This document, which is intended for parents of Ohio students in grade 8, explains the purpose and content of the Individual Career Plan (ICP) and provides activities through which parents can help their children begin to think about career choice. The document begins with an overview of the ICP, which is a scrapbook-like document that Ohio students in grades 8-12 use to record their ideas about career choice and keep records of all the career activities they do in school. The remainder of the document consists of activities designed to enable parents to help their children accomplish the following tasks: (1) assess their personal interests, strengths, skills, and work attitudes and begin the process of personal planning; (2) learn about their parents' career choices; (3) explore possible careers and determine whether those careers are a match for their skills and abilities; (4) choose career-relevant high school courses; (5) understand the different sections of the ICP; (6) complete the ICP's Career Planner and Educational Planner section; (7) complete the Career Skills Checklist; (8) complete the Career Skills Builder's work-based sections; and (9) understand how the skills identified by the Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills relate to school and work. (MN)