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Differences And Similarities In Role Perception Among Practicing School Counselors, School Psychologists, And School Social Workers, Rodney G. Cox

All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023

Today there is much discussion about the functions of various school personnel specialists. Because of the rapid growth of these specialists—the counselor, the psychologists, and the social worker—many questions are being asked, such as: Should guidance workers be generalists or specialists? What certification requirements should be met? Should the three disciplines—counselors, psychologists, and social workers—work as a team or individually? Finally, should counselors, psychologists, and social workers teach as part of their function in the school?

An analysis of the extent of overlap between the functions of the three disciplines requires the consideration of professional preparation, ascribed roles, and primary …

A Study Of Spelling Programs In The Intermediate Classes For The Educable Mentally Retarded In The Granite And Salt Lake City School Districts, Ladawn L. Keith

All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023

The curriculum for the educable mentally retarded is based on persisting life problems and one of these, as identified by the Cincinnati Public Schools (1964), is learning to communicate ideas. To be able to communicate effectively your ideas in written form, it is necessary to know how to spell.

In order to operate effectively within a school and community, the slow learner will need to complete his development of communicative skills by l earning to write and spell. While it is true that his needs for written expression are considerably less than they are for oral communication, he will, nevertheless, …

A Suggested Program Of Study In Distributive Education For Sevier Valley Tech, Blaine R. Wilson

All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023

The world of work is constantly changing. New jobs and new job descriptions are constantly being added to the work force. ' Since change is inevitable and desirable, the business curriculum, to~ must be altered to bridge the gap between school and the world of work.

Constant changes in occupational life result in a need for constant changes in training procedure. New courses must constantly be devised to meet job situations. ' When training is given without adequate planning based upon actual occupational needs it is likely to be ineffective. • In the period ahead, further occupational changes will take …

Significance Of Occupational Information In The Junior High School Guidance Program, Asael Wayne Blanchard

All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023

The purpose of this report is to determine what should be done by counselors to facilitate students in making future plans and appropriate goals, to determine if it is known what should be included in an occupational guidance program for junior high schools, and to set up guidelines for developing such a program.

The objective will be to search through present literature to determine what is known about junior high school vocational guidance programs in terms of content, objectives, procedures, feasibility, and success. This material will then be analyzed and used in setting up guidelines for counselors' and administrators' use …

Factors That Prospective Teachers At Utah State University Considered Important In Their Decision To Enter Teacher Preparation, Kenneth Ray Powell

All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023

A critical shortage of teachers became an acute threat to society following World War II according to Jantzen (1959). Because of the shortage of teachers, many institutions of higher learning and a number of interested groups have discussed and made studies on means of recruiting prospective teachers, as brought out by Riccio(1961). The studies that have been made on prospective teachers expounded mainly on the age students decided to become teachers and influences from parents, relative-teachers, teachers, guidance counselors, and teaching experience.

School Attitude As A Cause Of School Dropout, Lawrence E. Day

All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023

The key question being treated in this paper is the problem of dissatisfaction of delinquent-dropouts with their school and their teachers. Two aspects of the problem suggest themselves: (1) do delinquent-dropouts perceive teachers as caring about them, and (2) what implications might be noted for possible answers to the problem?

A Counselor's Handbook Of Apprenticeable Training Opportunities In Utah, Katherine Larkin Neilson

All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023

The purpose of this study was to create a counselor's handbook of apprenticeable training opportunities in Utah for the State Board of Education. Current manuals published by the Utah Apprenticeship Council and State Board of Education were incorporated into the new handbook along with additional materials gathered by the writer of this paper. By creating an up-to-date, usable and complete handbook of apprenticeship training opportunities in Utah for counselors, particularly in the secondary school system, it was hoped that students, as well as other people interested in apprenticeship training, would receive more direction and aid from those counselors contacted.