Modern Encyclopaedia of Counselling and Guidance

Contents: Vol. I: An Introduction to Education and Vocational Guidance: Preface. 1. Education and vocational guidance. 2. Administration of the guidance programme. 3 . Guidance and the school curricula. 4. New curricular materials. 5. Individual attitudes and drives. 6. Guidance and mental hygiene. 7. The relevance of psychological tests in guidance. 8. Guidance work in schools. 9. The field of guidance. 10. Some aspects of guidance in the United States. 11. Guidance in comprehensive, primary and higher education. 12. The concept of a guidance team. 13. Selection and training for guidance. Bibliography. Index.

Vol. II: Counselling of the Handicapped: Preface. 1. The nature and extent of emotional disturbance. 2. Services in the rehabilitation of the emotionally disturbed. 3. Educational qualifications of the counsellor. 4. Training for counselling. 5. Problems of placement, training, and follow-up. 6. Sheltered workshops for the emotionally disturbed. 7. Self-reports: evaluation and follow-up. 8. Self-reports: self-appraisal and autobiographical material. 9. Analysis of the individual\'s position and status within the group. 10. The cumulative personnel record. 11. The future and its needs. Bibliography. Index.

Vol. III: Counselling in Colleges: Preface. 1. Personnel services and the needs of students. 2. Organization and administration of the student personnel program. 3. Education through guided group experiences. 4. Problems and procedures of student activities. 5. Orientation of new students. 6. Group experiences through housing and dining facilities. 7. Anecdotal records. 8. Rating scales and behavior descriptions. 9. Prevention and correction. 10. The personal data blank (self reports). Bibliography. Index.

Vol. IV: Organization of Guidance Services: Preface. 1. The organization and operation of guidance services. 2. Establishing and administering individual inventory service. 3. Information services about environmental conditions. 4. Administering the counseling services. 5. Placement and follow-up services. 6. Proper Planning of physical facilities. 7. Budgeting for the guidance program. 8. The interview: general purposes and principles. 9. Procedures in the counseling interview. 10. Some techniques in environmental treatment and group work. 11. The case study. 12. The case conference. Appendices. Bibliography. Index.

Vol. V: Modern Techniques of Counselling: Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. Some basic considerations. 3. Measures of intelligence and achievement. 4. Measures of special aptitudes, interests, and personality. 5. Recording and reporting test results. 6. The counseling function. 7. Counseling procedures--understanding the student. 8. Counseling procedures--principles of diagnosis. 9. Counseling procedures--assisting the student. 10. Counseling procedures--the counselor. Bibliography. Index.

"The students have both emotional as well as vocational problems. While in school they have to face many emotional and physical problems. When students become adolescents they have emotional, sexual and psychological problems. There has to be somebody where the counsellor or a teacher who has to help the students in making proper emotional and sexual adjustments in their lives. Students also face problems of adjustment with other students as well as with their teachers. The students at a stage in their lives have to face for their future careers for making the living. It is to be decided Whether the students will opt science or arts courses or commercial course or fine art course." (jacket)