Author: National Career Development Association (U.S.)

Publisher: American Counseling Association

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 446

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This book contains 23 chapters organized into seven sections that center around the following themes: (1) theories and concepts; (2) strategies and methods; (3) target populations; (4) settings; (5) training programs; (6) evaluation and accountability; and (7) future trends. The following papers are included: "Adult Development Theories: Ways to Illuminate the Adult Experience" (Nancy K. Schlossberg); "Career Development Theories and Models" (Carole W. Minor); "Career Intervention and Counseling Theory for Adults: Toward a Consensus Model" (Arnold R. Spokane); "Principles of Program Development for Adult Career Development Programs" (H. Daniel Lea, Zandy Leibowitz); "Appraising Adults' Career Capabilities: Ability, Interest, and Personality" (John O. Crites); "Counseling Adults for Career Change" (Lawrence Brammer, Philip Abrego); "Systematic Career Guidance and Computer-Based Systems" (JoAnn Harris-Bowlsbey); "A Multi-Strategy Approach to Career Planning" (Carol A. Blimline, David R. Schwandt); "Women's Career Development: Theory and Practice from a Feminist Perspective" (Louise F. Fitzgerald, Lauren M. Weitzman); "Adult Men's Career Transitions and Gender-Role Themes" (James M. O'Neil, Diane M. Fishman); "A Culturally Relevant Perspective for Understanding the Career Paths of Visible Rachial/Ethnic Group People" (Robert T. Carter, Donelda A. Cook); "Conjoint Career Counseling: Counseling Dual-Career Couples" (Lynne Binder Hazard, Diane Koslow); "Counseling Adults in Midlife Career Transitions" (Philip Abrego, Lawrence Brammer); "Career Counseling for the Mature Worker" (Geraldine M. Horton, Dennis W. Engels); "Preretirement Programming: Needs and Responses" (Bruce R. Fretz, Marilyn W. Merikangas); "Career Planning and Development in Organizations" (Peter C. Cairo); "A Coming of Age: Addressing the Career Development Needs of Adult Students in University Settings" (Dennis L. Keierleber, L. Sunny Hansen); "Community-Based Adult Career Counseling" (Jane Goodman, Elinor Waters); "Career Counseling Adults in a Community College Setting" (Patricia Haskell, Nancy Wiener); "The Career Development Professional of the 1990s: A Training Model" (Janice M. Chiappone); "Training Professionals for Career Development Responsibilities in Business and Industry: An Update" (Martin Gerstein); "Evaluating the Effectiveness of Adult Career Development Programs: Key Concepts and Issues" (Michael T. Brown, Robert B. Bhaerman, Robert Campbell); and "Adult Career Development in an Uncertain Future" (Donald E. Super). (KC)