The handbook is designed for career advisors and counselor aides in the Los Angeles City Schools Career Guidance Counselor Aide Program. The program was established to provide intensive career guidance supportive services for disadvantaged vocational students enrolled in regular district vocational programs within the framework of the district plan for vocational education. The handbook provides information on: (1) the classification of aides including job definitions, typical duties, and class and entrance qualifications; (2) the use of aides by presenting guidelines for their most effective utlization; (3) a defintion of the legal responsibilities of teachers and aides within the program; and (4) program accountability and evaluation including sample program data sheets. The body of the document (77 pages) consists of 11 appendixes of supplementary materials including: information on the instructional aide job description, referral agencies, rules and regulations of the Los Angeles School District, the pupils right to privacy, guideliens for administering individual tests; a three-page annotated bibliography; a self-evaluation questionnaire for paraprofessinals; and a class description for career advisors. (Author/BP)