This journal of the California Association for Counseling and Development attempts to identify the current issues of concern in the counseling field and share research to help improve the professional learning community. The articles in this issue include: "The Editor's Message" (Pat Nellor Wickwire); "The CACD President's Message" (Joseph Dear); "Career Education in the Information Age" (Kenneth B. Hoyt); "Coercive Treatment for Clients with Substance Use Disorders" (Douglas L. Polcin); "School Counselors' Use of Assessment and Its Relationship to Their Training" (Joan H. Blacher, Mildred Murray-Ward, and Gail E. Uellendahl); "Not Broken--Just Different: Helping Teachers Work with Children with Attention-Deficit Disorders" (Joan Astigarraga and Adriana G. McEachern); "The Grief Process: Helping Adolescents Cope with Grief and Loss" (Paul A. Rodriguez); "Emerging Roles of Counselors in On-Line Counseling" (Jo Ann Oravec); "Standards-Based Counseling in the Middle School" (Mary Ellen Davis); "The Passion of Writing: Becoming an Acceptable, Accepted, and Exceptional Writer" (Martin G. Brodwin); "Drama, Drawing, and Double Meanings: Addressing the Needs of Developing Counselors through Creative Work" (Rhonda McCalip); "Counseling: The Future Is Now" (Benjamin Reddish, Jr.); and "Being a Professional Counselor in a Counseling Profession" (Donald G. Hays). (Contains 119 references.) (JDM)