Includes bibliographies.

Foreword // Background and orientation // Essentials in launching a guidance program // Opportunities for young people // Kinds of information needed : use of Interviews and questionnaires in collecting information // Appraisal of aptitude for guidance purposes // Evaluation of achievement in guidance program // Appraisal of personal qualities : rating scales, behavior descriptions, anecdotal records, and sociometric devices // Planning and administering a testing program for guidance purposes // Scoring, organizing and reporting test results // Use of results of objective tests in improving the instructional and counseling program of the school // Basic principles and main types of pupil personnel records // cumulative records in a guidance program // reports to the homes // case study procedures in guidance // the role of the teacher in guidance // follow up of students and school leavers // guidance in the adjustment of individuals // counseling as learning function : a meeting ground of viewpoints // group work in guidance // reading resources for guidance workers // the status and future of guidance in elementary and secondary schools // Index of names // Index of subjects // List of publishers //