Resource Center: Counselor's Corner

What's New from EdITS

COPSystem Online Beta-Testing

We are ready to begin a new round of beta-testing for the web-based Career Occupational Preference System -
The COPSystem Online.
 
Your participation will help us improve test administration by significantly decreasing the time required to assess individual examinees while preserving the validity and integrity of your results....Read More.

Career Guidance Solutions

COPSystem Career Measurement

The COPSystem Career Measurement Package includes all of the materials you need to administer, score and interpret the COPS Interest Inventory, CAPS ability battery and the COPES work values survey.

Interpretation of results is organized around groupings of occupational clusters which represent the world of work.

Learn More About Support Materials -
Career Guidance Made Easy!

Wall Charts and Pocket Charts  help identify the right occupation for your client.
The Career Briefs Kit provides specific job information in an easy and accessible format for all ages.
The Job Handbook is a useful resource for young adults who want a fun guide to help them prepare for the world of work.

COPSystem Summary Printout: Guidelines for
Interpretation and Counseling

This guide highlights interpretive strategies for results obtained from the machine-scored version of the COPSystem. The information included here may also be applied to the Self-Scoring version of the COPSystem, which consists of results from the COPS Interest Inventory, CAPS ability battery, and the COPES work values survey, as well as a Summary section that combines the most important information from all three inventories....View Tutorial.

The Difference Between the COPS-R and the COPS

The Career Occupational Preference System, Form-R (COPS-R), is an alternate form of the COPS. This interest assessment is more appropriate for examinees who have difficulty reading at an eighth grade reading-level....Read More.

The Link With Leverage

Remember back to your report cards days? Did you ever find yourself wondering how you received a  certain grade? Perhaps you were shocked to see you were marked down when you thought you had worked hard, done all your homework, and passed all the teacher's tests. Maybe the reverse of that was your experience; you couldn't believe you got such a high grade, especially when you had missed so much school....Read More.

Career Education for Students with Special Needs

Career education is important for all students and EdITS offers the Instructional Guide for Career Education Kit, as part of the CERES program, to assist special needs students in acquiring skills for occupational planning. Since career education is a life-long process, instructional activities begin at the primary level and extend through the secondary grades. Early activities focus on promoting self-awareness while older students begin to explore options, learn about personal characteristics, and prepare to enter the world of work....Read More.

High School Dropout Recovery Centers

High school dropout rates are continuing to increase in many areas in the U.S. and one
Southern California school district is trying a new approach to this problem. The district has created
what it calls "Academic Recovery Centers" in order to help students who have dropped out or
are at risk for dropping out because they have fallen behind. Not only do these centers help students
obtain their high school diploma but in some cases help them earn college credits and complete college certificate programs....Read More.