Counselors should engineer extending and corrective experiences for their counselees. If appropriately selected, such experiences can prove a powerful adjunct to the more traditional counseling relationship. Counselors can use school and community experiences to accomplish guidance goals. (Author)

Study results suggest that a guidance experience designed to test appropriateness of choice can be beneficial even after a college major has been chosen. (CJ)

"The purpose of an occupational education system is to prepare individuals to work and live successfully in the total community environment.... This paper describes how the process of programmed instruction may be used in the design, development, implementation, and maintenance of this type of occupational education system. (Author)

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)

Explores ways in which the field of career guidance is unfolding. Focuses on the evolution in use and the definition of the term "career counseling" in the United States. Claims that career and personal counseling must combine to address many work-adjustment problems. Examines the results of such a combination. (RJM)

Videotapes of career conversations between adolescent peers were used to identify joint actions that occured in the conversations, and the meaning the conversations had for them. The functions adolescents used to reach these goals were identified as exploring, formulating, validating, and challenging. Results indicated self-refinement was the…

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…

Career guidance by objectives and results, capitalizing on the organizational and implementation processes of management by objectives and results, requires a broadened, developmental concept of career guidance and the use of student needs assessment and program evaluation techniques for the selection of objectives and content. (EA)

VARIOUS ASPECTS OF THE PALO ALTO GUIDANCE PROGRAM WERE PRESENTED AT THE CONFERENCE. THE OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAM WERE BASED ON THE BELIEF THAT GUIDANCE SHOULD FOSTER INDIVIDUALIZATION IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF ALL CHILDREN BY PROVIDING CONDITIONS WHICH WOULD ENSURE THIS INDIVIDUALIZATION. THESE TWO THEORETICAL CONSTRUCTS, REINFORCEMENT THEORY AND…

This document presents a model for conducting a community college counseling needs assessment. The assessment process is divided into three phases: (1) The target group is identified, and data about it is gathered in a carefully planned way. (2) The goals of the counseling program are established, and activities are identified which could be added…

The Presbyterian Guidance Program, the major emphases of which are on educational and occupational guidance, was evaluated from a variety of perspectives. Two speakers took an objective look at the program and center, defining their concern with "normal" youth, and discussing such aspects as: (1) accessibility of the service; (2) locations of the…

The report deals with the influence of computer technology on education, particularly guidance. The need for computers is a result of increasing complexity which is defined as: (1) an exponential increase of information; (2) an exponential increase in dissemination capabilities; and (3) an accelerating curve of change. Listed are five functions of…

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 manual has been prepared to provide one approach for an examination of the role activities of the counseling staff in the modern secondary school. It has not been prepared to furnish "the answer." Within recognized limits, it has been prepared to focus attention on and to present: (1) a point of view of the secondary school and learning in…