This paper concentrates on three main points: (1) sharing counselor experiences with other counselors; (2) stimulating professional thought and action of counselors not involved in career education; and (3) emphasizing the crucial roles counselors can play in career education if they choose. The author's belief is that the ideas and suggestions…

Career Information Packets is an individually oriented career exploration program developed for high school students. The program goals are to: (1) assist students in becoming aware of their patterns, of values, interests and aptitudes in relation to the world of work; (2) to assist students in making tentative career choices; and (3) assist them…

The original program goal for development was to provide implementation of a Guidance Exploratory Model (GEM) at the elementary level which combines career education, guidance, exploration and academics. During the planning stages of GEM, monies were received from Title IV-B to purchase books and audio-visual materials to initiate the concept…

This guide is designed to help leaders responsible for conducting sex equity workshops achieve maximum effectiveness from the workshop materials and the participant workbook, also contained in this guide. Participant materials are designed primarly for secondary school counselors and administrators who are either directly or indirectly concerned…

Counselors and visiting teachers serving special education students face unique problems in meeting the needs of those students. The general and specific knowledge that the counselors and visitng teachers should have in order to work most effectively with students with special needs has been the focus of a study sponsored by the Texas Education…

In an age when decision making is becoming more and more significant for us human beings as we face dilemmas about whether or not to clone, to engineer behavior on mass scale, to expand or to decrease nuclear power, we educators must assist students to increase their decision-making skills. Many of our students will soon be decision makers for…

The handbook, prepared by counselor practitioners from experiences based upon involvement in guidance-oriented career education programs, is intended to help the counselor who wants to start or fit within a program of career education. Using narrative and numerous illustrations, the book first presents a definition of career guidance in terms of…

Greater articulation efforts can increase the effectiveness and efficiency of the educational system. Horizontal articulation is communication among teachers, departments, and schools of similar levels. Within secondary-level schools the greatest horizontal articulation problem area is curriculum development. Use of program specialists,…

This monograph details, in question-and-answer format, the rights of students and the responsibilities of guidance counselors under federal and Colorado state law. Prominent topics include: Confidentiality of student records, freedom of information, the boundaries separating the rights of students, the rights of parents, and the rights of school…

Developmental guidance workshops (DGW) provide new direction and involvement for school guidance services. They are designed for existing classroom groups, to provide a more total learning environment and accelerate student growth toward fulfillment of developmental needs. An example of a nonthreatening workshop implementing the DGW concept is…

Presents 10 problems that youths confront as result of societal changes and shifting family values that have potential to disrupt or impede the educational, social, and/or emotional development of students. Provides itemized action steps for school counselors to work directly with the students and their parents and the philosophical reasoning…

Because of the enormous amount of available career information, school counselors require the skills to identify the appropriate information for clients and to know its sources. Accordingly, this module consists of three training activities in career information gathering for school counselors. Activity 1, "Appropriate Information," focuses the…

This manual consists of 26 career guidance activities for counselors to use in a small group setting with youngsters enrolled in Grades 7-12. Learning activities and evaluation forms are provided for each grade level. Every unit consists of the following parts: (1) Behavorial Objective; (2) Intent; (3) Preparation; (4) Action; (5) Activity; (6)…

This staff development module is part of one of three groups of career guidance modules developed, field-tested, and revised by a six-state consortium coordinated by the American Institutes for Research. This module is designed for guidance personnel who work in counseling and guidance with students at the elementary, secondary, and community…

This staff development module is part of one of three groups of career guidance modules developed, field-tested, and revised by a six-state consortium coordinated by the American Institutes for Research. This module is designed specifically for school career guidance personnel. The goal of this module is to teach participants how to overcome…