT APPROACH. PROGRAM RESULTS AND PROGRAM EVALUATION ARE DISCUSSED AND BIBLIOGRAPHIES, PARENTAL INTERVIEW SCHEDULES, TABLES, AND EVALUATION SHEETS ARE INCLUDED IN THE REPORT. (PS)