Factors impacting the successful implementation of comprehensive guidance and counseling programs in Nova Scotia.

From: Professional School Counseling | Date: April 1, 2002| Author: Lehr, Ron; Sumarah, John | Copyright information

Responding to the increasing challenges faced by Nova Scotia schools, the provincial Department of Education initiated, 4 years ago, the development of a comprehensive guidance and counseling program to address the guidance and counseling needs of students. A task force, established with representation of interested groups, was committed to the concept of shifting guidance and counseling from a position-based model to a program-based model (Gysbers & Henderson, 2000). The task forc...

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