This special issue contains seven articles, addressing rehabilitation in the information age, computer-assisted rehabilitation services, computer technology in rehabilitation counseling, computer-assisted career exploration and vocational decision making, computer-assisted assessment, computer enhanced employment opportunities for persons with…

Collaboration between secondary and post secondary schools can provide systematic, recursive assessment models that will benefit students, inform teachers, strengthen institutions, and add to the knowledge base regarding career development. This document outlines the framework used for the Academic Studies and Career Planning (ASCP) class at…

Evaluates the third edition of the Occupational Aptitude Survey and Interest Schedule, designed to assist students in eighth grade through postsecondary school settings in self-exploration, vocational exploration, and career development. Concludes that the OASIS-3 provides time- and cost-effective methods for assessing a number of abilities and…

This study, part of a larger study that tested 6 counseling workshops based on a "Life Skills" developmental group model, involved a thematic analysis of taped descriptions of experiences of 27 adolescents in relation to their career aspirations and participation in an adolescent developmental peer counseling program at House of Shalom,…

Examines means of human connection from a career development perceptive: attachment, eye-to-eye validation, identification, mutuality, embeddedness, boundedness, and tending. Discusses how relational experiences foster, circumscribe, and guide explorational experiences.(Contains 54 references.) (SK)

Psychosynthesis provides a coherent theory for framing the self assessment and career exploration process. It helps clients understand their conflicting needs and assists them in clarifying and responding to their inner callings. This paper presents an overview of the aspects of Psychosynthesis theory and practice found to be most relevant when…

Research on the effectiveness of career exploration as viewed by 1100 senior high school students involved in Experience-Based Career Education (EBCE) projects in 16 states is reviewed. Results suggest that the learning potential of community experience can be improved in the following six ways: (1) offering challenging work; (2) selecting…

A Comprehensive Career Needs Survey was designed to assess the career needs of junior high- and senior high-school students in Southern Alberta. The questionnaire explored career needs from the perspective of students, teachers, parents, counselors, and administrators. An important aspect of the research was to examine how adolescents perceive the…

The Labor Market Orientation (LMO) program responded to the problem of unemployment among Black teenagers. LMO provided classroom training which mitigated unrealistic expectations and served as an introduction to the requisites of the work world. The program was successful in providing a rational sequence of training and job exposure. (JCD)

Describes interdisciplinary English programs in the following areas: reading, study, and communication skills; career exploration; humanities instruction; and social concerns. A bibliography is included. (DF)

Describes a new publication, "Exploring Careers," which offers readers a way of relating their own interests to the demands of different careers. Emphasis is on "hands-on" activities. Aimed at junior high students, the book contains games, vocabulary lessons, and descriptions of particular jobs in 14 occupational clusters. (Purchasing information…

Presents a comprehensive overview of the career counseling process for handicapped persons, with emphasis on developmental differences, assessment techniques, occupational information and exploration, and job placement techniques. (Author)

Presents and responds to questions the author would ask himself before meeting with a client whose Self-Directed Search he has reviewed. The client in the case is a 29-year-old female high school teacher faced with four occupational opportunities from which she is trying to make a choice. (MKA)

This paper describes a workshop that involves a holistic model for career and lifework planning and a training resource for increasing competency using the Internet for career related job search activity. "Life Work Transitions.com: Putting Your Spirit Online" and its companion Web site offer career changers as well as career counselors…

Advocates a life-centered curriculum approach, which focuses on 22 skills essential for successful community living and working. Recommends that counselors assume specific responsibilities in this approach and outlines competencies necessary to carry out guidance and counseling activities for persons with handicaps at four phases of career…