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Industrial Revolution
Event that initiated career guidance movement
Boston Vocational Bureau
established to ameliorate urban slums, deplorable working conditions, the exploitation of child labor
and labor unrest and violence
Frank Parsons, 1908
Who established the Boston Vocational Bureau and in what year?
Purpose of Boston Vocational Bureau
Develop a system of vocational guidance in public schools that could offer vocational assistance to youth
needing to make a career choice
National Vocational Guidance Association
First career guidance organization (now NCDA)
Offering credentialing
How did the NVGA go about legitimizing and increasing the number of guidance counselors?
American Personnel and Guidance Association
NVGA was one of the founding divisions of this organization
American Counseling Association
APGA is known today as
NCDA
NVGA became a division of the ACA and is now known as...
NCDA's mission
promote individuals' career development throughout the lifespan
U.S. Department of Labor
,developed to promote the welfare of American workers, job seekers and retirees by administering
federal laws concerning worker safety, wages, working conditions, employment discrimination, and
unemployment benefits
Smith-Hughes Act
What was the law that provided funds and called for the isolation of vocational education from the rest
of the academic curriculum?
1913
US Department of Labor was founded in
1917
Year the Smith-Hughes Vocational Education Act was passed.
1939
Year US Employment Service created
US Employment Service
offers job search and placement assistance to job seekers and recruitment services to employers with
job openings
Wagner-Peyser Act
created the US Employment Service, which promised states matching funds if they created local
employment opportunities
One-Stop Delivery System
US Employment Service program that provides a variety of labor exchange services under one roof in
easy to find locations
D. G. Patterson
developed special aptitude test and personality inventories to assist workers in gaining employment in
response to the Great Depression
Roosevelt's New Deal
economic reform program which led to the creation of millions of jobs through public works projects
WWII
Event that triggered provided standardized assessments to the field of career guidance
National Defense Education Act
The act that was passed in response to Sputnik; expanded university counselor education programs by
offering reimbursement to programs that offered school counselor training institutes and stipends to
graduate students.
, Goal of NDEA
raise the number of students enrolled in higher education who were pursuing math and science careers
though an increase in the number of trained counselors in secondary schools
All public schools include career education programs in their curricula
In the 1960's and 70's the US Dept of Labor mandated what?
Vocational Education Act of 1963
include career services for elementary schools, technical institutions, and public community colleges.
Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) of 1982 and
Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act of 1984
acts that addressed the needs of disadvantaged students, technical education programs, and
unemployed workers
School-to-Work Act of 1994
Provides all students with equal opportunities to participate in programs that combine academic and
occupational education, combine school-based learning with work-based learning, and prepare students
for postsecondary education.
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
provides protection against employment discrimination
George A. Merrill
a pioneer and forerunner in career guidance. He developed a curriculum that combined academic
instruction with technical and vocational training
Frank Parsons
Father of career guidance; wrote book Choosing A Vocation
Edmund Williamson
best known for his contribution to the Minnesota point of View, a career guidance theory that was
derived from the work of Parsons
share their wisdom with clients to help them reach a career decision
Williamson believed that counselors should....
Assessing the problem, obtaining and reviewing client records, and testing results
First step that counselors should follow according to Williamson
Organizing and synthesizing the client information gathered to fully understand the problem
Second step that counselors should follow according to Williamson