Developed by 33 secondary counselors and project staff members of the Pima County Developmental Career Guidance Project, the handbook outlines the counselor-consultant role and details activities for implementing this role. This counselor based model places the focus on personnel trained in guidance and counseling. Junior and senior high school…

This text is designed to examine the intake phase of rehabilitation as it relates to severely handicapped clients, and to offer some suggestions to the rehabilitation counselor for making the intake process more responsive to the needs of the severely handicapped. The text identifies two major components of the process: (1) the exchange of…

This curriculum guide is designed to assist anyone involved in the organization of self-help mutual aid groups among older persons, based on the assumption that those to be affected must be involved. There are four major sections in the guide which speak to background issues; training of organizers in terms of their roles and functions; four…

Elementary counselors can make many contributions to the child's development of a positive self-concept. Contributions cited in this booklet include: (1) direct counseling services to children; (2) consultation services for staff and parents; (3) coordination of school programs and community resources. The booklet also tries to communicate the…

This guide is designed to help the supervisor conduct effective counseling interviews with his employees. It consists of the following sections: (1) a general description of the counseling interview; (2) a discussion of the individual and the job; (3) suggestions on conducting the interview (considering what to do before, during and after the…

This paper describes a curriculum that attempts to provide counselor trainees with the necessary abilities to improve their counseling after they leave the learning environment and enter the world of work. These efforts come through training in self-control techniques during a counselor education masters program. A first course exposes trainees to…

Contends that students who have been referred by teachers for behavioral problems, lack of social skills, or poor academic performance should be interviewed by school counselors and invited to join new group being formed to develop and practice friendship skills. Discusses how to organize such a group, and presents 15 group steps. (NB)

Points to consider when responding to a death in the yeshivah family for yeshivah educators are presented in this pamphlet. Using a checklist approach, questions to ask and actions to take in the event of a death in the yeshivah are listed. These include the following: (1) going to the bereaved student's home the night before the funeral; (2)…

The purpose of this book is to provide activities, forms, and information to aid elementary and middle school counselors in improving services and programs for students. The materials included may also serve as an invaluable tool in assisting newly employed counselors in setting up their programs. This publication is organized in the format of the…

Each year in the United States, thousands of school-aged children become involved in sexual activities arranged by adults for purposes of pleasure and profit. Nationwide, annual profits from the child pornography industry and from female and male child prostitution are in the tens of millions of dollars. Heretofore, the majority of…

Vocational Exploration is a small group counseling approach for career development, used for helping young people and adults to make more effective career decisions by combining group dynamics and career development theory and procedures. The process consists of five phases, where five participants and a counselor progress through 18 sequenced…

Guidance and counseling is an integral part of the need fulfillment in the educational process. This truth was established and accepted by Kansas and it was further determined that, if true, then there needed to be an acceptable organized guidance program with a properly certified counselor working in a program with goals, objectives, and expected…

Presented is a guide for providing counseling and guidance relating to the personal-social, educational, and career-vocational concerns of the gifted student. Information is provided primarily in outline form and covers such areas as personal topics for use by school counselors with gifted students, the reading of personal essays, testing, general…

Discussing factors that have contributed to the development of Human Services programs in universities and colleges in the U.S., this article describes characteristics of the Human Services major in the context of the School Counselor's role. (JC)

Discusses school counselor's role in working with students who may have been sexually abused. Defines sexual abuse, provides an overview of child sexual abuse, and identifies both counselor role as consultant to teachers and his/her role with parents. Describes preventive programs within the schools. Lists 19 behavioral indicators of sexual abuse…