Average American students are seldom aware of child and human rights principles and their impact globally and locally. School counselors are one logical group of school specialists skilled to facilitate school-based, rights-based (i.e., child and human rights) initiatives to promote students' awareness. Moving beyond their professional comfort…

PATHE program (Positive Action Through Holistic Education) seeks to identify and ameliorate problem behavior and potential failure in Charleston, South Carolina, schools. The affective and academic components are achieved by teams of counseling and curriculum specialists, with a strong emphasis on parent involvement and individual attention. (SK)

This booklet, issued by the South Carolina State Department of Education, provides a step-by-step plan of action to assist new counselors in organizing an elementary guidance program. After a statement of basic guidance goals and a list of counselor program objectives, the booklet consists of the following sections: (1) a brief summary of the…