This program description provides a detailed summary of the efforts employed at the North Chicago Community High School in North Chicago, Illinois, to recruit public aid recipients into adult education programs. Outlined first are the educational needs of the North Chicago community. Then various agencies cooperating with the high school's…

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…

The Transfer Programs Outcomes (TPO) system developed by Oakton Community College (Illinois) focuses on the evaluation and communication of community college transfer students' perceptions of selected senior institutional characteristics. The objectives of the program are (1) to develop an effective, rapid feedback method for follow-up of…

Project PEOPLE (Personal Enhancement of Occupational Preparation through Life Centered Education), developed to design a world of work curriculum and appropriate units for each level, is described in this booklet. (Project PEOPLE involves 269 staff members of the Bowling Green Independent School System, who attended a 4-week summer workshop for…

Describes development of a program for students not achieving as expected, Positive Attitude Toward Learning. Program results indicated improved student performance and teacher attitudes. Suggests counselors be involved in curriculum and instructional problems through planning committees to help solve student problems. (JAC)

Looks at family counseling, including role of schools, review of family theory and therapy, and single parent and dual career families. When family problems begin to affect a student's school progress, the counselor should offer alternatives to the student and parents that may include conferences, counseling, and therapy. (JAC)

This article describes a writing project involving the use of dialogue journals in a summer camp for students with learning disabilities. Six resident counselors served as dialogue partners. The article covers the program rationale, the project participants, procedures, and analysis and implications. (DB)

This second edition has been completely revised and expanded to provide the most up-to-date and extensive coverage of prejudice and racism available. The new edition of this bestselling text presents a comprehensive overview of these topics and also includes practical tools for combating prejudice development in children, adolescents, and adults.…

The Career Development Program was implemented at Trident Technical College (TTC) during the 1979-80 academic year. The program's objectives are to: (1) assist TTC students in identifying and modifying personal beliefs and expectations about themselves as related to the world of work; (2) aid students in narrowing career options and provide them…

A child advocate, whether parent or designated member of an agency, must be a representative of the child's interests and must ascertain that schools are performing their functions as prescribed by legal, social, and moral standards. The person best situated to assume the role of child advocate in the schools is the school psychologist. Several…

The project, "Integrating Equal Career Opportunity Concepts for High School Men and Women through Career Guidance, Counseling and Placement in Classroom Activities," consisted of conducting workshops for secondary teachers in the school districts of Exeter, Keene, Manchester, and Nashua (New Hampshire) in an attempt to raise their…

A project was conducted to develop and implement a school and community-based guidance, counseling, placement, and follow-up program that would place counselors and support personnel in an optimum position to meet the individual career-planning needs of every student, including the occupationally inclined. Specific project goals were to develop…

The four sections of this special issue examine the relationship between counselors and the computer; discuss the delivery of career information and guidance by computer; describe other uses such as testing, student services, personal counseling and software applications; and discuss improving computer applications. (JAC)

This paper proposes a model for developmental academic advising (DAA) at New York's Bronx Community College (BCC) and reviews the purposes of DAA and barriers to its implementation. The first section presents a conceptual model of DAA and its priorities, indicating that it functions as an active attempt to stimulate personal and intellectual…

Contains eight articles relating to testing including descriptions of formal and informal testing procedures, articles on specialized aspects of testing (testing for creativity and testing native peoples), and descriptions of how teachers and counselors can use test information in psychological reports. (RC)