The column focuses on practical procedures that counselors have found effective in their work. (Author)

The author discusses the psychology of religion and the theology of counseling and their relationship to one another. (BY)

Reviews changes that have taken place in the field of career guidance. Considers the importance of curriculum infusion, group guidance processes, and community involvement in strong comprehensive programs. Discusses the distinctive qualities that career guidance in Catholic high schools should possess. (DMM)

Elementary guidance, deriving much of its content from the developmental phenomena of middle childhood, is viewed as the maximization of human potentiality in the total range of the population. Included in the list of elementary school guidance objectives are (1) aiding academic development, (2) helping children develop health self-concepts, (3)…

Deals with the activities and services that must be maintained by a Chicano counseling program to provide for the needs of the Chicano student. These services include academic advising, personal counseling, vocational-career counseling, tutorial service, and other miscellaneous activities. (Author)

Personal, career, and placement counseling of deaf students and sources for communication services, mechanical aids, and recreational support are discussed. Community and commercial resources are identified, and suggestions for creating programs that enhance faculty sensitivity and deaf student development are offered. (Author)

The author is concerned with helping counselors make better use of simulated guidance materials. The role of simulated materials in the total scope of guidance services is discussed. There are suggested guidelines for their selection and evaluation as well as strategies designed to increase their impact on the counseling experience. (Author)

Problems experienced by gifted children are described and guidance approaches to help them adjust to their peers and to their own expectations are reviewed. The Differential Guidance for Gifted Model is reviewed which considers categories of giftedness, socioeconomic status, value orientation, and developmental stage/grade level. (CL)

Four leisure counseling approaches are presented: leisure counseling as a selected life-style process; leisure lack as a force to be considered in the guidance enabling process; leisure counseling as an opportunity to minimize the frequency of default leisure activities in the triangulation leisure counseling model; and leisure counseling as a…

The author concludes that according to the present state of the art, orientation programs should be continued. However, additional research is essential. (Author/BY)

A youth guidance system that is designed to provide students with all the information possible to help them make the right choice of goals and to deal effectively with their problems as they arise is presented. (CK)

The report is a bibliography and a review of the literature on drug education. It contains generalizations founded on the opinion of experts as well as the experiences of school systems attempting to add programs to their curriculum. (Author)

A need for evaluation standards for elementary and secondary counselors and guidance programs exists. Guidelines for evaluation should answer the questions: a) what is the purpose of evaluation; b) how should the evaluation be made and by whom, and c) what specific phases of evaluation should be encouraged by counselors. (CG)