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…

This staff development module is part of one of three groups of career guidance modules developed, field-tested, and revised by a six-state consortium coordinated by the American Institutes for Research. This module is designed for guidance personnel who work in counseling and guidance with students in school settings, grades K-12. The goal of…

Using an opinion questionnaire with students, parents, and school personnel and personal interviews with secondary students, a Kentucky research study examined the extent of sex bias in vocational programs, the factors contributing to the enrollment of nontraditional students, and the barriers or problems affecting the enrollment of nontraditional…

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…

Physical disability is an enormous psychosocio-economic-medical problem that affects over 24 million Americans. Public policy endorses a multi-disciplinary approach in analyzing this issue. Legislation has broadened the meaning of physical disability to include persons with mental and emotional disorders. Some of the costs associated with physical…

This study sought to ascertain the factors and problems which influence student recruitment in occupational programs at Pasadena City College (PCC) in California. Perceptions of administrators at PCC and surrounding community colleges, faculty members of the Engineering and Technology Department, PCC students, and a number of local high school…

Five papers and an introduction are included in the report of the proceedings of the second invitational conference on school needs of Mexican American youth. Titles of the papers are "Meeting Guidance Needs of Mexican American Youth -- An Introduction,""The Role of the Principal in Establishing a Guidance Program in a Mexican American…

A group of 14 institutionalized delinquent girls received individual psychotherapy from one therapist who interviewed the girls, usually for 50 minutes twice a week for an average of 23 interviews. Fourteen control subjects received only the institutional training. Psychological and behavioral changes were compared using a behavior rating scale,…

The material focuses on the following areas: definition and purpose, some of the more common characteristics of the culturally different, counselor attitudes in serving the culturally different, counselor's knowledge of client's background, communication in the counseling relationship, and client attitudes toward helping services. Some…

This analysis of ERIC/CAPS documents focuses on counselors and personnel workers and the training, role and behavior of same. Documents input into "Research in Education," as well as articles announced in "Current Index to Journals in Education" and material appearing in "Dissertation Abstracts" from January, 1970 through June 1970 are analyzed in…

Three questions regarding the secondary school guidance counselor are addressed: (1) do counselors devote more time to students predisposed toward higher education; (2) to what extent is the counselor's advice dependent on such predisposing variables as status, intelligence, parental encouragement, etc.; and (3) does the counselor have an…

This manual implements a method which appears to be more reliable and more efficient than traditional methods for achieving some of the more complex objectives in the education of mental health workers. This study used the method of videotape instructions, demonstrations, and exercises. The general overall purpose was to help the worker become a…

This research was designed to assess female and male counselor sex-role stereotyping in their perceptions of the appropriateness of female and male students' occupational choices. The following variables were controlled in a six-way analysis of variance: sex of counselor, sex of student, occupational status, occupational stereotype, ability of…

This article suggests eight sequential steps by which the public school teacher can involve the school counselor more directly with the classroom. They are, basically, that the counselor should be sized up, confronted, invited, stimulated, praised, informed, convinced, and enjoyed. Counselors need "warm fuzzies", too. (Author/BP)

Decribes a two-year research study of attitude of first-year male and female camp counselors toward handicapped campers. Finds significant differences between males and females: females having more positive attitude toward the handicapped and more internalized locus of control. Emphasizes importance of counselor self-esteem and actual experience.…