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    VISTAS Online is an innovative publication produced for ACA by Dr. Garry R. Walz and Dr. Jeanne C. Bleuer of Counseling Outfitters, LLC. Its purpose is to provide a means of capturing the ideas, information and experiences generated by the annual ACA Conference and selected ACA Division Conferences. Papers on a program or practice that has been validated through research or experience may also be submitted. This digital collection of peer-reviewed articles is authored by counselors, for counselors. VISTAS Online contains the full text of over 900 proprietary counseling articles published from 2004 to 2017.

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    Closing the Loop: Incorporating Program Evaluation Into an Elementary School Career Day

    Heather Brown-Huston and Kevin Wilkerson

    2014

    Initiating career education in elementary school is developmentally appropriate (Magnuson & Starr, 2000; Wahl & Blackhurst, 2000) and states with comprehensive guidance programs mandate elementary career development in some form (Gysbers, 2005). School counselors play an integral role in coordinating comprehensive career development programming (ASCA, 2012). Program evaluation conducted in conjunction with an elementary school Career Day indicated positive improvements in students’ understanding of “career” and is used to illustrate school counselor accountability approaches. Implications and recommendations are presented.

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