AN EFFECTIVE CAREER-DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM FOR PARENTS

This article is a comparative review of career development programs in Switzerland and the United States, with emphasis on the degree of par ental involvement. Investigators visited schools and interviewed paren ts in both countries. This article offers ideas for improving the effe ctiveness of career development programs in the United States. Among t he useful ideas from Switzerland are greater use of community resource s such as departments of employment services, specific career training in schools, and school-based job placement programs.