Asian Journal of Counselling


Vol. 15 No. 2 , Pages 117 - 139 , 2008

Individual Student Planning in the United States: Rationale, Practices, and Results

Norman C. GYSBERS

Abstract

The first part of the article provides an overview of comprehensive guidance and counseling programs in the United States. Next, individual student planning, a major guidance and counseling program component, is described, followed by a discussion of why individual student planning is important in the lives of students. Then examples of individual student planning practices are provided. The article closes with a presentation of evidence of the impact of these practices on critical markers of student success, including academic achievement.

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