The author of this article proposes that wider, more challenging ethical issues should not be treated as special topics within these professions but should be considered crucial parts of the mainstream of ethical thought and practice. (Author)

The appropriate guidance use of technology is not just one of designing machines but rather of discovering how to use technology to realize counselors' personal and societal goals in particular settings. The future of guidance could well depend on the capacity of the counseling profession to utilize technology effectively. Followed by comments by…

Suggests that middle schools have not yet achieved guidance as a viable and essential part of the middle level curriculum. Considers the importance of identifying student characteristics and needs, the organization of support services, basic components of support services, and advocacy programs. (JPB)

Successful guidance work in a public school setting calls for an approach oriented toward implementing educational goals. A major factor in this process is the structure of the guidance department. (Author/WY)

The counseling aspect of the counselor's role has been eroded by a number of negative influences. If this erosion is not halted the counselor will not have enought time to counsel because of overinvolvement in noncounseling activities. Counselors must focus on and preserve counseling as their primary function. (Author)

Individuals have increasingly recognized the role that guidance for learning and work can play in encouraging adults to achieve their educational and personal goals. This pack of materials was designed to help those who offer guidance to adults and take a pro-active approach to developing quality assurance. These seven booklets are intended for…

Excerpts from the revised 1968 Minimum Standards for Ohio High Schools, and from the 1968 Minimum Standards for Ohio Junior High Schools are contained in this publication. Section I cites minimum guidance standards for (1) the school guidance program, including guidance staff functions, teacher participation, and administrator participation; and…

This paper is concerned with making current research in guidance more viable. Two suggestions are proposed: (1) there is a need to police manuscripts submitted to professional research journals for relevance and practicality; and (2) there is a need to involve school personnel, the practitioners in the field, in the planning, design, and conduct…

States the need for elementary school guidance programs in Tennessee. Discusses three aspects of guidance programs: proposed features (preventive counseling, home-school relationships, parent involvement), facilitators, and goals (guidance integration in the total school program). (SB)

The authors contend that school social work must look in new directions which could include expansion of services through selected nonprofessionals, increaded emphasis on concrete assistance, lessening of resistance to the teamwork approach, and greater involvement in curriculum planning and problem solving. (Author)

This study explored students' use of high school counselors, and more specifically, the effect of a black counselor on the helper preference of students. A questionnaire composed of 21 items concerning personal, educational and vocational problems was presented to sophomore and junior students from the following types of high schools: (1) white…

The new vocational education legislation offers much support for expanding and refining guidance as an essential program, Gene Bottoms told a general session of the guidance division at the American Vocational Association convention. Other guidance sessions reflected concern about opportunity and responsibility, as the division assessed the…

The impetus for the study was provided by the widespread disagreement on the counselor's role and function as stated by counselors and administrators. Purposes included: (1) the provision of information about the counselor's role and function; (2) the resolution of confusion concerning the counselor's role; and (3) the improvement of communication…

Guidance administrators in 70 school systems were surveyed concerning their perceived level of authority in 24 areas of the guidance program and their perceived needs satisfaction on a Maslow-type scale. School system size and the respondent's position in the administrative hierarchy were used as independent variables to test effects upon…

Guidelines on how placement should fit into the total school setting and in particular into career education as it becomes better established are discussed in this paper, one of a series on critical issues in vocational-technical education. The school counselor is viewed as the coordinator of the total career guidance, counseling, and placement…