In the guidance counselor's dealings with students, parents, teachers, administrators, and colleges, the ethical and legal considerations, especially those involving confidentiality, are often difficult to untangle. Fifteen cases are offered to provoke thought and judgments with regard to the issues and ambiguities discussed. (Author/JMD)

As part of a schoolwide effort to increase accountability, the counseling staff at Rio Hondo College, with the aid of a consultant, established an evaluation system for the counseling program. The first step in the process was the ranking of job responsibilities by the counselors according to importance and need. After a number of meetings where…

A project was conducted to strengthen the existing occupational guidance program in the St. Bernard Parish middle and high schools in Chalmette, Louisiana. Eight externship counselors were placed into a rotating externship with key businesses, industries, and trades within the surrounding communities so that a closer partnership could be…

The purpose of this research project was to (1) identify vocational education program recruitment procedures and career counseling techniques which are free of sex discrimination and sex role stereotyping; (2) identify special remedial training requirements for nontraditional sex roles and develop for nontraditional programs appropriate procedures…

Addresses problems of treating troubled girls at a male-dominated facility. The Positive Education Program (PEP) model is used in an Ohio day-treatment program for children with severe behavior problems. PEP staff use negative incidents as learning opportunities while positive programming makes school and its social interactions successful…

A nine-session career exploration program was presented by special education teachers and guidance counselors to a group of learning disabled high school 11th and 12th graders in New Jersey. The program included the use of DISCOVER, a computerized career guidance system. Thirty-six students comprised the initial treatment and control groups. The…

Futurists and counselors both deal with the concept of change. This monograph examines some strategies counselors can use to help themselves adopt a future orientation and to assist their counselees in meeting the future confidently. The writings of Cornish, Fletcher and Conboy bring some focus to concepts and dimensions held by futurists and…

This article reports on one part of Project REFER (Referral and Evaluation procedures For Education and Rehabilitation), which identified barriers to effective school and vocational rehabilitation collaboration and strategies for addressing these barriers as indicated by four stakeholder groups: secondary special education staff, vocational…

Following the world trend of inclusion in education, many schools in Hong Kong have started including students with special needs in the regular classrooms. Given the unique educational context of Hong Kong as "East meets West", and given that inclusion is essentially a concept from the West, this paper argues that Hong Kong's…

Discusses aspects of age prejudice including: age restrictiveness, age distortion, and ageism. Considers social changes related to age prejudice. Describes a University of Vermont course in age prejudice. Includes a table listing cognitive, affective, and behavioral objectives for the reduction of age discrimination. (RC)

Transitioning African American students with learning disabilities from high school to post secondary education requires that school counselors be flexible in their roles and functions. This is critical as school counselors work within personal and sociohistorical prisms that impact counseling programs and services for this population. In this…

A computer-assisted guidance program was developed as part of a model for articulation between the public secondary schools in Duval/Nassau counties and the 28 publicly supported community colleges in Florida. The model was created based on data obtained from a survey of 25 graduating seniors in 15 secondary schools in the counties; an analysis of…

The effectiveness of the first 5 years of tech prep in New York was examined through a three-component evaluation. Data were obtained from three sources. First, statewide surveys and interviews obtained input from 717 teachers, counselors, and administrators and 987 students currently involved in tech prep programs in New York's 30 tech prep…

A descriptive study was conducted to determine the effectiveness of career pathways and the extent of their alignment within the high school curriculum and the Missouri A+ Schools Program, which builds on other reform efforts such as tech prep and school-to-work to provide all students with a quality education focused on careers and an academic…

Because of girls' relatively low motivation to pursue math studies, this project's purposes were to expand girls' career choice possibilities, to increase the quality of motivation and career guidance offered by counselors and teachers, and to involve parents of ninth-grade girls by providing specific information about the project and about…