The importance of the junior college depends on the extent to which the management process is effective in helping the learner accomplish the instructional objectives of the learning experiences. High school counselors should help students in considering junior college as one of the options for post-high school education. (Author)

Transference, selective retention, and misperception-overstatement are factors considered in the guidance image problem. Suggests image prototypes for school counselors to project. (EK)

Examines the tasks and responsibilities of counselors in urban secondary schools; identifies and analyzes the problems counselors face; and discusses strategies for improving the quality of secondary school counseling services and ensuring counselors' professional survival. (Author/MJL)

Prospective added secondary school involvement with job placement is of particular concern to those responsible for school policy, finance, curriculum, and administration. Forty considerations are identified which are beneficial in developing content areas of guidance programs. These could be included in career education programs as sub-topics.…

Explores the role of the educational counselor in alternative schools, reviewing the literature on the topic. Advocates a broader role for the counselor as a member of the team serving at-risk youth. Outlines counselors' three main responsibilities: client-profile development; consulting and case management; and professional development. (SR)

This qualitative study used data from semi-structured interviews with eight school counsellors working with adolescents in secondary education and asked them how they perceived counselling interventions as helping to raise achievement. The present context in secondary education is perceived as results led. This adheres to government policy as…

The opportunity to grow and socialize in a supportive environment, a process taken for granted by heterosexual adolescents, continues to elude the gay and lesbian adolescent population, especially within the educational community. A goal of education should be to provide support for gay and lesbian teenagers before self-defeating behavior patterns…

This study compared the students' and parents' views with respect to both the perceived and the ideal role of the secondary school counselor. Apparently irreconcilable conflicts among idealized roles were found. (Author)

This article studies the employment rate of counselors without teaching experience as opposed to counselors with teaching experience and examines differences in their expressed counseling orientation. A questionnaire was mailed to currently-employed counselors, both former-teachers and non-teachers. Results indicate that teaching experience is not…

Describes the author's first three years as a guidance counselor in a secondary school. (HMV)

There are some problems which naturally deter counselors from providing direct services to students enrolled in special classes for the mentally retarded. Some of the problems indicated by this survey are: (1) special classes are not held in same buildings where counselors are located so that counselors do not have ready access to students in the…

Details the development of item pools, or collections of test exercises, including specifying the domain of content; collecting/writing items; pilot testing; and publishing. Implications of item pools for guidance workers are presented. (BP)

This article describes a seminar on death conducted for school counselors and teachers. The goals, content, and procedures used in this seminar are described in detail. (Author)

The authors have taken a cynical approach by identifying negative traits to be avoided by helping professionals. Assumption is that the message can be conveyed in a humorous context. Third in a series by the authors. (Author)