Counseling-Selection Data and Evaluation of Supplementary Programs for Vocational School

Supplementary programs of group counseling-guidance and of educational skills instruction, including language arts and mathematics, were implemented at the Penta-County Vocational School, an area vocational school near Toledo, Ohio. The subjects included approximately 300 high school juniors divided into 30 groups for participation in both phases of the supplementary program, conducted over a 2-year period. An evaluation of the program was not scheduled until fall of 1969; however, it was felt that the program has potential for helping youth who might otherwise be denied entrance to regular vocational education programs because of educational deficiencies or personal handicaps, as well as for enhancing the benefits obtained from vocational education by capable youth. (CH